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"A" Able flying through the Eiffel Tower? (although this event likely happened, this photograph is likely fake.) It is signed by the late Bill Bryant RAF who was the navigator of that aircraft piloted by Bob Boorman RCAF. The caption reads "This Stars Stripes photograph was taken on 14 September 1944 and shows a Mosquito Mk XIII of 409 Squadron RCAF. Pilot - W/O Bob Boorman RCAF Navigator F/S Bill Bryant RAF Flying through the Eiffel Tower."
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33 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF) ( 13)

Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers.

The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools.

NO33 ANS Mount Hope On

RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Hamilton (Mount Hope) ON

General McMaster University - 33 ANS Hamilton ON

1941-06-09

Primary Location Hamilton ON Canada Current home of Hamilton John C. Munro airport CYHM

Sergeant

Board, Richard George

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑12‑13

Anson (6709)

Bridgend, Glamorgen Wales

Leading Aircraftman

Bressloff, Sidney Isaac

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑12‑13

Anson (6709)

London, England

Corporal

Campbell, Colin James

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑06‑23

Anson (6767)

Leading Aircraftman

Donahue, Dennis

Killed in Flying Accident

1941‑11‑13

Anson (W1672)

St. Agnes, Cornwall, England (parents)

Sergeant

Doughty, Edward Alfred

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑06‑23

Anson (6767)

Leading Aircraftman

Drayton, Denis Albert

Killed in Flying Accident

1941‑11‑13

Anson (W1672)

Leading Aircraftman

Gillman, Reginald Allan

Killed in Flying Accident

1941‑11‑13

Anson (W1672)

Leading Aircraftman

Johnson, Ernest

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑12‑13

Anson (6709)

LEES, OLDHAM, Lancashire England

Flight Lieutenant

Kellow, John Osman David

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑06‑23

Anson (6767)

Leading Aircraftman

Preston, Herbert

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑06‑23

Anson (6767)

Aircraftman 1st Class

Proudley, Stephen Frederick

Accident

1943‑06‑10

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Southampton, Hampshire, England

Leading Aircraftman

Quinn, Michael Joseph

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑04‑05

Anson (7050)

Londonderry, Northern ireland

Leading Aircraftman

Watson, James

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑06‑23

Anson (6767)

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

33 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF) ( 13)

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