Thames, Auckland, New Zealand
6 SFTS, Dunnville, Ontario Harvard II aircraft 2763 (RCAF) crashed near Port Maitland, Ontario after catching fire during a night training flight, cause unknown. Pilot trainee AC Collard (RNZAF) was killed.
Willis, Alexander Collard (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-December-15
Birth Date: 1916
Born:
Parents: Stanley Collard Willis and Rhoda Agnes Willis, of Thames, Auckland, New Zealand
Spouse:
Home: Thames, Auckland, New Zealand
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RNZAF
Unit
6 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
411516
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - North American Harvard Mk.II serial:2763
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-December-15. Harvard s/n 2763.
This accident involved 1 person. Willis AC
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Alexander Collard Willis RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:411516 Harvard 2763
Unit Desciption
6 SFTS (6 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.
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