Leigh, Kenneth Edward Wright (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-April-21

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Birth Date: 1920-October-21

Born:

Parents: Son of Thomas and Nellie Winifred Elsie Leigh, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAAF

Unit

6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Dunnville, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Service Numbers

422646

Final Burial

Riverside Cemetery
Lot 845 Grave 7

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Crew or Other Personnel

Harvard 3230

Leading Aircraftman Clyde Crosby Kendall RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Kendall, Clyde Crosby (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-April-21
Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pilot Officer Kenneth Edward Wright Leigh RAAF

Pilot Officer Leigh, Kenneth Edward Wright (RAAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-April-21
Riverside Cemetery, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3230

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-April-21. Harvard II s/n 3230.

This accident involved 2 people. Kendall CC, Leigh KCW

This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer Kenneth Edward Wright Leigh RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:422646 Harvard 3230, Leading Aircraftman Clyde Crosby Kendall RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/214213 Harvard 3230

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.