Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia (parents)
LAC Dexter was flying Harvard aircraft 2881 and was flying in fog when he hit a radio mast at 0930 hours. He was killed when the aircraft crashed four miles west of the aerodrome at Medicine Hat.
Dexter, Harvey Kenneth (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-March-29
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Warren Judson Dexter & Myrtle Elizabeth Dexter
Spouse:
Home: Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
34 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
RCAF Stn. Medicine Hat, Alberta
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/225047
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-03-29
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2881
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-March-29. Harvard II s/n 2881.
This accident involved 1 person. Dexter HK
This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant Harvey Kenneth Dexter RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/225047 Harvard 2881
Unit Desciption
34 SFTS (34 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.
NO34 SFTS Baracks
For More Information on RCAF Station Medicine Hat see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Medicine Hat AB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Holsom AB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Whitla AB
Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 34 SFTS
David Carter History Of NO34 SFTS
Project 44 BCATP
YouTube - David Carter - History Of 34 SFTS
Project 44 BCATP