Montreal, Quebec
13 Service Flying Training School, St Hubert, Quebec. Harvard aircraft 3296 and Harvard aircraft FS 978 were in a mid-air collision five miles north-east of Chamblay, Quebec. Pilot Officer Relihan was the only casualty and was killed in aircraft FS 978.
Relihan, Michael Francis (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-January-05
Birth Date: 1919
Born:
Parents: Son of Michael Francis and Nora Relihan, of Montreal; husband of Isabel Relihan, of Montreal.
Spouse: Husband of Isabel Relihan, of Montreal.
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
13 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
St Hubert, Quebec, Canada
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/25457
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FS978
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1944-January-05. They are: Harvard II s/n 3296, Harvard II s/n FS978.
This accident involved 4 people. Douglas PL, McLeod GD, Relihan MF, Sexton EA
This accident had 1 fatality. Flying Officer Michael Francis Relihan RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/25457 Harvard FS978
Unit Desciption
13 SFTS (13 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.
Class NO13 EFTS
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