Birth Date: 1919-August-20
Born:
Parents: Son of Andrew Grellis and of Daisy Amelia Grellis (nee Doust), of Portobello, Midlothian.
Spouse:
Home: Portobello, Midlothian, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
34 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
133629
Leading Aircraftman CT Cooper (RAFVR), Leading Aircraftman D.G. Degryse, Leading Aircraftman A.T. Kidd and Pilot Officer A.W.J. Grellis were killed in this crash. According to CWGC Leading Aircraftman P.D.S. Moodie died of his injuries the following day.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-March-23. Anson II s/n 8262.
This accident involved 5 people. Cooper CT, Degryse DG, Grellis AWJ, Kidd A, Moodie FDS
This accident had 5 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Dennis Gerard DeGryse RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:971055 Anson 8262, Leading Aircraftman Colin Thomas Cooper RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1395603 Anson 8262, Pilot Officer Andrew William Joseph Grellis RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:133629 Anson 8262, Leading Aircraftman Peter David Sim Moodie RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1578070 Anson 8262, Leading Aircraftman Andrew Thomas Kidd RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1063095 Anson 8262
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.
For More Information on RCAF Station Medicine Hat see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Medicine Hat AB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Holsom AB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Whitla AB
Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 34 SFTS
David Carter History Of NO34 SFTS
Project 44 BCATP
Portobello, Midlothian, England
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-03-22
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
YouTube - David Carter - History Of 34 SFTS
Project 44 BCATP