Staffa, Ontario
16 Service Flying Training School, Hagersville, Ontario. Sergeant Drake and Flight Lieutenant S.G. Grove were both killed when Harvard aircraft 3799 crashed three miles south-east of Ohsweken, Ontario.
Drake, Henry (Harry) Reginald (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-November-22
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
Parents: Son of Kenneth and Janet Drake, of Staffa.
Spouse:
Home: Staffa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
16 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Hagersville, Ontario
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/99598
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Harvard 3799
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:3799
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-November-22. Harvard II s/n 3799.
This accident involved 2 people. Drake HGR, Grove SGN
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flight Lieutenant Sidney George Norman Grove RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/5976 Harvard 3799, Sergeant Henry (Harry) Reginald Drake RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/99598 Harvard 3799
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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