Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Violet Carter, of Victoria, London, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
36 (OT) SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
RAF Penhold, Alberta
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1605124
Died when practicing solo night flying circuits in Oxford - BG-435. At 25 minutes after take off the aircraft swung to starboard, lost height and crashed into a clump of trees 1/4 mile from the main aerodrome.
LAC Philip Arthur Carter RAF KITA Red Deer Cemetery Alberta Lot 2. Block F.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-January-26. Oxford II s/n BG435.
This accident involved 1 person. Carter PA
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Philip Arthur Carter RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:1605124 Oxford BG435
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.
For Information on RCAF Station Penhold see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Penhold AB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Innisfail AB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Blackfalds AB
Harvard Historical Aviation Society
Midland Aircraft Recovery Group - Men Of 36 SFTS
Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 36 SFTS
Red Deer Cemetery
School Daily Diary Entry - 1944-01-26
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
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