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Flying Officer Allan, LACs W. Neville (RAAF), and L. Watt (RAAF) were all killed when Bolingbroke aircraft 10019 crashed four miles south of Inwood, Ontario.
Neville, William Thomas Francis (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1945-January-20
Birth Date: 1925
Born:
Parents: Son of Thomas Henry and Jenny Julia Neville of East Fremantle, Western Australia.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAAF
Unit
4 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Fingal, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
82566
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Bolingbroke 10019
Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:10019
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1945-January-20. They are: Bolingbroke IVT s/n 10019, Bolingbroke IVT s/n 10213.
This accident involved 6 people. Allan JD, Eaton RR, Jarvis RE, Mullins JS, Neville WTF, Watt LCJ
This accident had 3 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman William Thomas Francis Neville RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:82566 Bolingbroke 10019, Leading Aircraftman Laurence Charles Joseph Watt RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:441609 Bolingbroke 10019, Flying Officer James Davidson Allan RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/29114 Bolingbroke 10019
Unit Desciption
4 BGS (4 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.
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