Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Frederick &d May Chenery, of Willesden, Middlesex, England
Spouse: Doris Chenery, of Willesden.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Calgary, Alberta
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1375149
At the time of the crash, Crane 8133 was being flown by either Leading Aircraftman Chenery RAF or Leading Aircraftman Edward Thomas Hughes RNZAF. Both men had completed pilot training and were being upgraded for multi-engine operation. The traing was being conducted by the RAF.
Killed: LAC Roy Alan Frederick Chenery RAF KIFA Burnsland Cemetery Calgary Alberta Lot 26. Block 8. Sec. G. LAC Edward Thomas Hughes RNZAF KIFA Burnsland Cemetery Lot 27. Block 8. Sec. G.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-October-06. Cessna Crane I s/n 8133.
This accident involved 3 people. Chenery, Hughes ET, Mcmonnies GS
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Edward Thomas Hughes RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:416426 Crane 8133, Leading Aircraftman Roy Alan Frederick Chenery RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1375149 Crane 8133
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 More Information on RCAF Station Calgary see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Lincoln Park, Currie, Calgary Alberta
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Shepard Alberta
Bomber Command Museum of Canada
Burnsland Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
3 SFTS Blog
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