Vancouver, British Columbia
6 Service Flying Training School, Dunville, Ontario. Harvard aircraft 3322 and Harvard aircraft 3149 were in a mid-air collision one half mile north-west of Dundalk, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman R. Panting was the pilot of aircraft 3149 and was also killed.
Addendum: , 6 E.F.T.S. was located at Dunnville, Ontario, not Dunville. Detail provided by A. E. Barnard, Burlington, On.
Stewart, Harold Charles Edward (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-January-17
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Son of James and Pearl M. Stewart, of Vancouver.
Spouse:
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/210519
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.IIB serial:3322
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1944-January-17. They are: Harvard II s/n 3322, Harvard II s/n 3149.
This accident involved 2 people. Panting R, Stewart HE
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Harold Charles Edward Stewart RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/210519 Harvard 3322,Leading Aircraftman Reginald Panting RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/206218 Harvard 3149
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.
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