Rosedale Cemetery
32 SFTS, Moose Jaw, Sask.
Of the Netherlands.
Barham, Douglas Van der Biesen (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-March-13
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Son of Albert William and Elizabeth Maria Barham, of Staines, Middlesex, England
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
32 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
RCAF Stn. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1814929
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionAccident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:AR913
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-March-13. Oxford II s/n AR913.
This accident involved 1 person. Van Der Biesen Van Barham Douglas VAN DER BIESEN VAN BARHAM DOUGLAS
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Douglas Van der Biesen Barham RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1814929 Oxford AR913
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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