Street, Christopher John (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-February-13

Male Head

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Son of Philemon Henry James Street and Ethel Street, of Ashe, Hampshire, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

39 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1397468

Final Burial

Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Block 2 Grave 1

39 SFTS, Swift Current, Sask.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Crew or Other Personnel

Oxford X6967

Leading Aircraftman William Henry Lloyd RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Lloyd, William Henry (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-13
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Christopher John Street RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Street, Christopher John (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-13
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:X6967

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-February-13. Oxford II s/n X6967.

This accident involved 2 people. Lloyd WH, Street CJ

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman William Henry Lloyd RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1528351 Oxford X6967, Leading Aircraftman Christopher John Street RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1397468 Oxford X6967

Unit Desciption

39 SFTS (39 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.