Rosedale Cemetery
32 SFTS, Moose Jaw, Sask.
Urwin, George Moffat (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-July-08
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Son of Alexander Birkbeck Urwin and Eleanor Lily Urwin, of Fawdon, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
32 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Service Numbers
134153
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Oxford AS229
Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. II serial:AS229
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-July-08. They are: Oxford II s/n AS625, Oxford II s/n AS229.
This accident involved 4 people. Urwin GM, Blatny B, Channon AC, Maly S
This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Alfred Charles Channon RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1339156 Oxford AS229, Pilot Officer George Moffat Urwin RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:134153 Oxford AS229,Leading Aircraftman Svatopluk Maly RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:788331 Oxford AS625, Flying Officer Benedikt Blatny RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:118740 Oxford AS625
Unit Desciption
32 SFTS (32 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.
SFTS31 NO32 SFTS Publication
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