Herries, Robert (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-December-28

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Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Parents: Son of Robert and Mary Herries, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Spouse: husband of Jean Orr Herries (nee Graham), of Kilmarnock. B.L. (Glasgow).

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

35 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

131249

Final Burial
Google MapNorth Battleford City Cemetery
Plan M Block 9 Grave 3

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:X6686

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-December-28. Oxford I s/n X6686.

This accident involved 2 people. Firmage LG, Herries R

This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer Robert Herries RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:131249 Oxford X6686, Sergeant Leslie George Firmage RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1388936 Oxford X6686

Unit Desciption

35 SFTS (35 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.

RCAF Aerodrome North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Image from the RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases circa 1942.

For More Information on RCAF Station North Battleford see here

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