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Dufton, John Alexander (Aircraftman 1st Class)

Killed 1943-December-08

Male Head

Birth Date: 1922 (age 21)

Son of Wilbert Russell Dufton and Elizabeth S. Dufton, of Winnipeg.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Service
RCAF
Unit
10 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Aircraftman 1st Class
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
armourer
Service Numbers
R/253154
AC1 Dufton was killed by an accidental shotgun discharge.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry "“ 1943-12-08

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba
Burial
Google MapBrookside Cemetery
Mil Sec Lot 1909

10 SFTS (10 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.

No10 SFTS Dauphin

For More Information on RCAF Station Dauphin see here

RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Dauphin Manitoba

RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field North Junction MB

RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Valley River MB

General Manitoba Historical Society - 10 SFTS Dauphin

General Manitoba Historical Society - North Junction Relief Landing Field

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