Regina, Saskatchewan
Flight Lieutenant Ford had been with 3 Squadron, flying Hurricane aircraft, during the Battles of France and Dunkirk, and had flown Hurricane aircraft with 232 Squadron in the Battle of Britain.
Ford, Ernest George (Flight Lieutenant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-December-10
Birth Date: 1913-March-21
Born:
Parents: Son of William and Amanda (nee Nieman) Ford of Hessle, Yorkshire, England. Brother of William.
Spouse:
Home: Regina, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
37 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
81636
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Harvard AJ759
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ759
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-December-10. Harvard II s/n AJ759.
This accident involved 2 people. Ford EG, Hall HN
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flight Lieutenant Ernest George Ford RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:81636 Harvard AJ759, Leading Aircraftman Harry Nixon Hall RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1512542 Harvard AJ759
Unit Desciption
37 SFTS (37 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.
Air Navigation Chart Calgary 1944
Noteable RAF Instructor pilots based at No. 37 SFTS during the war, was F/O Peter Middleton, the grandfather of Catherine Middleton who is now the Duchess of Cambridge and the wife of Prince William.
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