Rosedale Cemetery
32 SFTS, Moose Jaw, Sask.
Gilbert, Kenneth Ivor (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-August-28
Birth Date: 1917-April-27
Born:
Parents: Son of John Prior Gilbert and Ivy Constance Gilbert, of Southwick, Sussex, England
Spouse: husband of Doris Jessie Gilbert of Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
32 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Service Numbers
741724
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2735
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-August-28. Harvard s/n 2735.
This accident involved 1 person. Gilbert KI
This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant Kenneth Ivor Gilbert RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:741724 Harvard 2735
Unit Desciption
32 SFTS (32 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.
SFTS31 NO32 SFTS Publication
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