Red Deer Cemetery
Died of injuries sustained in the crash of Oxford - AS523 on 1941-12-24
No note of his death subsequent to the crash in the daily diary.
Bushell, Philip Edward (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-December-24
Birth Date: 1913
Born:
Parents: Son of William George and Caroline Bushell, of Hursley, Hampshire, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
36 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
RCAF Stn. Penhold, Alberta
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1313133
School Daily Diary Entry - 1941-12-24
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Oxford AS523
Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:AS523
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-December-24. Oxford s/n AS523.
This accident involved 2 people. Bushell PE, Phillips DA
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman David Anthony Phillips RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:945028 Oxford AS523, Leading Aircraftman Philip Edward Bushell RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1313133 Oxford AS523
Unit Desciption
36 SFTS (36 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.
Airspeed Oxford Crash SFTS36
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