2 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.

RCAF Station Uplands now the site of Ottawa International Airport CYOW.

Instructors NO2 SFTS

For More Information on RCAF Station Uplands See here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Uplands Ottawa Ontario

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

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

Museum Vintage Wings - Inside Uplands

unvetted Source 2 SFTS Uplands History

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy


Unit Accident Records: 2 SFTS 2 Service Flying Training School RCAF (565)


Unit Casualtues: 2 SFTS 2 Service Flying Training School RCAF (50)

1940-September-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3431
1940-September-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3431
St John, New Brunswick
1940-November-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2599
St Catharines, Ontario
1940-November-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2599
London, Ontario
1941-January-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2589
Bourget, Ontario
1941-January-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2589
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1941-February-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2590
Owen Sound, Ontario
1941-April-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2502
Toronto, Ontario
1941-April-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2502
Ottawa, Ontario
1941-April-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2510
London, Ontario
1941-May-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2600
Toronto, Ontario
1941-May-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
1941-May-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2884
1941-May-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2884
Toronto, Ontario
1941-August-15
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2689
1941-November-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2584
Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
1941-November-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3086
Montreal, Quebec
1941-November-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3020
1941-November-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3020
Fergus, Ontario
1942-January-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2887
Tidioute, Pennsylvania, USA
1942-January-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2887
Brinston, Ontario
1942-January-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3237
Toronto, Ontario (parents)
1942-January-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3237
Kingston, Ontario (parents)
1942-April-15
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3280
Athens, Ontario
1942-June-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2512
Ottawa, Ontario
1942-June-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3005
London, Ontario
1942-June-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3005
Creston, British Columbia
1942-June-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3111
New York City, New York, USA
1942-September-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3828
Detroit, Michigan, USA (parents)
1942-September-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3828
Ottawa, Ontario
1942-November-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3778
Kirkland Lake, Ontario
1942-November-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3778
Lachine, Quebec
1943-January-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3080
1943-January-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3080
Owen Sound, Ontario
1943-May-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II BW185
Toronto, Ontario
1943-August-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2548
Ottawa, Ontario
1943-September-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3166
Ottawa, Ontario
1943-September-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3293
Edmonton, Alberta
1943-September-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3293
Sarnia, Ontario
1944-January-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AH201
1944-April-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II / IIA 2756
1944-August-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3044
Montreal, Quebec
1944-August-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3044
Ottawa, Ontario
1944-August-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2691
Ottawa, Ontario (parents)
1944-September-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3152
Montreal, Quebec
1945-February-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3083
Westmount, Quebec