Tait, Peter Alexander (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-November-17

Leading Aircraftman Peter Alexander Tait RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-March-25

Born:

Parents: Son of William McDougall Tait and Effa R. Tait of Fergus.

Spouse:

Home: Fergus, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/93431

Home
Google MapFergus, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapBelsyde Cemetery
Plot 661 Div E Grave 4

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3020

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-November-17. Harvard s/n 3020.

This accident involved 2 people. Hiles RD, Tait PA

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Richard David Hiles RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:656197 Harvard 3020, Leading Aircraftman Peter Alexander Tait RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/93431 Harvard 3020

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

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Project 44 BCATP

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