Kirk, Norman Edward (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-23

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Norman Edward Kirk RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-December-08

Born:

Parents: Son of Ralph and Eliza Kirk, of Hamilton.

Spouse:

Home: Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Dunnville, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/75719

Home
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Final Burial
Google MapWoodland Cemetery
Sec 5A Row 8 Grave 3

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3180

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-September-23. Harvard II s/n 3180.

This accident involved 2 people. Kirk NE, Mcintyre JI

This accident had 2 fatalities. Warrant Officer 2nd Class Norman Edward Kirk RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/75719 Harvard 3180, Pilot Officer James Ivan McIntyre RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/14026 Harvard 3180

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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