Curry, Allan Marshall (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-December-14

Pilot Officer Allan Marshall Curry RCAF

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: William Marshall Curry & Mabel Curry

Spouse:

Home: Orangeville, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

6 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

RCAF Stn. Mountain View, Ontario

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/39122

Home
Google MapOrangeville, Ontario (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapGreenwood Cemetery
Lot 15 Block 8 Sec 2 Grave 3

The crew of Bolingbroke aircraft 10014 were returning from a gunnery exercise when they crashed, during the landing approach, one half mile north-west of the aerodrome at Mountain View, BC.

The pilot got a red light on approach as speed was too low, He opened the throttles forcefully and one engine did not respond. The aircraft flipped inverted and dived into the ground.

Killed includes Curry: LAC Lawrence Snowden Collins, RCAF KIFA Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Lot 75. Div 5-6. LAC William Nelson Galloway, RCAF KIFA Mountain View Cemetery, Ontario, Block 6. Plot 31. Lot 16. LAC Raymond Edward Jolly, RCAF KIFA Hillcrest Cemetery, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Block 52. Lot 10.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Bolingbroke 10014

Leading Aircraftman Lawrence Snowden Collins RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Collins, Lawrence Snowden (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-14
Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Pilot Officer Allan Marshall Curry RCAF

Pilot Officer Curry, Allan Marshall (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-14
Greenwood Cemetery, Orangeville, Ontario, Canada

Leading Aircraftman William Nelson Galloway RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Galloway, William Nelson (RCAF)
Navigator Bomb Aimer
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-14
Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Raymond Edward Jolly RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Jolly, Raymond Edward (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-December-14
Hillcrest Cemetery, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:10014

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-December-14. Bolingbroke IVT s/n 10014.

This accident involved 4 people. Collins LS, Curry AM, Galloway WN, Jolly RE

This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman William Nelson Galloway RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/97745 Bolingbroke 10014, Leading Aircraftman Lawrence Snowden Collins RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/213446 Bolingbroke 10014, Pilot Officer Allan Marshall Curry RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/39122 Bolingbroke 10014, Leading Aircraftman Raymond Edward Jolly RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/213852 Bolingbroke 10014

Unit Desciption

6 BGS (6 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.
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Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mountainview Ontario

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Project 44 BCATP

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