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Moorhouse, Kenneth George (Aircraftman 2nd Class)

Killed 1942-December-27

Birth Date: 1917-January-01 (age 25)

Son of John Hartley Moorhouse and Bertha Jane Moorhouse, of Arnprior.

Home: Arnprior, Ontario

Service
RCAF
Unit
31 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Aircraftman 2nd Class
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
tractor operator
Service Numbers
R/150240
AC2 Moorhouse was on Christmas leave when he was killed in a train wreck near Ottawa at Almonte, Ontario. He was among 36 people killed in this crash between a troop train and a holiday passenger train going from Petawawa and Ottawa. 150 others were injured in the crash.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry "“ 1942-12-27

General Harvards Above, A book about 31 Service Flying Training School

General Harvards Above, A book about 31 Service Flying Training School - In Memoriam

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

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31 SFTS (31 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.

SFTS31 Kingston ON

For More information on RCAF Station Kingston see here

RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Kingston ON

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RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Sandhurst ON

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