Dufton, John Alexander
Killed 1943-12-08
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Son of Wilbert Russell Dufton and Elizabeth S. Dufton, of Winnipeg.
Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
RCAF Stn. Dauphin, Manitoba
Rank
Aircraftman 1
Position
Aircraftman 1
Service Numbers
R/253154
Home
Winnipeg, Manitoba
First Burial
Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com10 SFTS (10 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.
For More Information on RCAF Station Dauphin see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Dauphin Manitoba
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field North Junction MB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Valley River MB
Manitoba Historical Society - 10 SFTS Dauphin
Manitoba Historical Society - North Junction Relief Landing Field
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