Hillside Cemetery
Died in the crash of Oxford - AS696. The crash occurred 16 miles south west of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. Leading Aircraftman G.W.M. Duncan and Leading Aircraftman A.A. Ford were killed in this crash.
Ford, Archibald Athron (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-May-15
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Son of Frederick George and Eliza Ford, of Brincliffe, Sheffield, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
34 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1237444
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-05-15
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Oxford AS696
Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:AS696
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-May-15. Oxford s/n AS696.
This accident involved 2 people. Duncan GWM, Ford AA
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman George William Martin Duncan RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1315626 Oxford AS696, Leading Aircraftman Archibald Athron Ford RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:1237444 Oxford AS696
Unit Desciption
34 SFTS (34 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.
NO34 SFTS Baracks
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