Mays, Bernard Dennant (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1945-January-30

Male Head

Birth Date: 1923-September-15

Born:

Parents: Son of Norman J. Mays and Laura H. Mays, of Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

19 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Vulcan, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1625875

Final Burial
Google MapVulcan Cemetery
Plot 266

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:7399

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1945-January-30. Anson II s/n 7399.

This accident involved 2 people. Clarke JA, Mays BD

This accident had 2 fatalities. Pilot Officer Jack Albert Clarke RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:190045 Anson 7399, Leading Aircraftman Bernard Dennant Mays RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1625875 Anson 7399

Unit Desciption

19 SFTS (19 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.

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