Tame, Leslie John (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1945-January-21

Flight Sergeant Leslie John Tame RCAF

Birth Date: 1909-June-30

Born: East Hanney, United Kingdom

Parents: Son of John and Mabel Tame, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Spouse:

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1942-May-29

Service

RCAF

Unit

15 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Claresholm, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Service Numbers

R/166793

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia
Final Burial
Google MapMountain View Cemetery
Abray Block 3 Plot 23 Lot 6
Flight Sergeant Tame was employed as a Link Trainer Instructor.
Was killed in the crash of Anson aircraft 8627. At the time of the crash the aircraft was engaged in a low level navigation exercise, when it collided with a ferry cable which was suspended 25 feet above the ice. The aircraft crashed onto the river ice ten miles south of Bassano, Alberta also killing two RAF airmen, Flight Sergeant Tame was a Link Trainer Instructor and was killed when Anson aircraft 8627, engaged in a low level navigation exercise, collided with a ferry cable which was suspended 25 feet above the ice. The aircraft crashed onto the river ice ten miles south of Bassano, Alberta. The following personnel were killed in this crash, Sergeant Kenneth Leslie Sutton, Flight Sergeant Leslie John Tame, and Leading Aircraftman Ian Robert Vidler

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:8627

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1945-January-21. Anson II s/n 8627.

This accident involved 3 people. Sutton KL, Tame LJ, Vidler IR

This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Ian Robert Vidler RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:118598 Anson 8627, Pilot Officer Kenneth Leslie Sutton RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:195512 Anson 8627, Flight Sergeant Leslie John Tame RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/166793 Anson 8627

Unit Desciption

15 SFTS (15 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.

SFTS15 Patch

For More Information on RCAF Station Claresholm see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Claresholm AB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Woodhouse AB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Champion AB

Unvetted Source 15 SFTS Claresholm History

Museum Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Southern Alberta

BCMC Claresholm History

Museum Bomber Command Museum of Canada - 14 SFTS Claresholm AB

Wings Over Claresholm Alberta Video

YouTube YouTube - Wings over Claresholm

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy