Ottawa, Ontario
6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. Two Harvard aircraft were in a mid-air collision whilst formation flying. Aircraft 3193 crashed five miles west of Dunnville killing Pilot Officer Roy.
Roy, William Francis (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-10
Birth Date: 1913-June-07
Born:
Parents: Son of William James Roy and Rosa Amy Roy, of Ottawa.
Spouse:
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
C/14352
Prev: R/54072
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3193
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-September-10. They are: Harvard s/n 3193, Harvard s/n FE336.
This accident involved 2 people. Macleod GS, Roy WF
This accident had 1 fatality. Pilot Officer William Francis Roy RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/14352 Harvard 3193
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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