6 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.

Course44 NO6 SFTS Dunnville

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Unit Accident Records: 6 SFTS 6 Service Flying Training School RCAF (457)


Unit Casualtues: 6 SFTS 6 Service Flying Training School RCAF (45)

1940-December-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3351
Westmount, Quebec
1941-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3352
Toronto, Ontario
1941-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3352
Thorndale, Ontario
1941-March-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2768
Thorold, Ontario
1941-March-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3368
Calgary, Alberta
1941-March-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3368
Montreal, Quebec
1941-May-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3376
Montreal, Quebec
1941-June-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2825
Vancouver, British Columbia
1941-July-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3380
Bethel, Maine, USA (parents)
1941-December-15
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2763
Thames, Auckland, New Zealand
1942-February-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2847
Hamilton, Ontario
1942-April-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2839
1942-April-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2839
Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA
1942-June-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2555
Bronx, New York, USA (parents)
1942-June-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2969
Unity, Saskatchewan
1942-June-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3335
Waterford, Ontario
1942-September-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3193
Ottawa, Ontario
1942-September-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3170
Regina, Saskatchewan
1942-September-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3180
Guelph, Ontario
1942-September-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3180
Hamilton, Ontario
1942-September-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3178
Kenora, Ontario
1942-November-03
Killed in Flight Line Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2886
Otsego, Michigan, USA
1943-March-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3418
Markham, Ontario
1943-March-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Yale 3418
Hamilton, Ontario
1943-June-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2963
1943-July-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3115
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1943-July-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3115
Orillia, Ontario, Canada
1943-August-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2596
Montreal, Quebec
1943-September-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3128
1943-September-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3128
Smithfield, Fairfield New South Wales Australia
1943-November-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3781
Hamilton, Ontario
1943-November-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3781
New Glasgow, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada
1943-November-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE732
Windsor, Ontario
1943-November-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE732
Toronto, Ontario
1944-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2872
Ottawa, Ontario
1944-January-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3322
Vancouver, British Columbia
1944-January-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3149
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1944-February-16
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2870
1944-April-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3230
1944-April-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3230
Toronto, Ontario
1944-May-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2961
1944-August-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE582