Yorkton, Saskatchewan1957-02-04: Aircraft crashed in a snowstorm during a training exercise. Instructor Flying Officer B W Cherewick RCAF (22) and a not named NATO student pilot were killed in the crash.
Cherewick, Boris William (Flying Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1957-February-04
Birth Date: 1934-June-18
Born: Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Parents: Dr. William & Ann (nee Onofreyo) Cherewick of Fort Garry, Manitoba
Spouse:
Home: Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment Date: 1952-October-31
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
RCAF Stn. Winnipeg, Manitoba
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
44841
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Finadagrave.comUnit Desciption
2 AOS (2 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.
NO2 AOS Edmonton
Formed at Edmonton, Alberta - 5 August 1940
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Project 44 BCATP
Project 44 BCATP
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