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I have been researching a wartime Canadian aircrew member. I believe that he was a navigator/observer on 424 Sqdn.
He was trained at: No1 ITS; No10 AOS; No6 BGS & No1 ANS. Can anybody tell me what these were & their location. I assume that the 'S' is school.
I have tried GOOGLE but with no luck. Probably asked the question the wrong way!
CC
He was trained at: No1 ITS; No10 AOS; No6 BGS & No1 ANS. Can anybody tell me what these were & their location. I assume that the 'S' is school.
I have tried GOOGLE but with no luck. Probably asked the question the wrong way!
CC
You are in luck; I was researching fatal Canadian Anson accidents a few months ago. No 10 AOS (Air Observer School)was at RCAF Chatham, near Miramichi, New Brunswick. I will get more for you tomorrow.
Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...aining_Schools
Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...aining_Schools
Last edited by Fox3WheresMyBanana; 12th Oct 2014 at 00:27.
BGS = Bombing and Gunnery School and the one in question is referred to here: No. 6 BGS - Mountainview, Ontario
..and some of us are grateful to be called a Gentleman, even if we are part-timers at best
I think that link I gave you leads to everything you need.
No 1 Initial Training School, 26 weeks, Toronto, ON
No 10 Air Observer School, 8 weeks, Chatham, NB
No 6 Bombing & Gunnery School, 4 weeks, Mountain View (near Trenton),ON
No 1 Air Navigation School, 4 weeks, Trenton, ON
Chatham, NB is only a day's rail journey from Trenton,so this makes some sense.
1 ANS later moved to Rivers, MB, which is a heck of a long way from Trenton for the final 4 weeks (especially as he would probably have shipped out from Quebec for Europe shortly afterwards), but Air Forces have done stupider things*
The move date was around May 1942, and 424 Squadron was formed at Topcliffe on 15 October 1942.
*I mean, they hired me for Gawd's sake!
I think that link I gave you leads to everything you need.
No 1 Initial Training School, 26 weeks, Toronto, ON
No 10 Air Observer School, 8 weeks, Chatham, NB
No 6 Bombing & Gunnery School, 4 weeks, Mountain View (near Trenton),ON
No 1 Air Navigation School, 4 weeks, Trenton, ON
Chatham, NB is only a day's rail journey from Trenton,so this makes some sense.
1 ANS later moved to Rivers, MB, which is a heck of a long way from Trenton for the final 4 weeks (especially as he would probably have shipped out from Quebec for Europe shortly afterwards), but Air Forces have done stupider things*
The move date was around May 1942, and 424 Squadron was formed at Topcliffe on 15 October 1942.
*I mean, they hired me for Gawd's sake!
Last edited by Fox3WheresMyBanana; 12th Oct 2014 at 11:45.
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One of the best Canadian sites you may find some info on us
http://www.vintagewings.ca/
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