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Avro 504K F8813 |
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Type : Avro 504K Mark : k Last Flew : 2nd May 1931 |
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| 02nd May 1931 | F8813 of 2 FTS, Digby Stalled on turn and crashed, Ashby-de-la-Launde Fg Off Stewart Sinclair Mackay (24) killed AC2 Josiah Swain injured |
| Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Avro 504K k F8813 | ||
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| Josiah, Swain Click the name above to see a profile of Josiah, Swain
| Josiah, Swain AC2 Josiah Swain injured in Crash OF Avro 504K F8813, of 2 FTS, Digby which Stalled on turn and crashed, Ashby-de-la-Launde The Pilot Fg Off Stewart Sinclair Mackay (24) killed | |
| Squadrons for : Avro 504K k F8813 | ||
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2FTS Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of 2FTS | 2FTS No 2 FTS was first formed in No. 3 Group RAF on 26 April 1920 from No 31 Training Squadron with a special flight attached to carry out research for the Professor of Aeronautical Services at Cambridge University. At the end of August 1921 it was transferred to No. 1 Group RAF but returned to No 3 Group on 1 July 1923. Initially equipped with Avro 504Ks and Ns for basic training it used Airco DH.9As, Bristol F2Bs and Sopwith Snipes for service training, the 504s were eventually replaced by the Avro Tutor and Armstrong Whitworth Siskins and Gloster Grebes replaced the Snipes. The school ceased operations on 29 July 1933 and disbanded on 15 December at RAF Digby, where it had moved on 30 Jun 1924. The school reformed on 1 October 1934 in No 23 Group at its previous home of Digby, now equipped with Tutors for basic training and Hawker Harts and Furies for the service training phase. In 1936 Hawker Audaxes were added and in September 1937 the school moved to RAF Brize Norton to move it away from the likely area of operations in the event of a war. By August 1939, basic flying training was being carrying out at civilian run Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools and the FTSs were concentrating on the service flying phase of training and to the end it was equipped with Harvards and Airspeed Oxfords. With the outbreak of war on 3 September 1939 the school’s title was changed to No. 2 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) and on 24 June 1940 it was reclassified as a Group II school concentrating on twin engined training with Oxfords. By 1942 the Commonwealth Air Training Plan was in full swing and most aircrew were being trained up to SFTS level in Canada, South Africa or Southern Rhodesia before arriving in or returning to Britain so it was decided to convert the SFTSs to (Pilot) or (Observer) Advanced Flying Units. These units would concentrate in training the personnel arriving from overseas in the techniques and conditions of flying in a blacked-out Northern Europe. As a result, No 2 SFTS became No 2 (Pilots') Advanced Flying Unit on 14 March 1942. | |
| Aircraft type : Avro 504K | ||
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Avro 504K
Production Began : 0 Retired : 0 Number Built : 0 | Avro 504K The Avro 504k is one of the greatest training aircraft ever built. It was used to equip training units first in the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force. Developed from the original Avro 504 of 1913, the 504k differed from the earlier training variants by having modified engine bearers which allowed it to be fitted with a variety of rotary engines. Interchangeability was necessary due to shortage of certain types of engine and provided a welcome flexibility for the hard pressed trainer units. Pilots were trained on the 504k and the Avro 504J, using Major Smith Barry's methods of systematic flying instruction which developed at the school of Special Flying at Gosport during World War One. This training method has provided the basis for virtually all primary flying instruction given throughout the world since then. More than 8000 were built during the war by A.V. Roe and sub-contractors such as Grahame-White Aviation at Hendon. Although always known as a training aircraft Avro 504k's were also used as a emergency home defence fighter operating against German aircraft raiders. After the war surplus 504k's were used by civilian flying schools and barnstorming companies. | |
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Died : 2 / 5 / 1931