Ford-Smith, Basil James (Corporal)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-October-19

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Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Son of Edgar Ford-Smith and of Nora Ford-Smith, of Maida Hill, London, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

35 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Corporal

Position

Service Numbers

1334634

Final Burial

North Battleford City Cemetery
Plan M Block 12 Grave 6

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Crew or Other Personnel

Oxford EB659

Corporal Basil James Ford-Smith RAFVR

Corporal Ford-Smith, Basil James (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-October-19
North Battleford City Cemetery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Flying Officer Anthony Archer Green RAFVR

Flying Officer Green, Anthony Archer (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-October-19
North Battleford City Cemetery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Surgeon Maurice Powers RCMP

Surgeon Powers, Maurice (RCMP)
Pass
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-October-19
Notre-Dame Of Ottawa Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. V serial:EB659

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-October-19. Oxford V s/n EB659.

This accident involved 3 people. Ford-smith BJ, Green AA, Power M

This accident had 3 fatalities. Corporal Basil James Ford-Smith RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1334634 Oxford EB659, Surgeon Maurice Powers RCMP Killed in Flying Accident service no:O.298 Oxford EB659, Flying Officer Anthony Archer Green RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:151128 Oxford EB659

Unit Desciption

35 SFTS (35 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.