Battleford, Saskatchewan
LAC Light was on a solo flight and was engaged in unauthorized low-flying when he struck a ferry cable stretched across the Saskatchewan river seven miles east of Hague, Saskatchewan. He was killed when his Cessna Crane aircraft 8016 crashed into the river and sank in eight feet of water.
Light, Alan Scott (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-June-05
Birth Date: 1922-May-24
Born:
Parents: Son of Charles Edward and Veronica Light, of Battleford, Saskatchewan.
Spouse:
Home: Battleford, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/107481
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:8016
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-June-05. Cessna Crane I s/n 8016.
This accident involved 1 person. Light AS
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Alan Scott Light RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/107481 Crane 8016
Unit Desciption
4 SFTS (4 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.
Cessna Crane
For More Infomaion on RCAF Station Saskatoon see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Saskatoon Saskatchewan
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Vascoy Saskatchewan
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Osler Saskatchewan
Vintage Wings - Ghosts of Saskatchewan
4 SFTS Saskatoon History
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan