Evans, William Edward Lancey (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-June-22

Male Head

Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: Oswald and Esther Ann Evans, of Caerau, Glamorgan, Wales

Spouse: Nelly Florence Evans, of Dalston, London England

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

41 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1397551

Final Burial
Google MapHillcrest Cemetery
Block 76 Lot 17

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ916

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-June-22. Harvard II s/n AJ916.

This accident involved 1 person. Evans WEL

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman William Edward Lancey Evans RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1397551 Harvard AJ916

Unit Desciption

41 SFTS (41 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.

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