Thompson, Clifford Harris (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-15

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Birth Date: 1920-June-14

Born:

Parents: Son of Clifford Harris Thompson and of Nell Beatrice Thompson (nee Hay), of Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RNZAF

Unit

12 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Service Numbers

415725

Final Burial
Google MapBrandon Cemetery
Lot 102 Block A Sec 27

Accident Card - Cessna Crane Mk. IA serial:FJ261

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-September-15. Cessna Crane s/n FJ261.

This accident involved 2 people. Stevenson GM, Thompson CH

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Gordon Melville Steventon RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/134543 Crane FJ261, Pilot Officer Clifford Harris Thompson RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:415725 Crane FJ261

Unit Desciption

12 SFTS (12 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.

Cessna Crane

For More information on RCAF Station Brandon see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Station Brandon MB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Chater MB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Douglas MB

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Project 44 BCATP

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