Revelstoke, British Columbia
32 Service Flying Training School, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Leading Aircraftman Darling was killed when Harvard aircraft 2614 went into a spin and crashed three miles south of Buttress, Saskatchewan.
Darling, William (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-July-02
Birth Date: 1915-November-24
Born:
Parents: Son of William and Isabel Darling, of Revelstoke; husband of Odell Darling, of Revelstoke.
Spouse: Husband of Odell Darling, of Revelstoke.
Home: Revelstoke, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
32 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
RCAF Stn. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/74863
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2614
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-July-02. Harvard s/n 2614.
This accident involved 2 people. Constabaris J, Darling W
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman William Darling RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/74863 Harvard 2614
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
For more Information on RCAF Station Moose Jaw see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Moose Jaw SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Buttress SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Burdick SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Caron SK
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan
Project 44 BCATP