Brown, Andrew Finlayson (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-September-13

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Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Brown, of Edinburgh, Scotland

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

41 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Service Numbers

1559073

Final Burial

Hillcrest Cemetery
Block 76 Lot 20

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Crew or Other Personnel

Harvard FE304

Flying Officer Edric Bibby RAF

Flying Officer Bibby, Edric (RAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-September-13
Hillcrest Cemetery, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Sergeant Andrew Finlayson Brown RAFVR

Sergeant Brown, Andrew Finlayson (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-September-13
Hillcrest Cemetery, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE304

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-September-13. Harvard II s/n FE304.

This accident involved 2 people. Bibby E, Brown AF

This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Andrew Finlayson Brown RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1559073 Harvard FE304, Flying Officer Edric Bibby RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:124497 Harvard FE304

Unit Desciption

41 SFTS (41 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.