19 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.

Vulcan SFTS19 Patch

For More Information on RCAF Station Vulcan see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Vulcan AB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Ensign AB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - Relief Landing Field Champion AB

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Museum Bomber Command Museum History

Project 44 BCATP

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Unit Accident Records: 19 SFTS 19 Service Flying Training School RCAF (68)


Unit Casualtues: 19 SFTS 19 Service Flying Training School RCAF (8)

1943-October-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 11547
Vancouver, British Columbia
1943-October-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 11547
Lac La Biche, Alberta
1943-October-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 11547
Edmonton, Alberta
1944-February-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II JS183
Kelowna, British Columbia
1944-February-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 7138
Toronto, Ontario
1945-January-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 7399
1945-January-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 7399