Toronto, Ontario
Two Anson aircraft were in a formation training flight and when in formation one aircraft came up from below. The aircraft were flying at 3,000 feet when they collided; they hit the ground and burned two miles north of Vulcan. Sergeant J.D. Wyrzykowski was killed in aircraft JS 183 and Sergeant Selway was killed in aircraft 7138.
Selway, Henry John (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-February-23
Birth Date: 1915
Born:
Parents: Son of Irma Selway, of Toronto. Range
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
19 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/198406
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:7138
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1944-February-23. They are: Anson II s/n JS183, Anson II s/n 7138.
This accident involved 2 people. Selwau HJ, Wyrzykowski JD
This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant John Dominic Wyrzykowski RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/189209 Anson JS183,Sergeant Henry John Selway RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/198406 Anson 7138
Unit Desciption
19 SFTS (19 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.
Vulcan SFTS19 Patch
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Project 44 BCATP
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