Estevan Cemetery
Anson - 8532 crashed in the low flying area 8 miles west of the main aerodrome while conducting an engine test. Flying Officer J.W. Bancroft, Leading Aircraftman B. Cox, Flight Sergeant E. Lucas, Leading Aircraftman N.K. Riley, and Leading Aircraftman P.R. Sayers were all killed.
Sayers, Philip Raymond (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-July-29
Birth Date: 1911
Born:
Parents: Son of Samuel Henry and Maria Elizabeth Eleanor Sayers
Spouse: husband of Joan Adelaide Sayers. of Long Itchington, Warwickshire, England.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
38 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1384788
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-07-29
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Anson 8532
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:8532
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-July-29. Anson II s/n 8532.
This accident involved 5 people. Lucas E, Riley NK, Cox B, Bancroft JW, Sayers PR
This accident had 5 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Norman Kingsley Riley RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1031595 Anson 8532, Flight Sergeant Eric Lucas RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:564274 Anson 8532, Flying Officer Joseph Wallace Bancroft RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:124681 Anson 8532, Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Cox RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1426137 Anson 8532, Leading Aircraftman Philip Raymond Sayers RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:1384788 Anson 8532
Unit Desciption
38 SFTS (38 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.
SFTS31 NO38 SFTS Plaque
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Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - 11 SFTS Yorkton History
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