Alliance, Nebraska, USA
16 Service Flying Training School, Hagersville, Ontario. Anson I aircraft 8266 crashed. Leading Aircraftman Pilot Jones is buried in the Cemetery at Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Jones, Lester Charles (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-06
Birth Date: 1921-March-04
Born: Lingle, Wyoming
Parents: Son of Walter R. and Doratha D. Jones, of Alliance.
Spouse:
Home: Alliance, Nebraska, USA
Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment Date: 1941-December-18
Service
RCAF
Unit
16 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/147302
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Anson 8266
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:8266
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-January-06. Anson II s/n 8266.
This accident involved 3 people. Caskie J, Jones LC, Steelman RB
This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Richard Berton Steelman RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/145299 Anson 8266, Leading Aircraftman Lester Charles Jones RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/147302 Anson 8266, Pilot Officer John Caskie RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/13066 Anson 8266
Unit Desciption
16 SFTS (16 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.
Class115 SFTS16
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