Barber, C B (Civilian)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-December-21

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Service

RCAF

Unit

7 AOS- Air Observer School

Base

RCAF Stn. Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

Rank

Civilian

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

7 Air Observer School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Anson aircraft 6234 was engaged on a routine navigation exercise when it burst into flames in the air and crashed three and one half miles west of the aerodrome at Portage La Prairie. LACs W.S. Croft (RAF), W.E. Weatherley (RAF), and the W/Op-AG Flight Sergeant Peter Douglas McIntyre were also killed.

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 6234

Civilian C B Barber RCAF

Civilian Barber, C B (RCAF)
pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-21
cemetery unknown

Leading Aircraftman Walter Steven Croft RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Croft, Walter Steven (RAFVR)
student navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-21
Hillside Cemetery, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

Flight Sergeant Peter Douglas McIntyre RCAF

Flight Sergeant McIntyre, Peter Douglas (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-21
Hillside Cemetery, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

Leading Aircraftman William Edward Weatherley RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Weatherley, William Edward (RAFVR)
student navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-December-21
Hillside Cemetery, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6234

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-December-21. Anson I s/n 6234.

This accident involved 4 people. Barber GB, Croft WS, Mcintyre PD, Weatherley WE

This accident had 4 fatalities. Flight Sergeant Peter Douglas McIntyre RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/122106 Anson 6234, Leading Aircraftman William Edward Weatherley RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1386859 Anson 6234, Civilian C B Barber RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no: Anson 6234, Leading Aircraftman Walter Steven Croft RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1575818 Anson 6234

Unit Desciption

7 AOS (7 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.
NO7 AOS Course

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Portage la Prairie Manitoba

Unvetted Source Manitoba Historical Society - Portage Airport

Museum Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - 7 AOS History

Unvetted Source University of Alberta -Souvenir History Of 7 AOS

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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