Hillside Cemetery
Harvard II 2719 crashed near Holsom, Alberta while conducting a night flying exercise. Flying Officer A.F.M. MacLean (RAF) and Leading Aircraftman E. Walton (RAF) killed were killed (R.W.R. Walker via Paul McMillan and Chris "Dakota").
MacLean, Alexander Francis Michael (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-April-28
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
Parents: 40548
Spouse: husband of Angela Eileen Maclean, of Harrow, Middlesex, England.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
34 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Flying Instructor
Service Numbers
40508
School Daily Diary Entry - 1941-04-28
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Harvard 2719
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2719
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-April-28. Harvard s/n 2719.
This accident involved 2 people. Maclean AF, Walton E
This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer Alexander Francis Michael MacLean RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:40508 Harvard 2719, Leading Aircraftman Eric Walton RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1160141 Harvard 2719
Unit Desciption
34 SFTS (34 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.
NO34 SFTS Baracks
For More Information on RCAF Station Medicine Hat see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Medicine Hat AB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Holsom AB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Whitla AB
Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 34 SFTS
David Carter History Of NO34 SFTS
Project 44 BCATP
YouTube - David Carter - History Of 34 SFTS
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