1 EFTS- Elementary Flying Training School (RCAF)

An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the De Havilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch, or Fairchild Cornell over 8 weeks.Elementary schools were operated by civilian flying clubs under contract to the RCAF and most of the instructors were civilians. For example, No. 12 EFTS Goderich was run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club and the County of Huron Flying Club.The next step for a pilot was the Service Flying Training School.
Malton Course 50 1942

The School was established at Malton, Ontario. The former school is now the Toronto (Pearson) International Airport.

More information on the RCAF Station at Malton can be found at

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Malton Ontario

BCATP Course NO50 EFTS Malton

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Project 44 BCATP

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Unit Accident Records: 1 EFTS 1 Elementary Flying Training School RCAF (91)

1940-September-02 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: Jones | Williams
1940-September-04 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: Hogg | Milman
1940-September-04 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: Hogg | Milman
1940-October-19 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Thornhill Ontario Names: Jewitt | Stephens
1940-November-13 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Oshawa Ontario Names: Jenkison
1940-December-05 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Airport Names: Baxter | Hockey | Lucas | Taylor
1940-December-05 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Airport Names: Baxter | Hockey | Lucas | Taylor
1940-December-21 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Airport Names: Freeman | Peene
1940-December-21 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Airport Names: Dickie | Jewett
1940-December-30 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Brampton Ontario Names: Pavely
1941-January-04 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Toronto Ontario Names: Bowker
1941-January-06 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Monkton Ontario Names: Foubert
1941-January-15 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Names:
1941-January-23 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Names: English | Kitchen
1941-January-23 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Buck
1941-January-26 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Names: Balyea | Williams
1941-January-26 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Mt Hope Airport Names: English | Mason
1941-January-26 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aberfoyle Ontario Names: Ritchie
1941-January-28 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Galt Ontario Names: Wickerson
1941-January-29 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Aerodrome Names: Bishop | Pugh
1941-January-29 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Airport Names: Heyes
1941-January-30 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Apron Names:
1941-January-30 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Apron Names:
1941-January-31 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brearey
1941-January-31 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brearey
1941-February-03 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baldwin | Bishop
1941-February-05 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Brampton Ontario Names: Bird
1941-February-09 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Tullett | White
1941-February-09 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Tullett | White
1941-February-13 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Creemore Ontario Names: Bird
1941-February-18 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Edgeley Ontario Names: Allen | Belyea
1941-February-22 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Brampton Ontario Names: Bird | Taylor
1941-February-23 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: May | Mcsporran
1941-February-23 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: May | Mcsporran
1941-February-26 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Dunnville Ontario Names: Long
1941-February-27 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Brantford Ontario Names: Court
1941-March-04 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Airport Names: Anton | McCallum
1941-March-06 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: #1 Aerodrome Malton Names: Krug | Sinclair | Wildfong
1941-March-06 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: Morris
1941-March-24 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: Hinch | Vearncombe
1941-April-01 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: Bertran
1941-April-16 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lewis | Mcarthur
1941-April-22 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Carmichael
1941-April-23 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Bowmanville Ontario Names: Clothier
1941-May-10 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Malton Ontario Names: Reid
1941-May-13 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Sandhill Ontario Names: Lewis
1941-May-18 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Malton Ontario Names: Ballantyne
1941-May-22 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Rochester Airport NY Names: Monckton
1941-May-22 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Fergus Ontario Names: Louthood
1941-May-22 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Lansing Rd Names: Cooper | Hinch
1941-May-24 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: Copeman
1941-May-24 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Malton Ontario Names:
1941-May-25 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Hespeller Names: Monckton
1941-June-07 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chittenden
1941-June-09 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Slaughter
1941-June-10 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Coleman
1941-June-17 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Slaughter
1941-June-20 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: Miller
1941-June-23 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hardie | Wood
1941-July-06 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Brampton Names: Phillips
1941-July-29 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Names: Thurston
1941-July-30 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gomez-sanderson
1941-July-31 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mcgee
1941-August-28 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Names: Baxter | Powell
1941-August-29 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Names: Donagani
1941-September-17 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Brampton Ontario Names: Stewart
1941-September-19 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bellman
1941-September-19 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cooper
1941-October-07 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Steele
1941-October-09 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Aerodrome Names: Gravitt
1941-October-13 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dalgleish
1941-October-21 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Aerodrome Names: Lawton
1941-November-14 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Toronto Names: Roberts
1941-November-14 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Robinson
1941-December-11 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Aerodrome Names: Howard
1941-December-12 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Henderson
1941-December-19 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Aerodrome Names: Rae
1942-January-06 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Malton Ontario Names: Hodgson | Taylor
1942-January-25 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Toronto Names: Hodgson
1942-January-25 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Farm Of Richard Duncan Names: Hodgson
1942-February-14 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Adams
1942-March-12 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Clairville Ontario Names: Evans | Pickett
1942-March-19 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Pitman
1942-April-03 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brock
1942-April-08 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Haigh
1942-April-20 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Low Flying Area Malton Names: Clark | Nason
1942-April-24 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Webber
1942-April-26 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Etobicoke Names: Lewis
1942-May-14 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Robertson
1942-May-29 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Pillar
1942-May-29 Accident: 1 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Knight

Unit Casualtues: 1 EFTS 1 Elementary Flying Training School RCAF (4)

Thomas Francis Crozier Lucas
1940-December-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Finch Finch II 4406
Moy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Robson Thomas Jewitt
1940-December-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Finch Finch II 4441
Horning's Mills, Ontario (parents)
Charles Richard Dickie
1940-December-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Finch Finch II 4441
Canning, Kings County, Nova Scotia (parents)
Robert Harvey Miller
1941-June-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Moth, Tiger I 4386
Brockville, Ontario