Nakusp, British Columbia
3 Bombing and Gunnery School, Macdonald, Manitoba. Bolingbroke aircraft 10055 was engaged in a gun camera exercise when it crashed then exploded and burned in a stubble field one and one half mile east of the aerodrome at Macdonald. LACs F.D. Seagram, R.A. Sims, AC1. D.F. Lockwood, and the RAAF pilot, Flying Officer C.M. Howard were also killed.
Shelling, Ernest Joseph (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-August-19
Birth Date: 1925
Born:
Parents: Son of Joseph and Enid L. Shelling, of Nakusp, British Columbia.
Spouse:
Home: Nakusp, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
3 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/258345
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Bolingbroke 10055
Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:10055
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-August-19. Bolingbroke IVT s/n 10055.
This accident involved 5 people. Howard CW, Lockwood DF, Seagrim FD, Shelling EJ, Sims RA
This accident had 5 fatalities. Aircraftman 1st Class Duane Francis Lockwood RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/285048 Bolingbroke 10055, Flying Officer Charles William Howard RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:420470 Bolingbroke 10055, Leading Aircraftman Francis David Seagrim RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/276956 Bolingbroke 10055, Leading Aircraftman Roy Arnold Sims RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:K/258468 Bolingbroke 10055, Leading Aircraftman Ernest Joseph Shelling RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/258345 Bolingbroke 10055
Unit Desciption
3 BGS (3 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.
NO3 BGS MacDonald MB
RCAF.info - RCAF Station MacDonald Manitoba
Manitoba Historical Society - 3 BGS History
Project 44 BCATP
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