Barrie Union Cemetery
Harvard - 3187 was seen pulling out of a steep dive when the port wing came off and aircraft crashed, 5 miles south of Creemore, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman F.W. Ling and Corporal R.O. Roberts were killed.
Roberts, Roy Owen (Corporal)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-02
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Son of Robert Owen and May Frain Roberts, of Whitton, Middlesex, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Corporal
Position
Service Numbers
569310
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-10-02
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:3187
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-October-02. Harvard II s/n 3187.
This accident involved 2 people. Ling FW, Roberts RO
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Frank William Ling RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:1475697 Harvard 3187, Corporal Roy Owen Roberts RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:569310 Harvard 3187
Unit Desciption
1 SFTS (1 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.
Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN
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