Watt, Robert Samuel (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1940-November-19

Leading Aircraftman Robert Samuel Watt RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-May-20

Born:

Parents: Son of Stuart Kirkwood Watt and Minnie F. Watt, of St. Catharines.

Spouse:

Home: St Catharines, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School

Base

Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/52694

Home
Google MapSt Catharines, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapVictoria Lawn Cemetery
Sec T Plot 2 Div 23 Grave
Nomad 3491 was on a cross-country practice trip. This flight was the first solo on the type for the student pilot and the a/c was observed spinning into the ground. The a/c was destroyed by the crash and the pilot and observers, LAC's R.S. Walt and J.H. Whelan, were both killed.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - 1940-11-19

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry - Advanced Training Squadron - 1940-11-19

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Accident Card - Northrop Nomad (Northrop) serial:3491

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1940-November-19. Nomad s/n 3491.

This accident involved 2 people. Watt RS, Whalen JH

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Robert Samuel Watt RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/52694 Nomad (Northrop) 3491, Leading Aircraftman John Harold Whalen RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/53924 Nomad (Northrop) 3491

Unit Desciption

1 SFTS (1 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.

Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN

Camp Borden Class 1917

For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Borden Ontario

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Alliston Ontario

Unvetted Source Camp Borden History

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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