Crowhurst, Robert Frederick James (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-January-06

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Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Frederick Cecil & Jessie Maud Crowhurst, of Streatham Vale London, England.

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

Service Numbers

1383688

Final Burial
Google MapRosedale Cemetery
Lot 8 Block 10 Grave 289

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2724

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-January-06. They are: Harvard s/n AJ727, Harvard s/n 2724.

This accident involved 2 people. Crowhurst RF, Steward FH

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Robert Frederick James Crowhurst RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1383688 Harvard 2724

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.

SFTS31 NO32 SFTS Publication

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