PL - Arthur William Francis Lawrence Died

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Lawrence, Arthur William Francis (Warrant Officer 1st Class)

Died 1943-January-01

Male Head

Canada

Birth Date: 1907-March-03 (age 35)

Son of Samuel and Isabelle Lawrence, of Hamilton; husband of Edith Lawrence, of Hamilton.

Husband of Edith Lawrence, of Hamilton.

Home: Hamilton, Ontario

Service
RCAF

Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base
Dunnville, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Warrant Officer 1st Class

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Pilot

Service Numbers
R/85808

6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. Died in an automobile on East Brow Road, near Hamilton.

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Hamilton, Ontario

Burial
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Hamilton Cemetery, Canada
Sunken garden Sec Lot 238 South grave

6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (6 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.

Course44 NO6 SFTS Dunnville

For More Information on RCAF Station Dunnville see here

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Museum 6 SFTS Museum Dunnville

1940-11-25 Primary Location Dunnville ON Canada Airport now closed.
1940-11-25 Relief Field Welland ON Canada Currently the site of Welland Niagara Central Rungeling Airport CNQ3
1941-01-01 Relief Field Cayuga ON Canada Now location of Cayuga International Dragway Park

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