Wolch, Theodore Benjamin
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-06-22
Birth Date: 1918-June-23
Born:
Son of Frederick and Bessie Wolch, of Toronto.
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
5 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/119434
Home
Toronto, Ontario
First Burial
Children Of Israel Jewish Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Anson Mk. I / III Serial: N9603
- Anson Mk. II Serial: 8488
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Avro Anson
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.
The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes.Harold Skaarup web pages
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Avro Anson History5 SFTS (5 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.
For More Infomaion on RCAF Station Brantford see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Brantford Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hagersville Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Burtch Ontario
Wings above the Skyline. The Story of No. 5 SFTS Brantford
Project 44 BCATPAnson N9603
Anson Mk. I / III N9603
To No. 1 Training Command on 8 January 1941, for use by No. 31 Air Navigation School, Port Albert, Ontario. Category C21 accident at Feversham, Ontario at 23:30 on 7 April 1941. To de Havilland Canada from 20 August 1941 to 17 January 1942, probably converted to Mk. III during this time. To No. 1 Training Command when completed. Noted at that time as transferred from RAF to JATP. Probably used by No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford, Ontario. Category A crash reported by this School, at 11:50 on 22 June 1942, 1/4 mile west of St. George, Ontario (7 miles north-east of Brantford aerodrome). Mid-air with Anson 8488 while formation flying.1940-12-04 Taken on Strength Ottawa Car & Aircraft 2019-08-20
1941-April-07 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Appleton | Downer | Gibson | Oliver
1942-June-22 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: St George Ontario Names: Anderson | Welch
1942-09-23 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
Anson 8488
Anson Mk. II 8488
First assigned to No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford, Ontario.Category C2 damage at 11:50 on 22 June 1942, 1/4 mile west of St. George, Ontario (10 miles north-north-east of Brantford aerodrome). Struck by Anson N9603 during formation flying. This aircraft recovered without further damage, N9603 crashed and was Category A.
1942-10-20 - Leading Aircraftman George Arthur Boehmer committed flying offences in this Aircraft. He was charged, Court Martialed, and convicted. The Court Martial file can be accessed at this link.
To Central Aircraft at Crumlin, Ontario for overhaul, 18 January to 17 May 1943.
To storage with No. 4 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 2 June 1943.
To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. To storage on 12 April 1945.
Pending disposal from 10 July 1945. By 27 November 1945 on the books of Maintenance Command, stored at No. 3 Surplus Equipment Holding Unit at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, where it was noted with 2014:05 logged time, 1159:55 since overhaul.
1941-10-27 Taken on Strength No. 1 Training Command 2019-08-20
1942-June-22 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: St George Ontario Names: Anderson | Welch
1943-January-08 Accident: 5 Service Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brooks | Laidlaw | Mcmaster
1946-10-02 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal 2019-08-20