Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire, England
9 SFTS, Centralia, Ontario. Anson II aircraft 7353 as engaged in flight training when it crashed near Seaforth, Ontario.
Leading Aircraftman GW Tarbath (RAF) was killed. Please see Cunningham, SO for casualty list and detail
Tarbath, Geoffrey William (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-April-19
Birth Date: 1915
Born:
Parents: Son of William John and Edith Tarbath, of Purley Surrey, England
Spouse: husband of Edith L. Tarbath, of Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire, England.
Home: Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
9 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Centralia, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1621517
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Anson 7353
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:7353
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-April-19. Anson II s/n 7353.
This accident involved 2 people. Tarbath GW, Cunningham SO
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Geoffrey William Tarbath RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1621517 Anson 7353, Flight Sergeant Stanley Oswald Cunningham RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/127903 Anson 7353
Unit Desciption
9 SFTS (9 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.
Graduation Class Centralia
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June 1945 - School was disbanded
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