Montreal, Quebec
Anson aircraft 7339 and 7566 collided in mid-air during a bombing practise. The aircraft crashed three miles east of the bombing target at Willow Grove, Ontario, Flying Officer E.B. Norbury, LACs F.E. lnnes, J.H. Kearney, J. Alexander Smith, J.A. Holgate, and A.R. Hayes were also killed. Flying Officer Norbury was the pilot and LACs Samuel, Smith, and Kearney were crew members of aircraft 7566. LACs Hayes, Innes, and Holgate were in aircraft 7339.
Samuel, Hector Patrick (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-June-15
Birth Date: 1923-December-12
Born:
Parents: Son of Hector Patrick and Eva Marie Louise Samuel, of Montreal.
Spouse:
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Jarvis, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Bomb Aimer
Service Numbers
R/171264
School Daily Diary Entry - 1943-06-15
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Anson 7566
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:7566
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1943-June-15. They are: Anson II s/n 7339, Anson II s/n 7566.
This accident involved 8 people. Holgate JA, Smith JA, Samuel HP, Norbury EB, Kearney JM, Innes FH, Herring C, Hayes AR
This accident had 7 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman John Henry Kearney RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/188426 Anson 7566, Leading Aircraftman James Alexander Smith RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/179382 Anson 7566, Flying Officer Edward Blake Norbury RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/14095 Anson 7566, Leading Aircraftman Hector Patrick Samuel RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/171264 Anson 7566,Leading Aircraftman Frederick Earl Innes RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/175075 Anson 7339, Leading Aircraftman John Arthur Holgate RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/184765 Anson 7339, Leading Aircraftman Arthur Raymond Hayes RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/176594 Anson 7339
Unit Desciption
1 BGS (1 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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