Markham, Ontario
6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. Yale aircraft crashed.
Paterson, John Alfred (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-March-03
Birth Date: 1918-September-18
Born:
Parents: Malcolm M. Paterson & Annie Paterson
Spouse:
Home: Markham, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Dunnville, Ontario
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/129226
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Yale 3418
Accident Card - North American Yale serial:3418
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-March-03. Yale s/n 3418.
This accident involved 2 people. Dean LH, Paterson JA
This accident had 2 fatalities. Warrant Officer 2 Lloyd Henry Dean RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/64483 Yale 3418, Flight Sergeant John Alfred Paterson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/129226 Yale 3418
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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