Hartland, Ernest (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-October-09

Male Head

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Edgar Samuel & Elsie Hartland

Spouse:

Home: Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

7 AOS- Air Observer School

Base

RCAF Stn. Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

pilot trainee

Service Numbers

1579222

Home

Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England (parents)

Final Burial

Hillside Cemetery
Lot 366 Block 2 Grave 2

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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.