Hawkins, Edwin Donald
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-08-12
Birth Date: 1925-April-14
Born: Toronto Ontario
Son of Edwin and Margaret Hawkins, of Lindsay.
Home: Lindsay, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
4 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Fingal, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/203152
Home
Lindsay, Ontario
First Burial
St John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Anson Mk. I Serial: 6276
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Avro Anson
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Museum's Anson Mk. V was built by MacDonald Brothers in Winnipeg in 1944. It flew with No. 7 Photographic Wing and No. 414 Squadron in Ottawa on photo survey work until the late 1940s. In 1956, it was purchased by INCO and used for mineral surveying until 1980, when it was donated to the Museum. The exterior is painted in the yellow colour common to all BCATP trainers and is in its same wartime RCAF markings.
The Avro Anson was known by a number of nicknames including "Faithful Annie" or "Flying Greenhouse". It was the first aircraft to be flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force to have a retractable undercarriage, which was a comparative novelty in 1936. In 1940, a Canadian government owned company, Federal Aircraft Limited, was created in Montreal to manufacture the Anson for Canadian use. Nearly 3,000 Anson aircraft were produced and, in the early days of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), the Anson was the standard trainer for many pilots, observers (navigators), wireless operators and bomb aimers. More than 20,000 aircrew received training on the Anson. In Canadian service, the aircraft was substantially re-designed with the substitution of North American engines and many other airframe and equipment changes.Harold Skaarup web pages
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Avro Anson History4 BGS (4 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.
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Fingal Ontario
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - 4 BGS History Anson 6276
Anson Mk. I 6276
Ex RAF W1726. To No. 3 Training Command on 21 January 1941, noted as on loan to RAF school pending arrival of RAF Ansons. Back to Eastern Air Command on 5 November 1941. To Canada Car & Foundry for overhaul, 29 June 1943 to 10 January 1944. To No. 1 Training Command when completed, for use by No. 4 Bombing & Gunnery School at Fingal, Ontario. Category A crash at Wallacetown, Ontario (about 9 miles south-west of Fingal) on 12 August 1944.1940-12-14 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-August-12 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Wallacetown Names: Hawkins | Sharp
1944-09-21 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20