Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: Son of Arthur W. Tingay and Louise M. Tingay of West Harrow, Middlesex, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
17 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Souris, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1608417
Flying Officer Watson and Leading Aircraftman K.A. Tingay were flying in fog and were trying to locate the aerodrome when they hit a telephone pole. They were both killed when Anson aircraft 11514 crashed near the aerodrome at Souris.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-December-04. Anson II s/n 11514.
This accident involved 2 people. Tingay KA, Watson WJ
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer William James Watson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/36161 Anson 11514, Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Arthur Tingay RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1608417 Anson 11514
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
For More Information on RCAF Station Souris see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Souris MB
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hartney MB
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Elgin MB
Manitoba Historical Society - 17 SFTS
Brandon Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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