Whiteland, Timothy Gurney (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-December-03

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Birth Date: 1923

Born:

Parents: Son of Arthur and Una Whiteland, of Bungay, Suffolk, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

33 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Stn. Carberry, Manitoba

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1399640

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 8637

Leading Aircraftman Alastair Farquhar Blue RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Blue, Alastair Farquhar (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-03
cemetery unknown

Leading Aircraftman John Harrold Bolsworth RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Bolsworth, John Harrold (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-03
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer John Francis Lee RAFVR

Flying Officer Lee, John Francis (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-03
cemetery unknown

Leading Aircraftman Timothy Gurney Whiteland RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Whiteland, Timothy Gurney (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-03
cemetery unknown

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:8637

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-December-03. Anson II s/n 8637.

This accident involved 4 people. Blue AF, Bolsworth JH, Lee JF, Whiteland TG

This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman John Harrold Bolsworth RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1800818 Anson 8637, Leading Aircraftman Alastair Farquhar Blue RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1566934 Anson 8637, Flying Officer John Francis Lee RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:136860 Anson 8637, Leading Aircraftman Timothy Gurney Whiteland RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1399640 Anson 8637

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.