Matthews, Grant Carmichael
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-12-07
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Son of Gordon and Laurel G. Matthews, of Pembroke.
Home: Pembroke, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
5 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
R/125317
Home
Pembroke, Ontario
First Burial
Wesley United Church Cemetery, Pembroke, Ontario
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Anson Mk. I / III Serial: 6118
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Avro Anson
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.
The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes.Harold Skaarup web pages
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Avro Anson History5 SFTS (5 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.
For More Infomaion on RCAF Station Brantford see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Brantford Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hagersville Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Burtch Ontario
Wings above the Skyline. The Story of No. 5 SFTS Brantford
Project 44 BCATPAnson 6118
Anson Mk. I / III 6118
Ex RAF R9958. To No. 1 Training Command on 11 November 1940, for establishment of No. 4 Air Observer School at London and No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford. Used by No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford, Ontario. Category C1 damage at Boston, Ontario (now part of Halton, Ontario, 40 miles north-east of Brantford) at 17:00 on 29 May 1941. Category C12 damage at Brantford at 04:15 on 28 August 1941, in a ground collision with Anson 6262. To Fleet Aircraft for overhaul and conversion to Mk. III, 7 November 1941 to 17 April 1942, with 1014:50 logged time. To No. 1 Training Command when completed. Unit instructed to ship wreckage to No. 6 Repair Depot at Trenton on 17 December 1943, following a Category A crash.1940-10-12 Taken on Strength No. 6 Repair Depot 2019-08-20
1941-May-29 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Boston Ontario Names: Deane | Dutton | Sims
1941-August-28 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Taxi Strip Names: Lloyd | Porter
1943-December-07 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Thornton Ontario Names: Matthews
1944-01-04 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20