Wickham, Basil Derek (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-March-15

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Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents: Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Wickham, of Godstone, Surrey, England.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

35 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Service Numbers

1333329

Final Burial

North Battleford City Cemetery
Plan M Block 18 Grave 2

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Crew or Other Personnel

Oxford AS221

Leading Aircraftman Ronald Waugh RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Waugh, Ronald (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-March-15
North Battleford City Cemetery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Basil Derek Wickham RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Wickham, Basil Derek (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-March-15
North Battleford City Cemetery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. II serial:AS221

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-March-15. Oxford s/n AS221.

This accident involved 2 people. Waugh R, Wickham BD

This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Basil Derek Wickham RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1333329 Oxford AS221, Leading Aircraftman Ronald Waugh RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1035973 Oxford AS221

Unit Desciption

35 SFTS (35 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.