Thorold, Ontario
6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman Benniman was killed when Harvard aircraft 2768 crashed two and one half miles north-west of the aerodrome at Dunnville.
Benniman, Donald Edward (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-March-21
Birth Date: 1914-August-20
Born: Thorold Ontario
Parents: Son of Albert Edward and Jessie Louise Benniman, of Thorold.
Spouse:
Home: Thorold, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Dunnville, Ontario
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/66132
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2768
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-March-21. Harvard s/n 2768.
This accident involved 1 person. Benniman DE
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Donald Edward Benniman RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/66132 Harvard 2768
Unit Desciption
6 SFTS (6 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.
Course44 NO6 SFTS Dunnville
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