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McLeod, George (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-12-06

Male Head

Birth Date: 1909-08-11 (age 35)

Son of George McLeod, and of Mary Ann McLeod, of Toronto, Ontario.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Service
RCAF
Unit
31 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF)
Base
Port Albert, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/188456
31 Air Navigation School, Port Albert, Ontario. Sgt McLeod, LACs V.R. Edwards (RAF), S.H. Lazarus (RAF), and F.G. Ovenden (RAF) all lost their lives when Anson aircraft 12043 went missing during a navigation exercise.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Sergeant George McLeod has no known grave.

Crew on Anson Mk. V 12043

Avro Anson

Avro Anson Mk. V
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.

The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes. Harold Skaarup web pages

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

YouTube Avro Anson History

YouTube Avro Anson Construction

CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (4404), RCAF 400 Squadron (6), Canadian Aircraft Losses (257)
last update: 2022-02-22 21:45:24

Anson Mk. V 12043

Reported missing on 7 December 1944 while on navigation exercise with No. 31 Air Navigation School at Port Albert, Ontario. 5 fatalities: pilot F/S G. Dawson, LAC V.R. Edwards, LAC S.H. Lazarus, Sgt. G. McLeod, LAC F.G. Ovenden, all RAF. The bodies were never located.
1944-07-07 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-December-06 Accident: 51 Air Navigation School Loc: Unknown Names: Dawson | Edwards | Lazarus | McLeod | Ovenden
1945-03-08 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07

31 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF) (31 Air Navigation School)

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.

NO31 ANS Port Albert ON
Originally Navigation School No. 48 General Reconnaissance from St. Athan, Wales, which moved to Port Albert as No. 31 Air Navigation School in October 1940.
  • RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Port Albert On

  • General HuronCounty.ca - 31 ANS History

  • General RAF Metman - 31 ANS History

  • 1940-11-18 Primary Location Port Albert ON Canada Returned to agriculture. Still visible on satellite imagery.

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