Naismith, Ross William (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-July-22

Flying Officer Ross William Naismith RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-March-05

Born:

Parents: Ivet and Rose Naismith, of Orillia; husband of Mabel Naismith, of Orillia.

Spouse: Mabel Naismith, of Orillia.

Home: Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Dunnville, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/13059

Home
Google MapOrillia, Ontario, Canada
Final Burial
Google MapSt Andrew and St James Cemetery
Block 112 Lot 2

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.IIB serial:3115

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-July-22. Harvard II s/n 3115.

This accident involved 2 people. Naismith RW, Penn LWJ

This accident had 2 fatalities. Flying Officer Ross William Naismith RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/13059 Harvard 3115, Flying Officer Lloyd William Thomas Penn RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/21391 Harvard 3115

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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