Winnipeg, Manitoba
Flying Officer Phillips was the only casualty when Anson aircraft FP 879 crashed eight miles south of Rivers, Manitoba.
Phillips, Albert Thomas (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1945-March-09
Birth Date: 1916-November-28
Born:
Parents: Son of Albert George and Florence M. Phillips, of Winnipeg; husband of Isabel J. Phillips, of Winnipeg.
Spouse: Husband of Isabel J. Phillips, of Winnipeg.
Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
12 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/42806
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:FP879
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1945-March-09. Anson II s/n FP879.
This accident involved 1 person. Phillips AT
This accident had 1 fatality. Flying Officer Albert Thomas Phillips RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/42806 Anson FP879
Unit Desciption
12 SFTS (12 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.
Cessna Crane
For More information on RCAF Station Brandon see here
RCAF.info - Station Brandon MB
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Chater MB
12 SFTS Brandon MB History
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