Brown, John (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-24

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Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Son of John and Dorothy E. S. Brown, of High Spen.

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Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

37 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Calgary, Alberta

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot trainee

Service Numbers

51513

Final Burial
Google MapSt Patrick Churchyard and Hookergate Cemetery
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Served with No. 32 Service Flying Training School at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Category A damage on 24 November 1943 while with No. 37 SFTS at Calgary, Alberta. Mid-air with Harvard 2566, crashed north of Wood Lake, Alberta. Student pilot Pilot Officer J. Brown of the UK killed

Operatins Record Books Operations Record Book 37 SFTS

Report in the Calgary Albertan

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2739

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-November-24. They are: Harvard II s/n 2739, Harvard II s/n 2566.

This accident involved 3 people. Anderson WH, Brown J, Lewis RR

This accident had 1 fatality. Flying Officer John Brown RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:51513 Harvard 2739

Unit Desciption

37 SFTS (37 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.

Air Navigation Chart Calgary 1944

Noteable RAF Instructor pilots based at No. 37 SFTS during the war, was F/O Peter Middleton, the grandfather of Catherine Middleton who is now the Duchess of Cambridge and the wife of Prince William.

For More Information on RCAF Station Calgary see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Calgary AB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Airdrie AB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Inverlake AB

Museum Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 37 SFTS

Calgary Wings SFTS37 History

Unvetted Source Clarence Simonsen - Calgary Wings 37 SFTS History.pdf

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

YouTube YouTube - GHOSTS OF THE FOOTHILLS - The BCATP's Hidden Legacy in Alberta