St John, New Brunswick
Flying Officer Young and W/C. G.H. Shaw (RAF) were both killed when Yale aircraft 3431 failed to recover from a spin and crashed near the aerodrome at Uplands.
Young, Donald Sidney Thomson (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1940-September-27
Birth Date: 1907-October-13
Born:
Parents: Son of Sidney Clarke Young and Grace Adeline Young, of Saint John; husband of Edna Clayton Young, of Saint John.
Spouse: Husband of Edna Clayton Young, of Saint John.
Home: St John, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
C/1806
School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-09-27
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Yale 3431
Accident Card - North American Yale serial:3431
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1940-September-27. Yale s/n 3431.
This accident involved 2 people. Shaw GH, Young DST
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer Donald Sidney Thomson Young RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/1806 Yale 3431, Wing Commander Grenville Hammerton Shaw RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:22174 Yale 3431
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.
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