Borden, Saskatchewan
4 Service Flying Training School, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Death by natural causes while in the City Hospital at Saskatoon.
Saunders, Andrew (Leading Aircraftman)
Died 1942-12-28
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Esau and Elizabeth E. Saunders; husband of Gladys Elizabeth Saunders, of Borden.
Home: Borden, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
R/139986
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www.findagrave.com4 SFTS (4 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.
Cessna Crane
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