Watson, Dennis Malcolm (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-19

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Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Son of Thomas William and Annie Watson. of Southall, Middlesex, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

33 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Carberry, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1322538

33 SFTS, Carberry, Manitoba.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 8446

Leading Aircraftman Paul Ernest Sayer RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Sayer, Paul Ernest (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-19
cemetery unknown

Leading Aircraftman Dennis Malcolm Watson RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Watson, Dennis Malcolm (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-19
cemetery unknown

Leading Aircraftman John Arthur Woods RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Woods, John Arthur (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-19
cemetery unknown

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:8446

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-October-19. Anson II s/n 8446.

This accident involved 3 people. Sayer PE, Watson DM, Woods JA

This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Paul Ernest Sayer RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1391684 Anson 8446, Leading Aircraftman John Arthur Woods RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1332691 Anson 8446, Leading Aircraftman Dennis Malcolm Watson RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1322538 Anson 8446

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.