Sussex, New Brunswick
Death by natural causes while in the Christie Street Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
Parkin, Annie (Leading Aircraftwoman)
Died 1944-January-01
Birth Date: 1922-April-15
Born: Durham, England
Parents: Daughter of John William and Edith Anne Parkin, of Sussex.
Spouse:
Home: Sussex, New Brunswick
Enlistment: Moncton, New Brunswick
Enlistment Date: 1943-February-04
Service
RCAFWD
Unit
16 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Hagersville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftwoman
Position
Service Numbers
W/309495
Prev: W309495
Ancestry.ca - Service File of War Dead 1939-47
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comUnit Desciption
16 SFTS (16 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.
Class115 SFTS16
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