Cochshott, Frederick Lewis (Aircraftman 2nd Class)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-03

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Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Frederick Charles & Susan Jenny Cochshott, of Liverpool, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

31 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Kingston, Ontario

Rank

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Position

Service Numbers

967227

Final Burial

Cataraqui Cemetery
Sec G Range 7 Grave 18

Took off from Kingston as passenger on an air test.

Aircraft spun into the St Lawrence River during the test.

Killed: AC2 Frederick Lewis Cochshott RAF pilot trainee KIFA Cataraqu Cemetery Kingston Sec. G. Range 7. Grave 18. Flight Sergeant Richard Gordon Elliot RAF (Can.) pilot-instructor KIFA Sioux Lookout Cemetery Plot 173-D.

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Crew or Other Personnel

Harvard AJ538

Aircraftman 2nd Class Frederick Lewis Cochshott RAFVR

Aircraftman 2nd Class Cochshott, Frederick Lewis (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-03
Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Flight Sergeant Richard Gordon Elliott RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Elliott, Richard Gordon (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-03
Sioux Lookout Cemetery, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ538

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-May-03. Harvard II s/n AJ538.

This accident involved 2 people. Cockshott FL, Elliot R

This accident had 2 fatalities. Aircraftman 2nd Class Frederick Lewis Cochshott RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:967227 Harvard AJ538, Flight Sergeant Richard Gordon Elliott RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1336405 Harvard AJ538

Unit Desciption

31 SFTS (31 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.