Joseph Hankey Herron

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-04

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Birth Date: 1926

Born:

Parents: Son of Joseph and Ethel Herron, of Rugby, Warwickshire.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RN FAA

Unit

14 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Aylmer, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Leading Airman (Acting)

Position

Pilot trainee

Service Numbers

FX112704

Final Burial

Aylmer Cemetery
Plot 405 Grave 3

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Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:3787

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-May-04. Harvard II s/n 3787.

This accident involved 2 people. Herron J, Ostrander DK

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Airman (Acting) Joseph Hankey Herron RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX112704 Harvard 3787

Unit Desciption

14 SFTS (14 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.