33 SFTS, Carberry, Manitoba.
King, Alan Ernest (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-20
Birth Date: 1925
Born:
Parents: Son of Ernest Edward and Elizabeth King, of Finsbury, London, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
33 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Carberry, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1587863
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionAccident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:8457
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-May-20. Anson II s/n 8457.
This accident involved 1 person. King AE
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Alan Ernest King RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1587863 Anson 8457
Unit Desciption
33 SFTS (33 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.
SFTS NO33 SFTS Publication
Notable student Actor Richard Burton
For Information on RCAF Station Carberry see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Carberry MB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Petrel MB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Oberon MB
Manitoba Historical Society - Carberry Airport
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy