North Bay, Ontario16 Service Flying Training School, Hagersville, Ontario. F/L. Chandler was killed in Harvard aircraft 2652 when he turned out on the runway in front of Harvard aircraft 2765 which was taking off.
Chandler, John Harold (Flight Lieutenant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1945-June-01
Birth Date: 1912-December-04
Born:
Parents: William G. Chandler and Pauline Chandler, of North Bay; husband of Teresa M. Chandler, of North Bay.
Spouse: Teresa M. Chandler, of North Bay.
Home: North Bay, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
16 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
C/23571
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2652
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1945-June-01. They are: Harvard II s/n 2652, Harvard II s/n 2765.
This accident involved 4 people. Chandler JH, Edmunds AC, Ketterer R, Radford JH
This accident had 1 fatality. Flight Lieutenant John Harold Chandler RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/23571 Harvard 2652
Unit Desciption
16 SFTS (16 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.
Class115 SFTS16
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