Flatt, Benjamin Arthur (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-April-27

Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Arthur Flatt RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-August-04

Born: Baynes Lake British Columbia

Parents: Son of Samuel Alexander and Mary Margaret Flatt, of New Westminster.

Spouse:

Home: New Westminster, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/118204

Home
Google MapNew Westminster, British Columbia
Final Burial
Google MapCentre Cemetery
Lot 6 Block 201

Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. I serial:8701

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-April-27. They are: Fleet Fort II s/n 3591, Cessna Crane s/n 8701.

This accident involved 2 people. Newell H, Simpson JM

Unit Desciption

3 SFTS (3 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.

Cessna Crane Midair No3 SFTS Calgary

For More Information on RCAF Station Calgary see here

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