Toronto, Ontario (parents)
9 Air Observers School, St John, Quebec. Sergeants De Havilland, T.P. Fraser (RAF), and Leading Aircraftman W.H. Smale (RAF) were all killed when Anson aircraft 6554 crashed ten miles east of Cornwall in Lake St Francis, Ontario.
De Havilland, Victor George (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-15
Birth Date: 1920-September-04
Born: Toronto, Ontario
Parents: Cecil George & Helen De Havilland
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
9 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
RCAF Stn. St Jean, Quebec
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/108924
Prev: R/108294
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Anson 6554
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6554
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-September-15. Anson I s/n 6554.
This accident involved 4 people. Cook SDR, Dehavilland V, Fraser TP, Smale WH
This accident had 3 fatalities. Sergeant Victor George De Havilland RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/108924 Anson 6554, Leading Aircraftman William Herbert Frederick Smale RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1318392 Anson 6554, Sergeant Thomas Press Fraser RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:413484 Anson 6554
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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