Birth Date: 1919-August-22
Born: New York, New York, USA
Parents: James & Estelle Connors
Spouse:
Home: Bronx, New York, USA (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Dunnville, Ontario
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/120235
Woodlawn CemeteryTook off from Dunnville on a solo exercise training flight.
Connors was killed when his Harvard crashed near the aerodrome at Bell, Tonawanda, New York, USA .
Killed: LAC Herbert Edwin Connors RCAF (Amer.) R/120325 KIFA Woodlan Cemetery NY, NY; Arbutus Plot. Row 119. Grave 16955EM.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-June-21. Harvard II s/n 2555.
This accident involved 1 person. Connors SE
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Herbert Edwin Connors RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/120235 Harvard 2555
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 Dunnville see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Dunnville Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Welland Ontario
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
6 SFTS Dunnville Blog
6 SFTS Museum Dunnville
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy