Keenan, William John

Died 1941-08-23

Male Head

Birth Date: 1918

Born:

Son of Ethel May Keenan, of Hopetown Darlington. Co. Durham, England.

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAFVR

Unit

12 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Position

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Service Numbers

1106577

First Burial

North Battleford City Cemetery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Died of a heart attack while playing football. Was on temporary duty from North Battleford at the time of the incident. No mention of the death in the Daily Diary of 12 Service Flying Training School, Brandon, Manitoba. Mension of the death and funeral in the ORB of 35 Service Flying Training School, North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

k,canadaprimary, https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12356/635?r=0&s=2,School Daily Diary Entry "“ 1941-08-25

k,canadaprimary, https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12356/641?r=0&s=2,School Daily Diary Entry "“ Newspaper Clipping regarding funeral

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Findagrave.com

12 SFTS (12 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.