No 8 Service Flying Training School
Course 54
Front row (left to right): R.E. Crocker, E.B. Stiles, G.S. Smith
Second row (left to right): R.L. Cameron, C.W. Gaines, R126395 McAllister, J.E., Milltown, N.B.; R113952 Ferguson, P.E.H., Harcourt, N.B.; R126313 Wylie, B.K., 41 Clarendon St., Saint John, N.B.; R126211 Stables, G.E., Newcastle, N.B. R99050 Hogan, M.B., Newcastle, N.B. R113912 Carter, T., 116 Spar Coce, Saint John, N.B.
Back row left to right: R124667 Stinson, H.V., St. Andrews, N.B. R126229 Dalzell, D.J., 105 Queen St., Saint John, N.; R113950 Nase, W.E., 70 Broadview Ave., Moncton, N.B.
Students Arrived:
Start Date:
Grad Dinner: 6 August 1942
Graduation Parade: 14 August 1942
Graduation Date:
Nominal Role
- R.L. Cameron
- R113973
- Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Thomas ‘Tony’ Carter (*)
- E.R. Crocker
- R113934
- Newcastle, New Brunswick
- C.W. Gaines
- R126323
- Victoria County, New Brunswick
- George Ewart Pitcher
- Killed in Flying Accident – 14 July 1942
- G.S. Smith
- R113779
- St. Andrews, New Brunswick
- E.B. Stiles
- R99170
- Woodstock, New Brunswick
Instructors:
Course Strength
| No of Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Original Intake | |
| Transferred from previous course | 2 |
| Transferred to subsequent course | |
| Wastage | |
| Killed in Flying accident | 1 |
| Total graduates | 48 |
Commissions
| No of Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Total | 22 |
Postings
| No of Personnel | |
|---|---|
| No 1 Air Navigation School Rivers, Manitoba | |
| Wastage | |
| Total |
Notes
- (*) Name provided by family member – Currently not verified by RCAF.info in any document.
- Wings were presented by Group Captain W.W. Brown
- Course Graduates were members of the following Air Force’s:
- Wastage remustered to:
- The article “Farewell Dinner” in the August 1942 issue of Take Off, the Magazine of No 8 SFTS (Page 23) talks about a dinner held in town on the evening of 12 August 1942 for this course.
Links
- School Daily Diary
- Wings Banquet – 6 August 1942
- Wings Parade – 14 August 1942