Montreal, Quebec
9 Service Flying Training School, Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Harvard aircraft crashed.
Fletcher, Glen M Cameron (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-June-01
Birth Date: 1921-March-14
Born:
Parents: Son of Cameron John and Emily Pearl Fletcher, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.
Spouse:
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
9 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/56420
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Harvard AH196
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AH196
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-June-01. Harvard II s/n AH196.
This accident involved 2 people. Fletcher GMC, Robertson BL
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Glen M Cameron Fletcher RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/56420 Harvard AH196, Leading Aircraftman Bonar Lloyd Robertson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/56271 Harvard AH196
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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