Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Son of Herbert George and Edith Riddett, of Nomansland, Wiltshire, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RN FAA
Unit
31 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Airman (Acting)
Position
Service Numbers
FX88430
Harvards Above, A book about 31 Service Flying Training School - In Memoriam
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-February-23. They are: Harvard II s/n AJ572, Harvard II s/n AJ559.
This accident involved 3 people. Madden WE, Riddet WH, Treble CA
This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Airman (Acting) Claude Anthony Treble RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX87490 Harvard AJ572,Pilot Officer Willard Eugene Madden RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/7032 Harvard AJ559, Leading Airman (Acting) Walter Herbert Riddett RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX88430 Harvard AJ559
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.
For More information on RCAF Station Kingston see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Kingston ON
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