Calgary, Alberta
Cessna Crane aircraft 7887 and Cessna Crane aircraft 7745 were engaged in circuits and landings at the airfield at Chater, Manitoba. As they approached to land they received a red flare, the lower aircraft gained height and collided with the upper one. Pilot Officer Polley and Leading Aircraftman G.O. Wilson (RAAF) were the only casualties and they were both killed in aircraft 7887.
Polley, Arthur Beverley (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-June-11
Birth Date: 1912-November-11
Born:
Parents: Son of Beverley and Annie Laura Polley, of Calgary; husband of Alice E. Polley, of Strathmore.
Spouse: Husband of Alice E. Polley, of Strathmore.
Home: Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
12 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/8159
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Crane 7787
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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