Lathope, Stanley (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-September-14
Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: Joseph and Janet Lathrope, of Manchester, England
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
8 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1623015
Elmwood Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FS863
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-September-14. Harvard IIB s/n FS863.
This accident involved 1 person. Lathrope S
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Stanley Lathope RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1623015 Harvard FS863
Unit Desciption
8 SFTS (8 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.
Harvard Formation
NO8 SFTS Moncton moved to Weyburn SK January 1944
For More Information on RCAF Station Moncton see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Moncton NB
8 SFTS Moncton NB History
New Brunswick Aviation Museum
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