Parlakenedi, Oriffa, India
Anson aircraft AX 347 was engaged in a routine navigation flight when it crashed at Garden Hill, Ontario. Leading Aircraftman E.G. Carter (RAF), Flying Officer E. Styrski (RAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 H.C. Freeman and Sergeant P.P. Butler (RNZAF) were killed.
Freeman, Harvey Chambers (Warrant Officer 2)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-05
Birth Date: 1920-June-18
Born: Parlakimedi, Orissa, India
Parents: Son of Reverend Sebra Crooker Freeman and Carrie (nee Webber) Freeman, of Parlakimedi, Orissa, India.
Spouse: Husband of Esther H. Freeman (remarried Thorburn). Father of Marion Louise of Toronto, Ontario. Wa
Home: Parlakenedi, Oriffa, India
Enlistment: Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1941-July-08
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
RCAF Stn. Malton, Ontario
Rank
Warrant Officer 2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/114243
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-11-05
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Anson AX347
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:AX347
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-05. Anson I s/n AX347.
This accident involved 4 people. Butler PM, Carter EG, Freeman HC, Styrski E
This accident had 4 fatalities. Warrant Officer 2 Harvey Chambers Freeman RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/114243 Anson AX347, Porucznik Emil Styrski PAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:P/1963 Anson AX347, Sergeant Patrick Maurice Butler RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:425384 Anson AX347, Leading Aircraftman Edward Godfrey Carter RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1321071 Anson AX347
Unit Desciption
1 AOS (1 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.
No. 1 Air Observer School. Dominion Skyways (Training) Ltd. Malton, Ontario.
The School was established at Malton, Ontario. The former school is now the Toronto (Pearson) International Airport.
More information on the RCAF Station at Malton can be found at
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