Montreal, Quebec
8 Air Observers School, Ancienne Lorette, Quebec. Anson aircraft crashed.
Aspinall, Francis Allan (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-23
Birth Date: 1924-April-10
Born: Halifax Nova Scotia
Parents: Son of Oswald S. Aspinall and Jennie Aspinall, of Montreal.
Spouse:
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
8 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
RCAF Stn. Ancienne Lorrette, Quebec
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
R/216179
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Anson 11678
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. V serial:11678
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-May-23. Anson V s/n 11678.
This accident involved 4 people. Aspinall FA, Fieldsend K, Kitts JS, Trow JE
This accident had 5 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Fieldsend RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:1498746 Anson 11678, Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Fieldsend RAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:1498746 Anson 11678, Sergeant James Edward Trow RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/195260 Anson 11678, Leading Aircraftman John Stephen Kitts RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/200433 Anson 11678, Sergeant Francis Allan Aspinall RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/216179 Anson 11678
Unit Desciption
8 AOS (8 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.
NO8 AOS
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