Red Deer Cemetery
Died in the crash of Oxford BM 767. "No. 1504541 Leading Aircraftman Thorp C.W. in Oxford aircraft No. BD767 at Penhold had successfully completed two circuits and landings and had taken off on his third circuit when a sudden unsuspected snow flurry came over the aerodrome at approximately 2115 hours. Information was received shortly afterwards that an aircraft had crashed 4 miles south west of the aerodrome and that the sole occupant had been killed. The aircraft was wrecked and an Investigation is being held."
Thorp, Charles William (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-29
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Son of Charles William and Elizabeth Thorp, of Birtley, Co. Durham, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
36 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Penhold, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1504541
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-10-29
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. II serial:BM767
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-October-29. Oxford I s/n BM767.
This accident involved 1 person. Thorp CW
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Charles William Thorp RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1504541 Oxford BM767
Unit Desciption
36 SFTS (36 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.
Airspeed Oxford Crash SFTS36
For Information on RCAF Station Penhold see here
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Harvard Historical Aviation Society
Midland Aircraft Recovery Group - Men Of 36 SFTS
Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 36 SFTS
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