No 16 Service Flying Training School
Course 66
Thank you to Rachel Harper who provided this course photo. She also provided information on the location in the photo of her Grandfather Emanuel Kamen and the 2 fatally injured pupil pilots (Jones and Steelman)
Front Row (left to right): Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Steelman, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown
Second Row (left to right): All Unknown
Third Row (left to right): Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Kamen, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Jones
Rear Row (left to right): All Unknown
Start Date: Unknown
Grad Dinner:
Graduation Date: 5 February 1943
Nominal Roll
- LAC Lester Charles Jones
- Killed in Flying Accident – 6 January 1943
- Emanuel Kamen
- LAC Richard Berton Steelman
- Killed in Flying Accident – 6 January 1943
Course Strength
| Quantity | |
|---|---|
| Original Intake | 59 |
| Transferred from previous course | 4 |
| Transferred to Subsequent Course | 6 |
| Wastage | 10 |
| Killed in Flying Accident | 2 |
| Total Graduates | 47 |
Commissions
| Quantity | |
|---|---|
| RCAF | Unk |
| RAF | Unk |
Postings
| Quantity | |
|---|---|
| Wastage | |
| No. 1 “M” Depot RCAF Station Toronto, Ontario | – |
| No. 2 “M” Depot RCAF Station Brandon, Manitoba | – |
| Graduates | |
| No. 1 Flying Instructors School RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario | 2 |
| No. 2 Flying Instructors School RCAF Station Vulcan, Alberta | 3 |
| No. 3 Flying Instructors School RCAF Station Arnprior, Ontario | 3 |
| No. 1 General Reconnaissance School RCAF Station Summerside, Prince Edward Island | 6 |
| No. 31 General Reconnaissance School RCAF Station Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | 9 |
| No. 10 Air Observers School RCAF Station Chatham, New Brunswick | 5 |
| No. 1 Central Navigation School RCAF Station Rivers, Manitoba | 3 |
| No 1 “Y” Depot RCAF Station Halifax, Nova Scotia | 16 |
Daily Diary Links
- Grad Parade
- Course disposition:
- Newspaper Clipping:
- Grad Banquet Program: