14 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.

SFTS14 Aylmer ON

For More Information on RCAF Station Aylmer see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Aylmer ON

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field St Thomas ON

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Tilsonburg ON

unvetted Source 14 SFTS Aylmer ON History

Museum Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - 14 SFTS Aylmer ON

SFTS 14 Moved from Aylmer ON to Kingston ON 14 August 1944

For More Information on RCAF Station Kingston see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Kingston ON

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Ganaoque ON

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Sandhurst ON

Project 44 BCATP

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Unit Accident Records: 14 SFTS 14 Service Flying Training School RCAF (541)


Unit Casualtues: 14 SFTS 14 Service Flying Training School RCAF (40)

1941-October-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3226
Chatham, Virginia, USA
1941-October-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3226
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
1941-December-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3198
1941-December-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3198
Toronto, Ontario
1942-January-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3234
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1942-January-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3234
Milner, British Columbia
1942-February-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3072
Smiths Falls, Ontario
1942-April-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3224
Lindsay, Ontario
1942-April-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3224
North Bay, Ontario
1942-April-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3093
Niagara Falls, Ontario
1942-June-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2683
Islington, Ontario
1942-June-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2683
Toronto, Ontario
1942-July-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3269
1942-July-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3269
Rio de Janerio, Brazil
1942-August-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3391
1942-August-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3391
Hamilton Beach, Ontario
1942-October-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3429
Toronto, Ontario
1942-October-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3429
Toronto, Ontario
1942-December-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2952
1943-January-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2754
Springhill, Nova Scotia
1943-February-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3094
1943-June-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3126
1943-June-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2946
Toronto, Ontario
1943-July-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3003
Red Deer, Alberta
1943-July-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3003
Beechhurst, Long Island, New York, USA
1943-July-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3181
Tillsonburg, Ontario
1943-July-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3181
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
1944-January-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE662
1944-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE649
1944-March-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3067
1944-April-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3025
Guelph, Ontario
1944-May-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3787
1944-August-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3315
1944-September-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2630
1944-November-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE466
1945-June-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2869
Toronto, Ontario