Pembroke, Ontario
LAC Matthews was on a night navigation exercise and was killed when Anson aircraft 6118 crashed two miles east of Thornton, Ontario. He was the only casualty.
Matthews, Grant Carmichael (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-December-07
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Son of Gordon and Laurel G. Matthews, of Pembroke.
Spouse:
Home: Pembroke, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
5 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/125317
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I / III serial:6118
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-December-07. Anson III s/n 6118.
This accident involved 1 person. Matthews GC
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Grant Carmichael Matthews RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/125317 Anson 6118
Unit Desciption
5 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.
Brantford CYFD
For More Infomaion on RCAF Station Brantford see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Brantford Ontario
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5 SFTS Brantford History BlogWings above the Skyline. The Story of No. 5 SFTS Brantford
Project 44 BCATP
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