Alexander, George Langstaff
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-10-05
Birth Date: 1921-May-20
Born: Gallivan Saskatchewan
Son of Proctor and Elizabeth Alexander, of Turtleford, Saskatchewan.
Home: Turtleford, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
35 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
RCAF Stn. North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Rank
Corporal
Position
Corporal
Service Numbers
R/225320
First Burial
Turtleford Cemetery, Turtleford, Saskatchewan
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com35 SFTS (35 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 Information on RCAF Station North Battleford see here
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Elinor Florence - Brada Relief Field - Air Force Ghosts
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - Base History
Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Saskatchewan
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan