Leonard Frederick Smythe

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-October-31

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Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Son of James Frederick and Catherine Josephine Smythe, of Concord, New South Wales, Australia.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAAF

Unit

13 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

St Hubert, Quebec, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

432049

13 SETS, St Hubert, Quebec.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:AJ646

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-October-31. Harvard s/n AJ646.

This accident involved 1 person. Smythe LF

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Leonard Frederick Smythe RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:432049 Harvard AJ646

Unit Desciption

13 SFTS (13 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.