Ottawa, Ontario
16 Service Flying Training School, Hagersville, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman Parslow was flying Anson aircraft 6708 and was practicing flying sequences 3,4,5,6,7,8,13,15, and 16 when his aircraft dived into the ground at high speed one mile south of Renton, Ontario.
Parslow, Harry William Herbert (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-March-07
Birth Date: 1923-January-28
Born:
Parents: Son of Harry and Maud Parslow, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
16 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/111003
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6708
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-March-07. Anson I s/n 6708.
This accident involved 1 person. Parslow HWH
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Harry William Herbert Parslow RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/111003 Anson 6708
Unit Desciption
16 SFTS (16 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.
Class115 SFTS16
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