33 SFTS, Carberry, Manitoba.
Watson, Dennis Malcolm (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-19
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Son of Thomas William and Annie Watson. of Southall, Middlesex, England.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAFVR
Unit
33 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Carberry, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1322538
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Anson 8446
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Anson serial: 8446
Avro Anson Mk. V
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.
The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes. Harold Skaarup web pages
Avro Anson HistoryAircraft Images
Anson 8446
Anson Mk. II 8446
Category A crash on 19 October 1942, while with No. 33 Service Flying Training School at Carberry, Manitoba. Struck trees during unauthorized low flying and crashed. All 3 RAF occupants killed: Leading Aircraftman D.M Watson, Leading Aircraftman P.E. Sayer and Leading Aircraftman J.A. Wood. Scrapped by No. 8 Repair Depot.1942-07-21 Taken on Strength No. 2 Training Command 2019-08-20
1942-September-03 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Petrel R1 Names: Hennys
1942-October-19 Accident: 33 Service Flying Training School Loc: Erickson Manitoba Names: Sayer | Watson | Woods
1942-12-01 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
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Unit Desciption
33 SFTS (33 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.
SFTS NO33 SFTS Publication
Notable student Actor Richard Burton
For Information on RCAF Station Carberry see here
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Carberry MB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Petrel MB
RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Oberon MB
Manitoba Historical Society - Carberry Airport
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