Barrie Union Cemetery
Died in the crash of Harvard - 2866.
Smith, Frank Henry (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-April-21
Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: Son of Sydney Francis and Elizabeth Lucretia Smith, of Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAAF
Unit
1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
430562
School Daily Diary Entry - 1944-04-21
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2866
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-April-21. Harvard II s/n 2866.
This accident involved 1 person. Smith FH
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Frank Henry Smith RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:430562 Harvard 2866
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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