1 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RCAF)

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.

Currently the site of CFB Borden. Heliport and grass strip remains. CYBN

Camp Borden Class 1917

For more Information on RCAF Station Borden see here

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

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Edenvale Ontario

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Alliston Ontario

unvetted Source Camp Borden History

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy


Unit Accident Records: 1 SFTS 1 Service Flying Training School RCAF (688)


Unit Casualtues: 1 SFTS 1 Service Flying Training School RCAF (76)

1940-April-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. I 1343
Ottawa, Ontario (parents)
1940-September-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I 1626
Toronto, Ontario
1940-October-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. I 1334
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
1940-October-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. I 1334
Edmonton, Alberta
1940-October-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2624
New Westminster, British Columbia
1940-October-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2624
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1940-October-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3348
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1940-November-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Nomad (Northrop) 3491
Ottawa, Ontario
1940-November-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Nomad (Northrop) 3491
St Catharines, Ontario
1940-December-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2607
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
1940-December-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Nomad (Northrop) 3503
Cabri, Saskatchewan
1940-December-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Nomad (Northrop) 3512
1940-December-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Nomad (Northrop) 3521
1940-December-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Nomad (Northrop) 3512
Edmonton, Alberta
1940-December-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Nomad (Northrop) 3521
Guelph, Ontario
1941-February-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2704
1941-February-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2704
1941-February-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3357
North Bend, British Columbia
1941-February-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3382
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
1941-February-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3382
Oshawa, Ontario
1941-March-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2622
St John's, Newfoundland
1941-April-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6235
1941-April-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3412
1941-May-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2836
1941-May-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2836
Palisades Park, New Jersey, USA
1941-October-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2671
1941-October-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2604
London, Ontario
1941-October-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2604
Toronto, Ontario
1941-December-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2612
Toronto, Ontario
1942-February-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2616
1942-February-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2616
Toronto, Ontario
1942-February-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3173
Lyn, Ontario
1942-February-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3373
1942-February-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2623
1942-April-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3176
Waterloo, Iowa, USA
1942-June-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2651
Hamilton, Ontario
1942-June-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2651
Thorold, Ontario
1942-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2648
Los Angeles, California, USA
1942-July-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2648
Kimberley, British Columbia
1942-August-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3370
Corning, New York, USA
1942-October-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3187
1942-October-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3187
1942-October-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 7550
Tottenham, Middlesex, England (parents)
1942-October-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 7550
Morriston, Swansea, Wales (parents)
1942-October-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 7550
Toronto, Ontario (wife and parents)
1942-November-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3159
1942-November-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3159
1943-April-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2948
Fenelon Falls, Ontario
1943-April-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2556
1943-April-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE587
Chicago, Illinois, USA
1943-May-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE561
1943-August-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3084
Niagara Falls, Ontario
1943-September-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3130
Dresden, Ontario
1943-September-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE946
Kitchener, Ontario
1943-November-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2941
Kitchener, Ontario
1943-November-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE765
1943-November-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE765
1943-November-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3138
Windsor, Ontario
1943-December-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE403
Outremont, Quebec
1943-December-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE757
Aurora, Ontario
1944-January-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3764
Sydney, Nova Scotia (parents)
1944-February-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE943
Lindsay, Ontario
1944-February-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE943
Toronto, Ontario
1944-March-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE744
Toronto, Ontario
1944-March-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE744
Westmount, Quebec
1944-April-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2866
1944-April-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3031
1944-November-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8415
1944-November-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8415
1944-November-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8415
Regina, Saskatchewan (parents)
1945-February-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2987
1945-February-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2987
St John, New Brunswick
1945-April-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II BW202
Montreal, Quebec