Toronto, Ontario
4 Elementary Flying Training School, Windsor Mills, Quebec. Tiger Moth aircraft crashed.
Fetherston, Thomas Bartholemew (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-05
Birth Date: 1921-January-22
Born: Toronto Ontario
Parents: Son of Thomas Mann Fetherston and Margaret Anne Fetherston, of Toronto.
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School
Base
Windsor Mills, Quebec, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/153655
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - de Havilland Moth, Tiger I serial:8936
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-September-05. They are: Tiger Moth s/n 8936, Tiger Moth s/n 8926.
This accident involved 2 people. Davie JR, Fetherston TB
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Thomas Bartholemew Fetherston RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/153655 Moth, Tiger 8936,Leading Aircraftman James Robertson Davie RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/148882 Moth, Tiger 8926
Unit Desciption
4 EFTS (4 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.
Fleet Finch Windsor Mills QC
The School was established near Windsor Mills (now Windsor), Quebec. The former school site has been abandoned and no longer exists.
More information on the RCAF Station at Windsor Mills can be found at Project 44 BCATP
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Windsor Mills QC
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Project 44 BCATP