Pouyat, Taunton Oswald Constantine
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-12-07
Birth Date: 1918-January-21
Born:
Son of Aubrey C. Pouyat and May F. Pouyat, of St. Andrew, Jamaica.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAFVR
Unit
16 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
605491
St Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)This incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Anson Mk. II Serial: 7412
- Anson Mk. I / III Serial: 6930
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Anson 6930
Avro Anson
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.
The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes.Harold Skaarup web pages
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Avro Anson History16 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.
For More Info on RCAF Station Hagersville see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Hagersville ON
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Cayuga ON
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Dufferin ON
Anson 7412
Anson Mk. II 7412
With No. 16 Service Flying Training School at Hagersville, Ontario when it collided with Anson 6930 of the same School during formation flying on 7 December 1943, near Waterford, Ontario. Declared Category A damage. Classified as Instructional Airframe A368 on 21 January 1944.1942-05-11 Taken on Strength 2020-10-16
1942-September-16 Accident: 16 Service Flying Training School Loc: Cayugo R1 Names: Boorman | Reeves
1942-November-14 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Paris Names: Routledge
1942-November-14 Accident: 16 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Taylor
1943-December-07 Accident: 16 Service Flying Training School Loc: Waterford Ontario Names: Bacquie | Pouyat | Stephens | Turner | Ward
1944-01-21 Classified Instructional A 368 2020-06-10
1945-12-02 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Anson 6930
Anson Mk. I / III 6930
Ex RAF AW657. Converted to Mk. III before delivery to RCAF. To No. 1 Training Command on 25 April 1942, for use by No. 16 Service Flying Training School at Hagersville, Ontario. Destroyed in a mid-air with Anson 7412 of the same School during formation flying on 7 December 1943. Came down near Waterford, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman T.O.C. Pouyat, RAFVR killed. Order to write off sent to user unit and No. 6 Repair Depot on 13 December 1943.1941-09-05 Taken on Strength de Havilland Canada 2019-08-20
1943-December-07 Accident: 16 Service Flying Training School Loc: Waterford Ontario Names: Bacquie | Pouyat | Stephens | Turner | Ward
1944-04-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20