Birth Date: 1922-January-25
Born:
Son of Harry Milton Wilde and Mabel Lillian Wilde of Richmound.
Home: Richmound, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Uplands, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Aircraftman 1st Class
Position
Aircraftman 1st Class
Service Numbers
R/94568
Death by accidental drowning in the Rideau River, near Uplands. At the time of the incident him and his companions were canoeing when the canoe capsized and he was lost. His body was recovered the next day.
LAC1 Wilde was BROTHER to FS Charles Garnett Wilde (RCAF) killed 1942-07-03 in 420 Sqn Hampden aircraft P 5332 over Holland
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.
RCAF Station Uplands now the site of Ottawa International Airport CYOW.
For More Information on RCAF Station Uplands See here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Uplands Ottawa Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Carp Ontario
RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edwards Ontario
Richmound, Saskatchewan
School Daily Diary Entry - 1941-07-08
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Vintage Wings - Inside Uplands
2 SFTS Uplands History
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy