Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke, NorwayFirst RNorAF casualty in training. Crash 3 mile S of Buttress relief landing ground
Nygaard, Aage Kristoffer (Corporal)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-May-20
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Home: Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke, Norway
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Service
RNorAF
Unit
32 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Corporal
Position
Service Numbers
Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2620
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-May-20. Harvard s/n 2620.
This accident involved 1 person. Nygaard AAGE
This accident had 1 fatality. Corporal Aage Kristoffer Nygaard RNorAF Killed in Flying Accident service no: Harvard 2620
Unit Desciption
32 SFTS (32 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.
SFTS31 NO32 SFTS Publication
For more Information on RCAF Station Moose Jaw see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Moose Jaw SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Buttress SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Burdick SK
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Caron SK
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan
Project 44 BCATP