Nimmo, Laurence Robert (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-August-14

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Birth Date: 1920-December-26

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Service

RAFVR

Unit

37 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1389540

Final Burial
Google MapBurnsland Cemetery
Lot 109 Block 7 Sec G

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:AS666

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-August-14. They are: Oxford II s/n AS666, Oxford II s/n BM810.

This accident involved 2 people. Nimmo LR, Webb WE

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Laurence Robert Nimmo RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1389540 Oxford AS666,Leading Aircraftman William Edward Webb RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1331223 Oxford BM810

Unit Desciption

37 SFTS (37 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.

Air Navigation Chart Calgary 1944

Noteable RAF Instructor pilots based at No. 37 SFTS during the war, was F/O Peter Middleton, the grandfather of Catherine Middleton who is now the Duchess of Cambridge and the wife of Prince William.

For More Information on RCAF Station Calgary see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Calgary AB

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Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Inverlake AB

Museum Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 37 SFTS

Calgary Wings SFTS37 History

Unvetted Source Clarence Simonsen - Calgary Wings 37 SFTS History.pdf

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

YouTube YouTube - GHOSTS OF THE FOOTHILLS - The BCATP's Hidden Legacy in Alberta