5th Flying British Training School at Riddle Field
Chandler Mock
This project involves the ongoing research and authorship of individual biographies for Royal Air Force cadets who died while training in the United States during World War II, specifically those associated with No. 5 British Flying Training School (5BFTS) at Riddle Field, Clewiston, Florida. These cadets, many of whom were in their late teens or early twenties, lost their lives far from home—some in aircraft accidents, others from illness—before they had the chance to serve in active combat. Th