13 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.

Class NO13 EFTS

For More Information on RCAF Station St. Hubert see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station St Hubert QC

unvetted Source 13 SFTS St Hubert QC History

unvetted Source 13 SFTC Story of Multiple Harvard Accident 1942-06-16

13 SFTS moved to North Battleford Saskatchewan in February 1944

For More Information on RCAF Station North Battleford see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station North Battleford SK

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Hamlin SK

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Brada SK

unvetted Source Brada Relief Field - Air Force Ghosts

Museum Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - Base History

YouTube YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy


Unit Accident Records: 13 SFTS 13 Service Flying Training School RCAF (497)


Unit Casualtues: 13 SFTS 13 Service Flying Training School RCAF (34)

1941-November-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3110
Toronto, Ontario
1941-December-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3145
Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)
1942-June-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3090
Amherst, Nova Scotia
1942-June-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3092
Guelph, Ontario
1942-June-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3090
Lachute, Quebec
1942-June-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3000
Toronto, Ontario
1942-July-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3838
Montreal, Quebec
1942-September-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II / IIA 2757
Montreal, Quebec
1942-September-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3761
Montreal, Quebec (parents)
1942-September-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3243
Montreal, Quebec
1942-October-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3144
Caron, Saskatchewan
1943-March-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3071
1943-March-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3104
Kitchener, Ontario
1943-April-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3823
Miscouche, Prince Edward Island
1943-June-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II BW192
Montreal, Quebec
1943-June-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II BW191
Nash Creek, Restigouche County, New Brunswick
1943-August-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE662
Brigham, Quebec
1943-September-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FS664
Toronto, Ontario
1943-October-31
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ646
1943-November-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2824
North Bay, Ontario
1943-November-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2824
Montreal, Quebec (parents)
1943-November-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3087
Whitby, Ontario
1943-December-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2663
1944-January-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FS978
Montreal, Quebec
1944-August-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ800
Edmonton, Alberta
1944-August-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ800
Surnmerland, British Columbia
1944-September-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2579
Montreal, Quebec
1944-September-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2579
Montreal, Quebec
1944-December-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FS876
1945-February-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2699
1945-February-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2699
Toronto, Ontario