Toronto, Ontario
8 Service Flying Training School, Moncton, New Brunswick. Leading Aircraftman Stanley was killed in Anson aircraft 6375 when it collided with Anson 6379 while coming in for a landing. The aircraft crashed 300 yards north-east of the runway at Moncton. Leading Aircraftman F.D. Geldard, in aircraft 6379, was also killed.
Stanley, Elmer James (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-August-07
Birth Date: 1920-October-17
Born:
Parents: Son of John Henry and Emily Louise Stanley, of Toronto.
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
8 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/85784
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6375
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1941-August-07. They are: Anson s/n 6375, Anson s/n 6379.
This accident involved 2 people. Geldart FD, Stanley EJ
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Elmer James Stanley RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/85784 Anson 6375,Leading Aircraftman Francis Douglas Geldard RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/83930 Anson 6379
Unit Desciption
8 SFTS (8 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.
Harvard Formation
NO8 SFTS Moncton moved to Weyburn SK January 1944
For More Information on RCAF Station Moncton see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Moncton NB
8 SFTS Moncton NB History
New Brunswick Aviation Museum
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