Helme, Jack (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-March-31

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Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: Son of Percy Edward and Alice Helme, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RNZAF

Unit

39 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Swift Current Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Service Numbers

40388

Final Burial

Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Block 2 Grave 3

39 SFTS, Swift Current, Sask.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Crew or Other Personnel

Oxford X6593

Pilot Officer Jack Helme RNZAF

Pilot Officer Helme, Jack (RNZAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-March-31
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leading Aircraftman John Alfred Howard RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Howard, John Alfred (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-March-31
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:X6593

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-March-31. They are: Oxford II s/n X6593, Oxford II s/n AS689.

This accident involved 3 people. Helme J, Simpson DH, Howard JA

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman John Alfred Howard RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1545132 Oxford X6593, Pilot Officer Jack Helme RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:40388 Oxford X6593

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.