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39 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF) ( 17)

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.

Airspeed Oxfords of SFTS39 S

For More Information on RCAF Station Swift Current see here

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  • Museum Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - Swift Current Base History

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  • 1941-12-15 Primary Location Swift Current SK Canada Current site of Swift Current Airport CYYN
    1941-12-15 Relief Field St Aldwyn SK Canada Abandoned returned to agriculture. Visible on satellite imagery.
    1941-12-16 Relief Field Wymark SK Canada Abandoned turf runways returned to agriculture.

    Sergeant
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑05‑06
    Oxford (BM718)
     
    Leading Aircraftman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑10‑18
    Oxford (X6963)
    Barry, Glamorgan, Wales.
    Leading Aircraftman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1942‑03‑16
    Harvard (AJ946)
     
    Leading Aircraftman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1942‑08‑03
    Harvard (AJ979)
     
    Leading Aircraftman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑11‑30
    Oxford (AS381)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑05‑06
    Oxford (BM718)
     
    Sergeant
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑11‑24
    Oxford (X6954)
     
    Pilot Officer
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑03‑31
    Oxford (X6593)
     
    Leading Aircraftman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑03‑31
    Oxford (X6593)
     
    Flying Officer
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑07‑30
    Oxford (X6538)
     
    Leading Aircraftman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑02‑13
    Oxford (X6967)
     
    Leading Aircraftman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1942‑05‑08
    Harvard (AJ826)
     
    Leading Aircraftman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑02‑02
    Oxford (BG325)
     
    Sergeant
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑11‑24
    Oxford (X6954)
     
    Sergeant
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑10‑18
    Oxford (X6963)
     
    Leading Aircraftman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1943‑02‑13
    Oxford (X6967)
     
    Leading Aircraftman
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1942‑12‑12
    Oxford (AS790)
     

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