Cote, Joseph Leandre Gilles (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-December-01

Sergeant Joseph Leandre Gilles Cote RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-January-01

Born:

Parents: Joseph Alfred & Agnes Cote

Spouse:

Home: Montreal, Quebec (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

5 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

RCAF Stn. Dafoe, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/56362

Home
Google MapMontreal, Quebec (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapNotre Dame Roman Catholic Cemetery
Plot 3009 Sec Z

Took off from Dafoe in Battle 2068 on a scheduled air to ground gunnery exercise.

Crew were killed when their aircraft crashed onto the ice on a lake five miles south-east of the aerodrome at Dafoe.

Killed includes Cote: LAC Colin Alfred Coles RAAF KIFA Municipal Cemetery, Humboldt, Saskatchewan - Soldiers' Plot. Row 2. Grave 12. LAC Ronald Kenneth Crothers RAAF KIFA Municipal Cemetery, Humboldt, Soldiers' Plot. Row 2. Grave 11.

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)

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.
NO5 BGS Dafoe SK Patch

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Dafoe SK

Museum Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - 5 BGS History

Museum Vintage Wings Ghosts Of Saskatchewan

Unvetted Source RCAF Dafoe Blog

YouTube YouTube - Abandoned Saskatchewan

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy