Rankin, Alastair Logie (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-April-17

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Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Parents: Son of Frederick George Rankin and of Barbara Drummond Rankin (nee Farquhar), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RNZAF

Unit

6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Dunnville, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

412526

Final Burial
Google MapRiverside Cemetery
Lot 845 Grave 3

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2839

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-April-17. Harvard s/n 2839.

This accident involved 2 people. Guelich AS, Rankin AL

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Alastair Logie Rankin RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:412526 Harvard 2839, Leading Aircraftman Allison Sheir Guelich RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/117557 Harvard 2839

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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