Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA
6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnsville, Ontario. LACs Guelich and A.L. Rankin (RNZAF) were both killed when Harvard aircraft 2839 crashed and burned one mile west of Fisherville. Leading Aircraftman Pilot Guelich is buried in the Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Guelich, Allison Sheir (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-April-17
Birth Date: 1917
Born:
Parents: Son of George C. and Allison F. Guelich, of Hawthorne.
Spouse:
Home: Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/117557
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Harvard 2839
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2839
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-April-17. Harvard s/n 2839.
This accident involved 2 people. Guelich AS, Rankin AL
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Alastair Logie Rankin RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:412526 Harvard 2839, Leading Aircraftman Allison Sheir Guelich RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/117557 Harvard 2839
Unit Desciption
6 SFTS (6 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.
Course44 NO6 SFTS Dunnville
For More Information on RCAF Station Dunnville see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Dunnville Ontario
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6 SFTS Dunnville Blog
6 SFTS Museum Dunnville
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