Municipal CemeteryNo. 3 Training Command (H.Q. at Winnipeg, Manitoba).
Took off from Dafoe in Battle Mk I 2068 pilot, crashed and KIFA, Humboldt Municipal Cemetery, Soldier's Plot Row 2. Grave 12.
Coles, Colin Alfred (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1941-December-01
Birth Date: 1919
Born:
Parents: Alfred & Johnina Coles, of Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAAF
Unit
5 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
RCAF Stn. Dafoe, Saskatchewan
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
404953
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Battle 2068
Accident Card - Fairey Battle Mk. I serial:2068
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1941-December-01. Fairey Battle s/n 2068.
This accident involved 3 people. Coles CA, Cote JLG, Crothers RK
This accident had 3 fatalities. Sergeant Joseph Leandre Gilles Cote RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/56362 Battle 2068, Leading Aircraftman Ronald Kenneth Crothers RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:411126 Battle 2068, Leading Aircraftman Colin Alfred Coles RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:404953 Battle 2068
Unit Desciption
5 BGS (5 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.
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