Rich, Christopher Roy Stanton (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-January-23

Male Head

Birth Date: 1911

Born:

Parents: Son of Herbert and Marie Alice Rich, of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex. England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

32 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

42439
Prev: 139952

Final Burial

Rosedale Cemetery
Lot 8 Block 10 Grave 206

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Crew or Other Personnel

Harvard 2715

Leading Aircraftman John Hitchings Morgan RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Morgan, John Hitchings (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-January-23
Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

Flying Officer Christopher Roy Stanton Rich RAF

Flying Officer Rich, Christopher Roy Stanton (RAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1941-January-23
Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2715

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-January-23. Harvard s/n 2715.

This accident involved 2 people. Morgan JH, Rich CRS

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman John Hitchings Morgan RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1253787 Harvard 2715, Flying Officer Christopher Roy Stanton Rich RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:42439 Harvard 2715

Unit Desciption

32 SFTS (32 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.