Nash Creek, Restigouche County, New Brunswick
13 Service Flying Training School, St Hubert, Quebec. Three Harvard aircraft were flying in formation when there was a mid-air collision above St Alexandre D'Iberville, lberville County, Quebec. Leading Aircraftman Blake was killed when Harvard BW 191 crashed and Leading Aircraftman J.W. Field was killed when Harvard BW 192 crashed near D'Iberville.
Blake, Stewart William (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-June-12
Birth Date: 1920-October-26
Born:
Parents: Son of Wilfred and Alice Blake, of Nash Creek.
Spouse:
Home: Nash Creek, Restigouche County, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
13 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. St Hubert, Quebec
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/84828
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:BW191
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-June-12. They are: Harvard II s/n BW191, Harvard II s/n BW192.
This accident involved 3 people. Blake SW, Field JW, Henley JF
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman John Walsingham Field RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/164621 Harvard BW192,Leading Aircraftman Stewart William Blake RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/84828 Harvard BW191
Unit Desciption
13 SFTS (13 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.
Class NO13 EFTS
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