Smiley, Dwight Lloyd
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-03-19
Birth Date: 1919
Born:
Son of John W. Smiley and Georgia Smiley, of Norwich, Connecticut,
Home: Norwich, Connecticut, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
16 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/194247
First Burial
Norwich, Connecticut, USA
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Anson Mk. II Serial: 7087
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
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 7087
Anson Mk. II 7087
First assigned to No. 16 Service Flying Training School at Hagersville, Ontario. Allocated to No. 6 Repair Depot on 22 March 1944, pending disposal instructions.1941-12-15 Taken on Strength No. 1 Training Command 2019-08-20
1944-March-19 Accident: 16 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Smiley
1944-04-13 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20