Bodington, William Vernon (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-June-19

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Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Parents: Son of George Henry and Ernestine Bodington, of Acton, Middlesex, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

31 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Kingston, Ontario

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Service Numbers

901418

Final Burial
Google MapCataraqui Cemetery
Sec G Range 6 Grave 3A

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ543

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-June-19. Harvard II s/n AJ543.

This accident involved 2 people. Bodington WM, Kay JM

This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant William Vernon Bodington RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:901418 Harvard AJ543

Unit Desciption

31 SFTS (31 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.

SFTS31 Kingston ON

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