Smith, Cyril Woodyear (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-April-09

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Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Parents: Son of Arthur Victor Woodyear Smith and Aileen Smith, of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

36 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Penhold, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1394906

Final Burial
Google MapRed Deer Cemetery
Lot 9 Block F
Died in the crash of Oxford - x6555. "No. 657938 Sgt. Glover, K.L. took off in aircraft X.665 to give 1394906 Leading Aircraftman Smith, C.W. dual instruction and the aircraft was later observed to crash from a low altitude and burst into flames on impact about 4 1/2 miles N.W. of Innisfail. Both occupants were killed and the aircraft was totally damaged. A court of Inquiry is being held."

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-04-09

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:X6555

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-April-09. Oxford II s/n X6555.

This accident involved 2 people. Gover KL, Smith CW

This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Kenneth Lewis Gover RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:657938 Oxford X6555, Leading Aircraftman Cyril Woodyear Smith RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1394906 Oxford X6555

Unit Desciption

36 SFTS (36 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.

Airspeed Oxford Crash SFTS36

For Information on RCAF Station Penhold see here

Royal Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Penhold AB

Royal Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Innisfail AB

Royal Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Blackfalds AB

Unvetted Source Harvard Historical Aviation Society

Unvetted Source Midland Aircraft Recovery Group - Men Of 36 SFTS

Museum Bomber Command Museum Of Canada - 36 SFTS

Museum Vintage Wings Of Canada - SFTS Penhold

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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