Hillside Cemetery
Died in the crash of Oxford - V3268. Leading Aircraftman B.A. Belcher and Flying Officer B.C.H. Simms were killed in this crash.
Belcher, Bernard Albert (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-July-03
Birth Date: 1911
Born:
Parents: Son of Albert and Kate Belcher, of Kingham, Oxfordshire, England
Spouse: husband of Winifred Belcher, of Worcester, England.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
34 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
RCAF Stn. Medicine Hat, Alberta
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1164391
School Daily Diary Entry - 1941-07-03
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Oxford V3268
Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:V3268
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-July-03. Oxford s/n V3268.
This accident involved 2 people. Belcher BA, Simms BCH
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Bernard Albert Belcher RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1164391 Oxford V3268, Flying Officer Bertram Charles Hollins Simms RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:86659 Oxford V3268
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
For More Information on RCAF Station Medicine Hat see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Medicine Hat AB
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Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 34 SFTS
David Carter History Of NO34 SFTS
Project 44 BCATP
YouTube - David Carter - History Of 34 SFTS
Project 44 BCATP