Viceroy, Saskatchewan
3 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta. Died of a Coronary Thrombosis at No. 3 SFTS Calgary station hospital.
Boll, Roderick James Joseph (Aircraftman 1st Class)
Died 1940-December-25
Birth Date: 1911-March-08
Born: Weyburn Sakatchewan
Parents: Son of Joseph John and Winifred Cathrine Boll, of Viceroy.
Spouse:
Home: Viceroy, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Aircraftman 1st Class
Position
aero engine mechanic
Service Numbers
R/61378
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www.findagrave.comUnit Desciption
3 SFTS (3 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.
Cessna Crane Midair No3 SFTS Calgary
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