Arthur Harry Morton

Killed 1941-December-12

Flight Sergeant Arthur Harry Morton RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-December-04

Born:

Parents: Captain Harry Morton and Winifred M. Morton, of Vancouver.

Spouse:

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

9 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

aero engine mechanic

Service Numbers

2441

Home

Vancouver, British Columbia

Final Burial

Ocean View Burial Park
Pine Sec Plot 427 Grave 1

9 Service Flying Training School, Summerside, Prince Edward Island. FS Morton was in charge of a snow removing party on the tarmac at Summerside and was killed when he was run over by a crawler tractor and bulldozer.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Unit Desciption

9 SFTS (9 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.