Percy John Deebank Rank: Aircraftman 1st Class Status: Died 1940-11-08

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Deebank, Percy John (Aircraftman 1st Class)

Died 1940-November-08

Birth Date: 1920-August-06 (age 20)

Son of Samuel Joseph and Sadie Deebank, of Cornwall.

Home: Cornwall, Ontario

Service
RCAF

Unit
1 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base
Jarvis, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Aircraftman 1st Class

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

Service Numbers
R/62640

AC1 Deebank went onto Lake Erie off Hoover Point, near Jarvis, Ontario in a canoe to recover a drogue. The canoe capsized and he was unable to make shore in very low temperature water with heavy clothing.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry "� 1940-11-08

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

Cornwall, Ontario

Burial
Google Map

North Branch Cemetery
Grave 45

1 BGS (1 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.

1944 Navigation chart showing RCAF Jarvis and surrounding area. from: http://www.flightontario.com/BCATP/bcatp-schools.htm

RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Jarvis Ontario

General RCAF Jarvis Blog

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Deebank, Percy John (Aircraftman 1st Class)

Died 1940-November-08

1 BGS (1 Bomb and Gunnery School)

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