Campbell, Arthur David Andrew (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1945-August-17

Leading Aircraftman Arthur David Andrew Campbell RAFVR

Birth Date: 1926

Born:

Parents: Mrs W F Wood, of Chigwell, Essex

Spouse:

Home: Chigwell, Essex, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

11 (OT) SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

pilot-trainee

Service Numbers

3038753

Home

Chigwell, Essex, England

Final Burial

Yorkton Cemetery
Block 5 Lot 76 Grave B

11 Service Flying Training School (BCATP), Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Leading Aircraftman A D A Campbell (RAFVR) was killed in a flying accident on Cornell III aircraft 14660 that crashed at Yorkton during a training flight

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Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

Accident Card - Fairchild Cornell Cornell III serial:14660

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1945-August-17. Cornell II s/n 14660.

This accident involved 1 person. Campbell ADA

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Arthur David Andrew Campbell RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:3038753 Cornell 14660

Mission

Cornell Cornell III 14660

Operational 1945-August-17 to 1945-August-17

11 Service Flying Training School (OT) SFTS (RCAF) Yorkton, Saskatchewan

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Unit Desciption

11 (OT) SFTS (11 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.