Name: |
HIEBERT, THEODORE ROLAND |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Aircraftman 2nd Class |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
26 |
Date of Death: |
02/05/1941 |
Service No: |
R/61199 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Pauline Hiebert, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Crane 7703 |
Place of Death: |
4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask. |
Name: |
TWEEDIE, DONALD |
Nationality: |
Australian |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Australian Air Force |
Age: |
22 |
Date of Death: |
08/04/1941 |
Service No: |
402420 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Walter Ernest and Amy Gertrude Tweedie, of Portland, New South Wales, Australia. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Harvard 2704 |
Place of Death: |
1 SFTS, Camp Borden, Ontario |
Name: |
RANDELL, ALLAN MITCHELL |
Nationality: |
Australian |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Australian Air Force |
Age: |
22 |
Date of Death: |
08/04/1941 |
Service No: |
404358 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Reginald Edward and Jessie May Randell, of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Anson 6235 |
Place of Death: |
4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask. |
Name: |
STARKEY, WILLIAM LEWIS NICK |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
12/03/1941 |
Service No: |
R/67700 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Hugh L. Starkey and Elizabeth H. Starkey, of Belize, British Honduras. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Anson W1667 |
Place of Death: |
4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask. |
Name: |
VAREY, ROBERT FREDERICK |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Sergeant (Pilot) |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
04/02/1942 |
Service No: |
R/75172 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Frederick and Alice M. Varey, of Elstow. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Bolingbroke 9063 (119 City of Hamilton Squadron) |
Place of Death: |
Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia |
Name: |
KNIGHT, MERVYN DAVID |
Nationality: |
New Zealand |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Age: |
26 |
Date of Death: |
02/02/1942 |
Service No: |
414641 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of David Knight, and of Isabella May Knight (nee Frisby), of Lilburne, Southland, New Zealand. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Crane 7703 |
Place of Death: |
4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask. |
Name: |
WYMAN, MERRIT MALONE |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
32 |
Date of Death: |
01/10/1941 |
Service No: |
R/62140 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Claude E. Wyman and Elizabeth Bertha Wyman, husband of Eva Kathleen Wyman, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Struck by a passenger train in the C.P.R. freight yards. |
Place of Death: |
7 SFTS, MacLeod Alberta |
Name: |
RICHARDSON, JOHN GORDON |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Flight Lieutenant |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
25 |
Date of Death: |
17/11/1940 |
Service No: |
C/899 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Albert John and Margaret Richardson, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Killed bailing out of Digby 749 (10 North Atlantic Squadron) |
Place of Death: |
Near East Lake, Quebec |
Name: |
ALEXANDER, ROBERT GORDON |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
26 |
Date of Death: |
06/06/1941 |
Service No: |
R/76598 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Richard Arthur and Annie Elizabeth Alexander, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Harvard 3772 |
Place of Death: |
10 SFTS, Dauphin, Manitoba |
Name: |
ROWE, HERBERT JOHN |
Nationality: |
Australian |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Australian Air Force |
Age: |
21 |
Date of Death: |
25/05/1941 |
Service No: |
400489 |
Next of Kin: |
Husband of Gwen I. M. Rowe, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Crane 7715 |
Place of Death: |
4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask. |
Name: |
STEVENSON, BERT LLOYD |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Flight Sergeant |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
40 |
Date of Death: |
08/01/1945 |
Service No: |
R/128230 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Samuel Baird Stevenson and Sarah W. Stevenson; husband of Mary Lavina Stevenson, of Vancouver, British Columbia. |
Details of Death: |
Death by natural causes |
Place of Death: |
RCAF Station, Fort St. John, British Columbia |
Name: |
MITCHELL, JOHN WEBBER |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Flying Officer |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
36 |
Date of Death: |
21/08/1944 |
Service No: |
C/38529 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Arthur P. Mitchell and Anna C. Mitchell, of Saskatoon; husband of Lilyan L. Mitchell, of Prince Albert. |
Details of Death: |
Death by natural causes |
Place of Death: |
1 AOS, Malton, Ontario |
Name: |
LOCKWOOD, DUANE FRANCIS |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Aircraftman 1st Class |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
24 |
Date of Death: |
19/08/1944 |
Service No: |
R/285048 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of George N. Lockwood and Annette C. Lockwood, of Pinkham; husband of Isabel Anna Lockwood, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Bolingbroke 10055 |
Place of Death: |
3 BGS Macdonald, Manitoba |
Name: |
TRASK, MARION ELLIS |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Warrant Officer Class II |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
29 |
Date of Death: |
14/05/1944 |
Service No: |
R/98950 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of C. Arnold Trask and Elta Lorena Trask, of Hanley. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Anson 11687 |
Place of Death: |
2 ANS Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
Name: |
HERLEN, ERNEST OSBORNE |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Pilot Officer |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
25 |
Date of Death: |
09/06/1944 |
Service No: |
C/46827 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Ernest Waldemar Herlen and Ina Maria Herlen, of Saskatoon, husband of Alice Mabel Herlen, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Canso A 11019 |
Place of Death: |
4 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Ucluelet, British Columbia |
Name: |
LITTLE, ASHLEY LORNE |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
21 |
Date of Death: |
25/02/1942 |
Service No: |
R/105304 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Lawrence H. Little and Abigail M. Little, of Dinismore. |
Details of Death: |
Automobile accident |
Place of Death: |
21 EFTS Chatham, New Brunswick |
Name: |
WILSON, LESLIE GEORGE HAMILTON |
Nationality: |
New Zealand |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Age: |
27 |
Date of Death: |
11/02/1942 |
Service No: |
414712 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of George Arthur Hamilton Wilson and Florence Marion Wilson, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Crane 7868 |
Place of Death: |
4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask. |
Name: |
VOGELSANG, EDWARD WALTER |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Flying Officer |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
22 |
Date of Death: |
08/01/1943 |
Service No: |
J/10495 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Vogelsang, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Hudson BW447 113 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron |
Place of Death: |
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
Name: |
SHORT, ROBERT PRINGLE |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Corporal |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
29 |
Date of Death: |
17/01/1943 |
Service No: |
R/115877 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of George and Isabelle Short, of Saskatoon husband of Christine T. Short, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Death by natural causes |
Place of Death: |
7 ITS Saskatoon Saskatchewan |
Name: |
HUNT, ALLAN WILLIAM JOHN |
Nationality: |
Australian |
Rank: |
Pilot Officer |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Australian Air Force |
Age: |
27 |
Date of Death: |
14/03/1943 |
Service No: |
420343 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of William and Lillian Hunt, of Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Grace Hunt, of Chatswood. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Hampden P5433 |
Place of Death: |
32 OTU Patricia Bay, British Columbia |
Name: |
HAWES, FREDRICK CHARLES |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Sergeant |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
24 |
Date of Death: |
02/06/1943 |
Service No: |
R/139893 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Samuel James Hawes and Rosetta Amy Hawes, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Drowned in Watson Lake |
Place of Death: |
4 Staging Unit, Watson Lake, Yukon |
Name: |
EARL, WILLIAM HARRY |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Pilot Officer |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
34 |
Date of Death: |
05/10/1943 |
Service No: |
C/24354 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Henry Richard and Frances Mary Earl, of Saskatoon; husband of Adeline Thelma Earl, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Anson DG872 |
Place of Death: |
1 Central Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba |
Name: |
GRAY, GORDON |
Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Age: |
19 |
Date of Death: |
31/07/1942 |
Service No: |
1361191 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of William and Jessie Gray, of Kirn, Argyllshire, Scotland. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Crane 7719 |
Place of Death: |
4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask. |
Name: |
MAYFIELD, FREDDY |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
32 |
Date of Death: |
02/06/1942 |
Service No: |
R/138394 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of Frederick William and Rosa Mayfield, of Victoria, British Columbia. |
Details of Death: |
Fell or jumped from 25th St. Bridge, Saskatoon, Sask. |
Place of Death: |
4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask. |
Name: |
NESS, ALFRED OLAV |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Flying Officer |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
33 |
Date of Death: |
18/03/1942 |
Service No: |
C/7174 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of John N. Ness and Gunda Caroline Ness, of Sturgis; husband of Pearl Ness, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Anson 9740 (6 AOS, Prince Albert, Sask.) |
Place of Death: |
Kinistino, Saskatchewan. |
Name: |
POWER, GEORGE WILLIAM EDWARD |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Age: |
21 |
Date of Death: |
06/03/1942 |
Service No: |
R/123350 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of William Lawrence and Emily Power, of Saskatoon. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Fleet Finch 4791 (17 EFTS, Stanley, N.S.) |
Place of Death: |
Minas Basin, near Walton,Nova Scotia |
Name: |
GILLAN, LESLIE WILLIAM |
Nationality: |
New Zealand |
Rank: |
Leading Aircraftman |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Age: |
20 |
Date of Death: |
24/02/1942 |
Service No: |
414274 |
Next of Kin: |
Son of William Henry and Lily Elizabeth Gillan, of Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. |
Details of Death: |
Crash of Crane 7717 |
Place of Death: |
4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask. |
Sources:
1)They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
2) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database
#4 Service Flying Training School
This training school was based in Saskatoon. Some of the students, and former students are buried in War Graves Section of Woodlawn Cemetery.
One of the former students, who died in a crash at an OTU in B.C., was P/O. A. W. J. Hunt, RAAF. While he was at 4 SFTS, a photograph of the RAAF students (and one RCAF student), was taken. Thanks to the generosity of his nephew, the photo, and a "history of service" for each student in the photo, is now being shared.
Photo and service histories, RAAF students, Course 58, 4 SFTS, 1942.
Last updated July 19, 2012