Prospect Cemetery
Sergeant B.E. Lehman, Sergeant W.C. lsted, Leading Aircraftman B.G. Allen (RAF), and Leading Aircraftman C. Wolden (RAF) were on a compass swinging exercise and were all killed when Anson aircraft 6451 crashed two miles south of Kinmount, Ontario.
Allen, Basil George Ragdale (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-January-22
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Son of James Hoyle Allen and Beatrice Sarah Allen, of Besses O'th' Barn, Lancashire, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
1 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
Malton, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1519715
School Daily Diary Entry - 1944-01-22
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Anson 6451
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6451
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-January-22. Anson I s/n 6451.
This accident involved 4 people. Allen BGR, Isted WC, Lehman BE, Wolden C
This accident had 4 fatalities. Sergeant William Charles Isted RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/192620 Anson 6451, Sergeant Bruce Edward Lehman RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/181626 Anson 6451, Leading Aircraftman Clifford Wolden RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1521790 Anson 6451, Leading Aircraftman Basil George Ragdale Allen RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1519715 Anson 6451
Unit Desciption
1 AOS (1 Air Observer School)
Air Observers were later called "navigators". For recruits in this stream, the training path after ITS was 8 weeks at an Air Observer School (AOS), 1 month at a Bombing & Gunnery School, and finally 1 month at a Navigation School. The Air Observer schools were operated by civilians under contract to the RCAF. For example, Nos. 7, 8, and 9 were run by CP Airlines. However, the instructors were RCAF. The basic navigation techniques throughout the war years were dead reckoning and visual pilotage, and the tools were the aeronautical chart, magnetic compass, watch, trip log, pencil, Douglas protractor, and Dalton Navigational Computer. They trained in the Avro Anson.
No. 1 Air Observer School. Dominion Skyways (Training) Ltd. Malton, Ontario.
The School was established at Malton, Ontario. The former school is now the Toronto (Pearson) International Airport.
More information on the RCAF Station at Malton can be found at
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Malton Ontario
Wartime Canada - Wings presentation December 1943
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy