Spencer, Robert William (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-April-01

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Birth Date: 1925

Born:

Parents: Son of Robert William and Elizabeth Davison Spencer, of Washington, Co. Durham, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1685428

Final Burial
Google MapBeechwood Cemetery
Sec 29 Lot 4 Grave 164

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II / IIA serial:2756

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-April-01. Harvard II s/n 2756.

This accident involved 1 person. Spenner RW

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Robert William Spencer RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1685428 Harvard 2756

Unit Desciption

2 SFTS (2 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.

RCAF Station Uplands now the site of Ottawa International Airport CYOW.

Instructors NO2 SFTS

For More Information on RCAF Station Uplands See here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Uplands Ottawa Ontario

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Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edwards Ontario

Museum Vintage Wings - Inside Uplands

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Project 44 BCATP

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