Cooke, Trefor Nicholas (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-August-18

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Birth Date: 1916

Born:

Parents: William Arthur & Amelia Cooke, of Glais, Glamorgan, Wales.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

32 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

pilot-trainee

Service Numbers

1654472

Final Burial

Rosedale Cemetery
Lot 8 Block 10 Grave 191

Cooke had soloed in his training and was building up solo hours to complete it. Instructor Crouch with student pilot Daly were taking off from a parallel runway on a training flight. Both were flying directly into the sun, each unaware of the other. The two aircraft came together at about 300 feet, crashed to the ground and burned.

Killed in AS395: LAC Trefor Nicholas Cooke RAF KIFA Rosedale Cemetery Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Lot 8. Block 10. Grave 191.

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Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. II serial:AS395

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-August-18. They are: Oxford II s/n AS202, Oxford II s/n AS395.

This accident involved 3 people. Cooke TN, Crouch LJ, Daly D

This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Denis Daly RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1620322 Oxford AS202, Flying Officer Leonard James Crouch RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:128000 Oxford AS202,Leading Aircraftman Trefor Nicholas Cooke RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1654472 Oxford AS395

Unit Desciption

32 SFTS (32 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.