No 8 Service Flying Training School
Course 27
A special thank you to Diana MacKinnon for her assistance with this course.
Course 27, No 8 Service Flying Training School, Moncton, New Brunswick. Graduation 26 July 1941.
Photo Courtesy of Diana MacKinnon
Rear Row (left to right): Unknow, R.B. Albright, J.W. MacPhee
Middle Row (left to Right): Unknown, V.L. Morris, C.A. Gartley
Front Row (left to right): Unknown, Unknown
In photograph but so far listed as unknown: S.R. Fillmore, W.R. Groff, H.E. McDonald, P.M. Winchester
Students Arrived:
Start Date: 4 May 1941
Grad Dinner: 25 July 1941
Graduation Parade: 26 July 1941
Graduation Date: 26 July 1941
Nominal Role
- Robert Baker (Bob) Albright
- Killed in Action – 24 July 1942
- Stuart Reginald Fillmore
- Killed in Action – 11 August 1943
- Charles Almon (Al/Alma) Gartley
- Wilfred Rodgers Groff
- Killed in Action – 26 March 1942
- L.D. Hillier
- Top Student
- James Wilfred (Jamie) MacPhee
- H.E. McDonald
- Vernon Lewis Morris
- Killed in flying accident – 8 April 1942
- L.N. Wait
- Second Place Student
- Paul Maurice Winchester
Instructors:
Course Strength
| No of Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Original Intake | 49 |
| Transferred from previous course | |
| Transferred to subsequent course | |
| Wastage | 9 |
| Killed in Flying accident | |
| Total graduates | 40 |
Commissions
| No of Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Total |
Postings
| No of Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Central Flying School Trenton, Ontario | 7 |
| “M” Depot Halifax, Nova Scotia | 33 |
| Wastage | |
| Total |
Photo Gallery
Newspaper Clippings
Notes
- Wings were presented by Wing Commander W.W. Brown, Officer Commanding the School
- Course Graduates were members of the following Air Force’s:
- Wastage remustered to:
Links
- School Daily Diary
- Wings Parade – 26 July 1941