Montreal, Quebec
6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman O'Connor lost his life when his Harvard aircraft 2596 went into a spin and crashed one mile east of Caistorville, Ontario.
O'Connor, Patrick Joseph (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-August-08
Birth Date: 1914
Born:
Parents: Son of Patrick J. O'Connor and Mary O'Connor; husband of Lucille M. O'Connor, of Montreal.
Spouse: Husband of Lucille M. O'Connor, of Montreal.
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/189713
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2596
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-August-08. Harvard II s/n 2596.
This accident involved 1 person. O'Connor PJ
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Patrick Joseph O'Connor RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/189713 Harvard 2596
Unit Desciption
6 SFTS (6 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.
Course44 NO6 SFTS Dunnville
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