Calgary, Alberta
6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. Yale aircraft 3368 was engaged in a routine training flight when it went into a spin and crashed, possibly due to "pupil freezing at controls" three quarters of a mile north-west of the aerodrome at Mount Hope, Ontario. Both Pilot Officer AD Angus (RCAF) and Leading Aircraftman CJ Gough (RCAF) were killed in the crash.
Gough, Charles James (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-March-27
Birth Date: 1920-February-28
Born:
Parents: Son of William H. Gough and Grace Gough, of Calgary.
Spouse:
Home: Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/60370
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Yale 3368
Accident Card - North American Yale serial:3368
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-March-27. Yale s/n 3368.
This accident involved 2 people. Angus AD, Gough GJ
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Charles James Gough RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/60370 Yale 3368, Pilot Officer Alexander David Angus RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/2930 Yale 3368
Unit Desciption
6 SFTS (6 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.
Course44 NO6 SFTS Dunnville
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