Toronto, Ontario
Anson aircraft 6739 failed to return from a navigational exercise. Leading Aircraftman G.C. Bricker, Leading Aircraftman K.N. Miller, Sergeant R.H. Cochran and Flight Sergeant J.R. Barnett were killed.
Miller, Kenneth Norman (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-14
Birth Date: 1914-August-14
Born:
Parents: Son of Norman 0. Miller and Nora Evelyn Miller, of Toronto, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
RCAF Stn. Malton, Ontario
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
R/170646
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-01-14
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Anson 6739
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6739
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-January-14. Anson I s/n 6739.
This accident involved 4 people. Barnett JR, Bricker GC, Cochran RH, Miller NK
This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Gordon Charles Bricker RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/15636 Anson 6739, Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Norman Miller RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/170646 Anson 6739, Sergeant Robert Hearne Cochran RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/98168 Anson 6739, Flight Sergeant Joseph Roy Barnett RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/101691 Anson 6739
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
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Malton Ontario
Wartime Canada - Wings presentation December 1943
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