Williams, Harwood (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-25

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Birth Date: 1908

Born:

Parents: Leslie and Jennie Williams of Leeds Yorkshire, England

Spouse: Myra Williams, of Leeds

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

41 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Service Numbers

66525

Final Burial

Hillcrest Cemetery
Block 76 Lot 14

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Crew or Other Personnel

Harvard FE444

Pilot Officer Harry Whittaker RAFVR

Pilot Officer Whittaker, Harry (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-25
Hillcrest Cemetery, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Flight Lieutenant Harwood Williams RAFVR

Flight Lieutenant Williams, Harwood (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-25
Hillcrest Cemetery, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - North American Harvard Mk. IIB serial:FE444

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-October-25. Harvard s/n FE444.

This accident involved 2 people. Whittaker H, Williams H

This accident had 2 fatalities. Flight Lieutenant Harwood Williams RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:66525 Harvard FE444, Pilot Officer Harry Whittaker RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:136013 Harvard FE444

Unit Desciption

41 SFTS (41 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.