William Frederick Collings Rank: Corporal Status: Died 1942-07-01

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Collings, William Frederick (Corporal)

Died 1942-July-01

Birth Date: 1908-December-04 (age 33)

Born: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

John Alexander & Edith H. Collings

Home: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (parents)

Enlistment: Moncton, New Brunswick

Enlistment Date: 1940-02-02

Service
RCAF

Unit
8 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Rank

Corporal

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
aero engine mechanic

Service Numbers
R/50380

Death by natural causes while in the Galt Hospital at Lethbridge, Alberta.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry â€" 1942-07-01

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

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

Home

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (parents)

Burial
Google Map

The People's Cemetery
grave Sec 1 Row 3 Plot 495

8 BGS (8 Bomb and Gunnery School)

The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.

RCAF Lethbridge AB

Established in 1940 at the present site of Lethbridge Airport CYQL.

More information on the RCAF Station at Lethbridge AB can be found at

RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Lethbridge

Museum Bomber Command Museum Of Canada

Museum Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Alberta

Museum Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - 8 BGS

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Collings, William Frederick (Corporal)

Died 1942-July-01

8 BGS (8 Bomb and Gunnery School)

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