Geldart, Douglas (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-30
Birth Date: 1916
Born:
Parents: Son of Richard Ernest and Isabella Geldart, of Old Penshaw, Co. Durham, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
39 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1567040
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionAccident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. II serial:AS381
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-30. Oxford II s/n AS381.
This accident involved 1 person. Geldart D
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Douglas Geldart RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1567040 Oxford AS381
Unit Desciption
39 SFTS (39 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.
Airspeed Oxfords of SFTS39 S
For More Information on RCAF Station Swift Current see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Swift Current SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field St Aldwyn SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Wymark SK
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - Swift Current Base History
Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Saskatchewan
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan
Project 44 BCATP