LAC A.G. Sutherland and Leading Aircraftman J.H. Woodhill were on an armament training exercise and were both killed when Oxford aircraft AS 734 crashed three and one half miles north of Eckville, Alberta.
Woodill, James Harold (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-July-14
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Son of Arthur Roy and Ruby Isobel Woodill, of Longview, Washington.
Spouse:
Home: Longview, Washington, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
36 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)
Base
Penhold, Alberta, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/182443
Final Burial
Columbarium Of Consecration In The Forest Lawn Memorial ParkIris Colubarium Niche 27627
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-07-14
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Oxford AS734
Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. II serial:AS734
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-July-14. Oxford II s/n AS734.
This accident involved 2 people. Sutherland AG, Woodill JH
This accident had 2 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman James Harold Woodill RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/182443 Oxford AS734, Leading Aircraftman Alexander Gillis Sutherland RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/168264 Oxford AS734
Unit Desciption
36 SFTS (36 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.
Airspeed Oxford Crash SFTS36
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