Johnston, David Wright (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-10
Birth Date: 1914
Born:
Parents: Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnston, of Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Spouse: husband of Isobel B. Johnston, of Glasgow, Scotland
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
9 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
St Jean, Quebec, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1521462
St James Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comAccident Card - Avro Anson Mk. V serial:11736
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-10. Anson V s/n 11736.
This accident involved 4 people. Crooks SR, Smith SF, Lines JV, Johnston DW
This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman David Wright Johnston RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1521462 Anson 11736
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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