Lee-on-Solent Memorial
A/LA Eric Skorrow, age 22 Crashed Harvard - FE268 into Lake Ontario. His body was unrecovered.
Skorrow, Eric (Leading Airman (Acting))
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-July-05
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Son of George Henry and Ethel Mary Skorrow, of Hoyland, Yorkshire.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RN FAA
Unit
31 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Airman (Acting)
Position
Service Numbers
FX582906
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Commonwealth War Graves CommissionAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE268
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-July-05. Harvard IIB s/n FE268.
This accident involved 1 person. Skorrow E
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Airman (Acting) Eric Skorrow RN FAA Killed in Flying Accident service no:FX582906 Harvard FE268
Unit Desciption
31 SFTS (31 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 Kingston ON
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