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.

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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
Westmount, Quebec
1941-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Toronto, Ontario
1941-January-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Thorndale, Ontario
1941-March-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Thorold, Ontario
1941-March-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Calgary, Alberta
1941-March-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Montreal, Quebec
1941-May-26
Killed in Flying Accident
Montreal, Quebec
1941-June-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Vancouver, British Columbia
1941-July-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Bethel, Maine, USA (parents)
1941-December-15
Killed in Flying Accident
Thames, Auckland, New Zealand
1942-February-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Hamilton, Ontario
1942-April-17
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-April-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA
1942-June-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Bronx, New York, USA (parents)
1942-June-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Unity, Saskatchewan
1942-June-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Waterford, Ontario
1942-September-10
Killed in Flying Accident
Ottawa, Ontario
1942-September-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Regina, Saskatchewan
1942-September-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Guelph, Ontario
1942-September-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Hamilton, Ontario
1942-September-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Kenora, Ontario
1942-November-03
Killed in Flight Line Accident
Otsego, Michigan, USA
1942-November-03
Killed
Port Dalhousie, Ontario
1943-January-01
Died
Hamilton, Ontario
1943-March-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Markham, Ontario
1943-March-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Hamilton, Ontario
1943-June-17
Died
Hamilton, Ontario
1943-June-19
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-July-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1943-July-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Orillia, Ontario, Canada
1943-August-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Montreal, Quebec
1943-September-30
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-September-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Smithfield, Fairfield New South Wales Australia
1943-November-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Hamilton, Ontario
1943-November-17
Killed in Flying Accident
New Glasgow, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada
1943-November-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Windsor, Ontario
1943-November-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Toronto, Ontario
1944-January-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Ottawa, Ontario
1944-January-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Vancouver, British Columbia
1944-January-17
Killed in Flying Accident
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1944-February-16
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-April-21
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-April-21
Killed in Flying Accident
Toronto, Ontario
1944-May-26
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-August-26
Killed in Flying Accident