Hamilton, Ontario
20 Elementary Flying Training School, Oshawa, Ontario. RE Farnham died while in the Christie Street Hospital in Toronto as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident at the West Rougehill Bridge on 2 Highway near Pickering, Ontario.
Farnham, Roy Earnest (Sergeant)
Killed in Vehicle Accident 1942-June-12
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Son of James and Emma Farnham, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
20 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/75527
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Commonwealth War Graves CommissionUnit Desciption
20 EFTS (20 Elementary Flying Training School)
An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the De Havilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch, or Fairchild Cornell over 8 weeks.Elementary schools were operated by civilian flying clubs under contract to the RCAF and most of the instructors were civilians. For example, No. 12 EFTS Goderich was run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club and the County of Huron Flying Club.The next step for a pilot was the Service Flying Training School.
NO20 EFTS Oshawa
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