Cameron, Donald Arnott (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-09

Sergeant Donald Arnott Cameron RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-February-19

Born:

Parents: Howard Stephen & Bessie Jean Cameron

Spouse:

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

7 AOS- Air Observer School

Base

RCAF Stn. Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/119790

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapElmwood Cemetery
Lot 599 Sec 13 Grave 1

7 Air Observers School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Sergeants Cameron, T.A. Botterill, LACs Ernest Hartland (RAF), and Charles Henry White (RAF) were engaged in a navigation exercise and were killed when Anson 6523 hit a tree and crashed three miles south-east of Darlingford, Manitoba killing all aboard.

The senor pilot, Sergeant Thomas Ala Botterill was engaged in some un-authorized low level flying at the time of the accident.

Killed includes Cameron: Sergeant Thomas Ala Botterill RCAF R/118096 Senior Pilot KIFA Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver BC Abray. Block 5. Plot 6. Lot 3. LAC Ernest Hartland RAF KIFA Hillside Cemetery Portage-la- Prairie : Lot 366 Block 2. Grave 2. LAC Charles Henry White RAF KIFA Hillside Cemetery Portage-la-Prairie Lot 366. Block 2. Grave 1.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 6523

Sergeant Thomas Aba Botterill RCAF

Sergeant Botterill, Thomas Aba (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-09
Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sergeant Donald Arnott Cameron RCAF

Sergeant Cameron, Donald Arnott (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-09
Elmwood Cemetery, Hespeler Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Ernest Hartland RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Hartland, Ernest (RAFVR)
pilot trainee
Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-09
Hillside Cemetery, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Charles Henry White RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman White, Charles Henry (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1942-October-09
Hillside Cemetery, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6523

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-October-09. Anson I s/n 6523.

This accident involved 4 people. Botterill TA, Cameron DA, Hartland E, White CH

This accident had 4 fatalities. Sergeant Donald Arnott Cameron RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/119790 Anson 6523, Sergeant Thomas Aba Botterill RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/118096 Anson 6523, Leading Aircraftman Ernest Hartland RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1579222 Anson 6523, Leading Aircraftman Charles Henry White RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1338559 Anson 6523

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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