Birth Date: 1922-November-17
Born:
Parents: Clifford Carlyle Planche & Anne Ruth Planche
Spouse:
Home: Calgary, Alberta (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
5 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn, Brantford, Ontario
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/121318
Anson aircraft 6835 was being tested prior to a night flying exercise when one wing hit the ground, the aircraft crashed one mile north-west of the aerodrome at Brantford. Crew were killed.
Killed includes Planche: Sergeant Ernest Almon Coleman (Amer.) RCAF R/104890 KIFA @Brantford Ontario, Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, Massachusetts, USA, Lot 477. LAC Glen Dean Faris (Amer.) RCAF R/118365 KIFA @Brantford Ontario Golden Gate National Cemetery Plot: L. Grave: 7776.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-May-08. Anson I s/n 6835.
This accident involved 3 people. Coleman EA, Faris GD, Planche JP
This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Glen Dean Faris RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/118365 Anson 6835, Leading Aircraftman John Paul Planche RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/121318 Anson 6835, Sergeant Ernest Almon Coleman RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/104890 Anson 6835
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.
For More Infomaion on RCAF Station Brantford see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Brantford Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hagersville Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Burtch Ontario
Wings above the Skyline. The Story of No. 5 SFTS Brantford
Project 44 BCATP
Calgary, Alberta (parents)
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
5 SFTS Brantford History Blog
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy