McKittrick, Jack Curtis (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-July-20

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Birth Date: 1920-December-27

Born:

Parents: Son of Harold Gordon and Adelaide Rachael McKittrick, of Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia.

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Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAAF

Unit

15 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Stn. Claresholm, Alberta

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Service Numbers

422869

Final Burial
Google MapClaresholm Cemetery
Block 14 Lot 10 Grave 1

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:FP930

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-July-20. Anson II s/n FP930.

This accident involved 3 people. Baker AR, Bennett LHB, Mckittrick JC

This accident had 3 fatalities. Flight Sergeant Jack Curtis McKittrick RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:422869 Anson FP930, Leading Aircraftman Leon Herbert Bernard Bennett RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:439559 Anson FP930, Leading Aircraftman Alwyn Royce Baker RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:439637 Anson FP930

Unit Desciption

15 SFTS (15 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.

SFTS15 Patch

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