Caulkin, Thomas Henry (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-January-18

Flying Officer Thomas Henry Caulkin RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-October-20

Born: Regina Saskatchewan

Parents: Thomas Benjamin & Rachel Maud Caulkin

Spouse:

Home: Victoria, BC (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Dauphin, Manitoba

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/3198

Home
Google MapVictoria, BC (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapRoyal Oak Burial Park
Sec D Plot 21 Grave 10

Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:7968

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-January-18. They are: Cessna Crane s/n 7875, Cessna Crane s/n 7968.

This accident involved 4 people. Catrano DA, Caulkin TH, Dodd WG, Irvine DG

This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer Thomas Henry Caulkin RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/3198 Crane 7968, Leading Aircraftman Douglas George Irvine RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/106928 Crane 7968

Unit Desciption

10 SFTS (10 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.

No10 SFTS Dauphin

For More Information on RCAF Station Dauphin see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Dauphin Manitoba

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field North Junction MB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Valley River MB

Unvetted Source Manitoba Historical Society - 10 SFTS Dauphin

Unvetted Source Manitoba Historical Society - North Junction Relief Landing Field

Project 44 BCATP

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