Morriston, Swansea, Wales (parents)
Flying Officer Nugent, Sergeants R.I. Davis (RAF), and E.L. Eaves (RAF) were engaged in a formation low-flying exercise when the starboard wing hit. They were all killed when Anson aircraft 7550 rolled and crashed at Fox Island, Ontario.
Davis, Rythwyn Ivor (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-16
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
Parents: John Owen Davies & Elizabeth G. Davies
Spouse:
Home: Morriston, Swansea, Wales (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Borden, Ontario (Camp Borden)
Rank
Sergeant
Position
pilot trainee
Service Numbers
1003166
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-10-16
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionCrew or Other Personnel
Anson 7550
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:7550
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-October-16. Anson II s/n 7550.
This accident involved 3 people. Davies RI, Eaves EL, Nugent WA
This accident had 3 fatalities. Flying Officer William Arnold Nugent RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/5384 Anson 7550, Sergeant Edward Lawrence Eaves RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:542619 Anson 7550, Sergeant Rythwyn Ivor Davis RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1003166 Anson 7550
Unit Desciption
1 SFTS (1 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.
Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN
Camp Borden Class 1917
For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario
Camp Borden History
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