Alameda, Saskatchewan
Bolingbroke aircraft 10111 was returning from a gunnery exercise and was flying at 800 feet when it suddenly dove straight into the ground near the aerodrome at Mossbank. Pilot Officer V.H. Inderbitzen, Sergeant U.M. Reed, Leading Aircraftman J.E. Tierney, Leading Aircraftman D.C. McKenzie (RAAF) and Leading Aircraftman K.R. McPherson (RAAF) were killed. Ex Pilot Officer Cohn Pattie (RNZAF), now of Victoria, British Columbia had this to say, "I was alone in the control tower when a Bolingbroke came spinning down out of the overcast and crashed a mile from the aerodrome."
Reed, Howard Murray (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-March-13
Birth Date: 1922-July-11
Born:
Parents: Son of Alfred A. L. Reed and Jennie Reed, of Alameda; husband of Edith Reed, of Alameda.
Spouse: Husband of Edith Reed, of Alameda.
Home: Alameda, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (instructor)
Service Numbers
R/181611
School Daily Diary Entry - 1944-03-13
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Bolingbroke 10111
Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:10111
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-March-13. Bolingbroke IVT s/n 10111.
This accident involved 5 people. Inderbitzen VH, Mackenzie DC, Mcpherson KR, Reed HM, Tierney JE
This accident had 5 fatalities. Pilot Officer Victor Herman Inderbitzin RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/43229 Bolingbroke 10111, Leading Aircraftman Donald Charles McKenzie RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:36216 Bolingbroke 10111, Leading Aircraftman Keith Robert McPherson RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:430391 Bolingbroke 10111, Sergeant Howard Murray Reed RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/181611 Bolingbroke 10111, Leading Aircraftman James Edward Tierney RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/189290 Bolingbroke 10111
Unit Desciption
2 BGS (2 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.
Mossbank NO2 BGS Magazine
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