Gillard, Charles (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-March-12

Pilot Officer Charles Gillard RCAF

Birth Date: 1916-January-10

Born:

Parents: Charles and Alice Ann Gillard, of Vancouver; husband of Patricia H. Gillard, of Vancouver.

Spouse: Patricia H. Gillard, of Vancouver.

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

8 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/3109

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia
Final Burial
Google MapBurnaby Masonic Cemetery
Plot 10B Sec G Grave 4

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6357

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1941-March-12. They are: Anson s/n 1909 (assigned to 6357), Anson s/n N9724 (formerly 9724).

This accident involved 2 people. Code DC, Gillard C

This accident had 1 fatality. Pilot Officer Charles Gillard RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/3109 Anson 6357

Unit Desciption

8 SFTS (8 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.

Harvard Formation

NO8 SFTS Moncton moved to Weyburn SK January 1944

For More Information on RCAF Station Moncton see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Moncton NB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Scoudouc NB

Unvetted Source 8 SFTS Moncton NB History

Museum New Brunswick Aviation Museum

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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