Waterford, Ontario
6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario. BROTHER to Arnold Raymond Herron. Warrant Officer Herron was the pilot of Harvard aircraft 3335 and Leading Aircraftman G.E. Postlethwaite was the pilot of Harvard aircraft 2969 and were both killed when their aircraft were in a mid-air collison before they crashed north-west of the aerodrome at Dunnville.
Herron, Allan Marvin (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-June-30
Birth Date: 1917-August-27
Born:
Parents: Son of Leonard O. Herron and Lanra M. Herron, of Waterford.
Spouse:
Home: Waterford, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/70424
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.IIB serial:3335
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-June-30. They are: Harvard II s/n 2969, Harvard II s/n 3335.
This accident involved 2 people. Herron AM, Postlethwaite GE
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman George Edgar Postlethwaite RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/117471 Harvard 2969,Warrant Officer 1st Class Allan Marvin Herron RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/70424 Harvard 3335
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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RCAF.info - RCAF Station Dunnville Ontario
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