Carey, Orran Willard (Corporal)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-October-30

Corporal Orran Willard Carey RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-August-26

Born:

Parents: Everett John & Cora Mae Carey

Spouse:

Home: Avonport, Nova Scotia (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

8 AOS- Air Observer School

Base

Ancienne Lorrette, Quebec, Canada

Rank

Corporal

Position

Service Numbers

R/154799

Home
Google MapAvonport, Nova Scotia (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapWillow Bank Cemetery
Plot 231

8 Air Observers School, Ancienne Lorette, Quebec. Anson aircraft crashed.

Killed includes Carey: Flying Officer James David Nicol Gillingham RCAF J/24231 KIA Burnsland Cemetery Calgary Alberta Lot 20. Block 9. Sec. Flying Officer William Graham Muir RCAF J/24212 KIA Nanaimo Public Cemetery BC Row 57, Grave 137. F/Lt James Thomas Robson RCAF J/9151 KIA Victoria Royal Oak Burial Park Victoria BC Sec. D. Plot 22. Grave 18.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 11705

Corporal Orran Willard Carey RCAF

Corporal Carey, Orran Willard (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-October-30
Willow Bank Cemetery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Flying Officer James David Nicol Gillingham RCAF

Flying Officer Gillingham, James David Nicol (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-October-30
Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Flying Officer William Graham Muir RCAF

Flying Officer Muir, William Graham (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-October-30
Nanaimo Cemetery, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Flight Lieutenant James Thomas Robson RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Robson, James Thomas (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-October-30
Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. V serial:11705

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-October-30. Anson V s/n 11705.

This accident involved 5 people. Carey OW, Fedush GE, Gillingham JDW, Muir WG, Robson JT

This accident had 5 fatalities. Flying Officer James David Nicol Gillingham RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/24231 Anson 11705, Flying Officer William Graham Muir RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/24212 Anson 11705, Flight Lieutenant James Thomas Robson RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/9151 Anson 11705, Civilian George E Fedush Killed in Flying Accident service no: Anson 11705, Corporal Orran Willard Carey RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/154799 Anson 11705

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

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station L'Ancienne Lorrette QC

Unvetted Source Wartime Heritage - Orren Carey

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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