Montreal, Quebec
9 Air Observers School, St Jean, Quebec. Anson aircraft 6691 was engaged in a routine night navigation exercise when it crashed near Arnprior, Ontario. LACs B.E. Campbell, S. Endleman, and one civilian, G.R. Handfield, were also killed.
Barton, James Robert Carl (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-February-08
Birth Date: 1921-August-15
Born: Montreal Quebec
Parents: Son of William and Margaret Barton, of Montreal.
Spouse:
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
9 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
RCAF Stn. St Jean, Quebec
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/117533
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Anson 6691
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6691
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-February-08. Anson I s/n 6691.
This accident involved 4 people. Barton JRC, Campbell BE, Endleman S, Handfield GR
This accident had 4 fatalities. Flight Sergeant James Robert Carl Barton RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/117533 Anson 6691, Leading Aircraftman Beatty Elwood Campbell RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/151136 Anson 6691, Leading Aircraftman Saul Endleman RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/161704 Anson 6691, Civilian Guy Real Handfield Killed in Flying Accident service no: Anson 6691
Unit Desciption
9 AOS (9 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.
NO9 AOS Avro Anson
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