Hamilton, Ontario (parents)
9 Service Flying Training School, Centralia, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman Di Filippo and Pilot Officer J.F. Henning were engaged in low-flying instruction and were both killed when it struck a chimney during low flying instruction.
Di Filippo, Adam Matthew (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-January-14
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Luciano and Maria Di Filippo, of Hamilton.
Spouse:
Home: Hamilton, Ontario (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
9 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Centralia, Ontario
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/200503
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Anson 7272
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:7272
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-January-14. Anson II s/n 7272.
This accident involved 2 people. Difilippo AM, Henning JF
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Adam Matthew Di Filippo RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/200503 Anson 7272, Pilot Officer John Francis Henning RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/28014 Anson 7272
Unit Desciption
9 SFTS (9 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.
Graduation Class Centralia
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6 July 1942 School moved to Centralia, Ontario
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June 1945 - School was disbanded
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