Greenfield, Frederick William (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-August-14

Leading Aircraftman Frederick William Greenfield RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-November-08

Born:

Parents: Son of Joseph John and Dora Greenfield, of Madison.

Spouse:

Home: Madison, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

3 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

RCAF Stn. Calgary, Alberta

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/87072

Final Burial
Google MapMadison Cemetery
Plot 132
Anson aircraft 6568 missing whilst engaged in an instrument flying instruction flight, a local search was carried out without success. Aircraft from 3 SFTS and 31 EFTS as well as local radio stations and the RCMP were involved in the search and the aircraft was found crashed on the east side of Mount McDougall. Flying Officer I.M. Brown was also killed. One other airman, Leading Aircraftman McGruther survived the accident and was rescued by ground forces made up of RCAF personnel and civilians, some of them from the Bragg Creek area. In June of 1990 a cairn was erected as a permanent memorial on the Powderface Trail at the Canyon Creek Crossing. The Plaque reads, quote; IN MEMORIAM World War II Aircrew; On August 14, 1941 an Avro Anson training aircraft from No.3 Service Flying Training School crashed on Mount McDougall, about 7 miles west of this site. The lives of Flying Officer I.M. Sutherland-Brown and Leading Aircraftsman F.W. Greenfield were lost. Leading Aircraftsman A.M.R. McGruther was injured but survived the accident. Many lives were lost during the period of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 1939 to 1945 as aircrew were being trained in Canada for overseas service. To their fond memory this plaque is donated.

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6568

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-August-14. Anson s/n 6568.

This accident involved 3 people. Brown IM, Greenfield FW, Mcgruther AMR

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Frederick William Greenfield RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/87072 Anson 6568, Flying Officer Ian Macdonnell Sutherland Brown RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:C/1450 Anson 6568

Unit Desciption

3 SFTS (3 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.

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