Barrie Union Cemetery
Harvard - 2556 spiralled in on take-off. The crash occurred 1 mile west of the Borden Aerodrome. Leading Aircraftman C.V. Smith was killed in the crash.
Smith, Charles Vernon (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-April-12
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Son of Charles and Ethel Smith, of Neston, Cheshire, England
Spouse: husband of Nancy Smith, of Neston.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Service Numbers
1525005
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-04-12
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2556
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-April-12. Harvard II s/n 2556.
This accident involved 1 person. Smith CV
This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant Charles Vernon Smith RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1525005 Harvard 2556
Unit Desciption
1 SFTS (1 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.
Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN
Camp Borden Class 1917
For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario
Camp Borden History
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