St James Cemetery
9 AOS, see De-Havilland VG
Smale, William Herbert Frederick (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-15
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: William Stuart Smale & Eliza Blanche Maude Smale, Osterley, Middlesex, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
9 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
RCAF Stn. St Jean, Quebec
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1318392
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Anson 6554
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6554
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-September-15. Anson I s/n 6554.
This accident involved 4 people. Cook SDR, Dehavilland V, Fraser TP, Smale WH
This accident had 3 fatalities. Sergeant Victor George De Havilland RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/108924 Anson 6554, Leading Aircraftman William Herbert Frederick Smale RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1318392 Anson 6554, Sergeant Thomas Press Fraser RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:413484 Anson 6554
Unit Desciption
9 AOS (9 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.
NO9 AOS Avro Anson
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