Gilpin, Richard Ronald Robinson (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-September-16

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Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Gilpin, of Capella, Queensland, Australia.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAAF

Unit

36 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Penhold, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

434589

Final Burial
Google MapRed Deer Cemetery
Lot 9 Block F

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:AR770

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-September-16. Oxford II s/n AR770.

This accident involved 1 person. Gilpin RRR

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Richard Ronald Robinson Gilpin RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:434589 Oxford AR770

Unit Desciption

36 SFTS (36 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.

Airspeed Oxford Crash SFTS36

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Unvetted Source Midland Aircraft Recovery Group - Men Of 36 SFTS

Museum Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 36 SFTS

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