Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
Flying Officer Portman had been awarded the Military Medal in the First World War. He died of natural causes while in the General Hospital at Dauphin, Manitoba.
Portman, Herbert Gordon (Flying Officer)
Died 1944-February-17
Birth Date: 1895-October-02
Born:
Parents: Son of Wilford H. Portman and Grace Portman; husband of Margaret B. Portman, of Portage la Prairie.
Spouse: Husband of Margaret B. Portman, of Portage la Prairie.
Home: Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Decorations: MM
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Service Numbers
C/21088
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comUnit Desciption
10 SFTS (10 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.
No10 SFTS Dauphin
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