Berry, Walter
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-02-18
Birth Date: 1901
Born:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
34 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
RCAF Stn. Medicine Hat, Alberta
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Flight Sergeant
Service Numbers
349180
First Burial
Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)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.
For More Information on RCAF Station Medicine Hat see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Medicine Hat AB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Holsom AB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Whitla AB
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