Hillside Cemetery
Died when Harvard - FE916 crashed while performing solo exercises.
Allen, John Russell (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-July-06
Birth Date: 1924-April-05
Born:
Parents: Son of John and Mary Allen, of Islington, North Canterbury, New Zealand.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RNZAF
Unit
34 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
RCAF Stn. Medicine Hat, Alberta
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
4211652
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-07-06
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE916
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-July-06. Harvard IIB s/n FE916.
This accident involved 1 person. Allen JR
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman John Russell Allen RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:4211652 Harvard FE916
Unit Desciption
34 SFTS (34 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.
NO34 SFTS Baracks
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David Carter History Of NO34 SFTS
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