Watson, Desmond Pelham (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-February-19

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Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Son of Kenneth and Kate Alice Watson, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

33 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Carberry, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

42922

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Crew or Other Personnel

Anson N9607

Flying Officer Desmond Pelham Watson RAF

Flying Officer Watson, Desmond Pelham (RAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-February-19
cemetery unknown

Leading Aircraftman Geoffrey Charles Wellings RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Wellings, Geoffrey Charles (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-February-19
cemetery unknown

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:N9607

This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-February-19. They are: Anson s/n K8745 (formerly 8745), Anson s/n N9607 (formerly 9607).

This accident involved 3 people. Watson DP, Wellings GC, Wright LA

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Geoffrey Charles Wellings RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1087357 Anson N9607, Flying Officer Desmond Pelham Watson RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:42922 Anson N9607

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.