34 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

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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Unit Accident Records: 34 SFTS 34 Service Flying Training School RAF (774)


Unit Casualtues: 34 SFTS 34 Service Flying Training School RAF (49)

1941-April-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2719
1941-April-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2719
1941-May-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2795
1941-May-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2643
1941-May-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2643
1941-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. I V3268
1941-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. I V3268
1941-July-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. I AS494
1941-July-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. I AS494
1941-July-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. I AS494
Bedford, Nova Scotia
1941-September-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. I AR937
1941-December-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ763
Lethbridge, Alberta
1942-January-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ789
1942-January-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ789
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1942-January-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ828
1942-January-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ828
Edmonton, Alberta
1942-February-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. I AS478
1942-May-15
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. I AS696
1942-May-15
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. I AS696
1942-May-31
Killed in Flying Accident
Oxford Mk. II AS831
1942-November-15
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE455
1943-March-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8262
Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex, England
1943-March-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8262
Bridge-of-Weir, Renfrewshire, England
1943-March-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8262
Portobello, Midlothian, England
1943-March-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8262
Staines, Middlesex, England
1943-March-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8262
Southgate, Middlesex, England (parents)
1943-March-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2881
Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia (parents)
1943-April-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE461
1943-April-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE461
1943-June-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2533
1943-June-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2718
1943-July-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE916
1943-September-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE448
1943-October-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ725
1943-October-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ725
1943-November-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE868
1943-December-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2741
1943-December-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2742
1944-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ756
Alum Rock, Birmingham, England (mother)
1944-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ756
Huyton, Lancashire, England (parents)
1944-January-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE921
1944-March-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ793
1944-June-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II BW205
1944-June-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II BW205
1944-June-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2805
1944-July-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ737
1944-July-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ737
Burnaby, British Columbia