Winnipeg, Manitoba
9 Service Flying Training School, Centralia, Ontario. Anson aircraft 7235 was flying in formation and collided with another aircraft while changing positions. Anson 7235 crashed and burned one mile north-west of Zurich, Ontario, Leading Aircraftman Kell was the only casualty.
Kell, Wilfrid Raymond (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-November-07
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
Parents: Son of Wilfred Roland and Mertie Kell, of Winnipeg, Manitoba
Spouse:
Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
9 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Centralia, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/137818
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:7235
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-November-07. They are: Anson II s/n 7452, Anson II s/n 7235.
This accident involved 2 people. Cameron HW, Kell WR
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Wilfrid Raymond Kell RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/137818 Anson 7235
Unit Desciption
9 SFTS (9 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.
Graduation Class Centralia
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6 July 1942 School moved to Centralia, Ontario
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June 1945 - School was disbanded
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