Campbell, Arthur David Andrew
Killed in Flying Accident 1945-08-17
Birth Date: 1926
Born:
Mrs W F Wood, of Chigwell, Essex
Home: Chigwell, Essex, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAFVR
Unit
11 (OT) SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
3038753
First Burial
Yorkton Cemetery, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
11 Service Flying Training School (BCATP), Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Leading Aircraftman A D A Campbell (RAFVR) was killed in a flying accident on Cornell III aircraft 14660 that crashed at Yorkton during a training flight
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database 
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Cornell Cornell III 14660
Operational 1945-August-17 to 1945-August-17
11 Service Flying Training School (OT) SFTS (RCAF) Yorkton, Saskatchewan
11 Service Flying Training School (BCATP), Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Leading Aircraftman A D A Campbell (RAFVR) was killed in a flying accident on Cornell III aircraft 14660 that crashed at Yorkton during a training flight
This incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Cornell Cornell III Serial: 14660
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Fairchild Cornell
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.
PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948.CWPHM
Cornell Trainer
Wikipedia Cornell Trainer 11 (OT) SFTS (11 Service Flying Training School)
Graduates of the EFTS "learn-to-fly" program went on a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) for 16 weeks. For the first 8 weeks the trainee was part of an intermediate training squadron; for the next 6 weeks an advanced training squadron and for the final 2 weeks training was conducted at a Bombing & Gunnery School. The Service schools were military establishments run by the RCAF or the RAF.
There were two different types of Service Flying Training Schools. Trainees in the fighter pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 14 Aylmer, where they trained in the North American Harvard or North American Yale. Trainees in the bomber, coastal or transport pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 5 Brantford where they learned multi-engine technique in an Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson or Cessna Crane.
For more Information on RCAF Station Yorkton see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Yorkton SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Sturdee SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Rhein SK
Vintage Wings - Ghosts of Saskatchewan
Cornell 14660
Cornell Cornell III 14660
With No. 23 Elementary Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatvchewan when it crashed on 17 August 1945. Came down 4 miles north west of Waldron, Saskatchewan at about 16:15, on a solo cross country flight. Leading Aircraftman A.D.A. Campbell, RAFVR, kiled.1943-10-23 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1945-May-21 Accident: 23 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: NEast Airport Names: Moore | Skinner
1945-August-17 Accident: 23 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Waldron Saskatchewan Names: Campbell
1945-10-06 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
Cornell 14660 Cornell III - Operational - 1945-08-17 to 1945-08-17
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11 Service Flying Training School (BCATP), Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Leading Aircraftman A D A Campbell (RAFVR) was killed in a flying accident on Cornell III aircraft 14660 that crashed at Yorkton during a training flight