Horfield Bristol, UK
Was a Flying Instructor with 2 Flying Instructor School which was formed two days earlier on 1942-04-27. It is difficult to find any reference to 2 Flying Instructor School at Claresholm other then mention in the School Daily Diary for 15 Service Flying Training School.
Holt, Kenneth William Collis (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-April-29
Birth Date: 1920-October-12
Born:
Parents: Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Holt, of Horfield, Bristol, England.
Spouse:
Home: Horfield Bristol, UK
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
15 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Claresholm, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot Instructor
Service Numbers
1313761
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionAccident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:4196
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-April-29. Tiger Moth s/n 4196.
This accident involved 2 people. Holt KC, Jamieson J
This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant Kenneth William Collis Holt RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:1313761 Moth, Tiger 4196
Unit Desciption
15 SFTS (15 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.
SFTS15 Patch
For More Information on RCAF Station Claresholm see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Claresholm AB
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Woodhouse AB
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Champion AB
15 SFTS Claresholm History
Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Southern Alberta
BCMC Claresholm History
Bomber Command Museum of Canada - 14 SFTS Claresholm AB
Wings Over Claresholm Alberta Video
Project 44 BCATP
YouTube - Wings over Claresholm