Tibbits, Wilfred John Peter (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-June-13
Birth Date: 1919-October-22
Born:
Parents: Son of James Wilfred Douglas Tibbits and Agnes Grace Tibbits, of Kirribilli, New South Wales, Australia.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAAF
Unit
11 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
403081
Yorkton Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk. II serial:3798
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-June-13. Harvard s/n 3798.
This accident involved 1 person. Tibbits WJP
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Wilfred John Peter Tibbits RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:403081 Harvard 3798
Unit Desciption
11 SFTS (11 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.
NO11 SFTS Opening Day 1941
For more Information on RCAF Station Yorkton see here
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11 SFTS Yorkton SK History
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - 11 SFTS Yorkton History
Vintage Wings - Ghosts of Saskatchewan
YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan