8 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.

Harvard Formation

NO8 SFTS Moncton moved to Weyburn SK January 1944

For More Information on RCAF Station Moncton see here

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Moncton NB

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Scoudouc NB

unvetted Source 8 SFTS Moncton NB History

Museum New Brunswick Aviation Museum

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy


Unit Accident Records: 8 SFTS 8 Service Flying Training School RCAF (392)


Unit Casualtues: 8 SFTS 8 Service Flying Training School RCAF (24)

1941-March-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6273
City View, Ontario
1941-March-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6357
Vancouver, British Columbia
1941-August-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6375
Toronto, Ontario
1941-August-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6379
Toronto, Ontario
1942-June-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II BW187
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
1942-June-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3808
Inverness, Nova Scotia
1942-June-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3808
Campbellton, New Brunswick (parents)
1942-July-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3762
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
1942-September-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 3228
Inglewood, California, USA
1942-October-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8381
Binghamton, New York, USA
1942-October-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8381
Bashaw, Alberta
1942-October-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 8381
Toronto, Ontario
1943-June-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3056
Hull, Quebec
1943-June-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3056
St John, New Brunswick
1943-September-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FS863
1943-November-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE983
Waterloo, Ontario
1943-December-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE995
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1943-December-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE995
Lewvan, Saskatchewan
1943-December-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FH120
1943-December-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FH120
Toronto, Ontario
1943-December-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FS859
Newcastle, New Brunswick
1944-March-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2896
Montreal, Quebec
1944-March-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II AJ927
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1944-May-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. IIB FE806
Brantford, Ontario