Robinson, Thomas (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-July-05

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Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Son of Grace Robinson, of West Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

35 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1670058

Final Burial

North Battleford City Cemetery
Plan M Block 10 Grave 4

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Crew or Other Personnel

Oxford AT460

Sergeant Lawrence Stanley Hodgkins RAFVR

Sergeant Hodgkins, Lawrence Stanley (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-July-05
North Battleford City Cemetery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Thomas Robinson RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Robinson, Thomas (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-July-05
North Battleford City Cemetery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:AT460

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-July-05. Oxford II s/n AT460.

This accident involved 2 people. Hodgkins LS, Robinson T

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Thomas Robinson RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1670058 Oxford AT460, Sergeant Lawrence Stanley Hodgkins RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1353529 Oxford AT460

Unit Desciption

35 SFTS (35 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.