London, Ontario
5 Air Observer School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sergeant Hill was flying Anson aircraft 6354 in bad weather during a routine navigation exercise. He was the only casualty when the aircraft hit a tree and crashed at Kelwood, Manitoba.
Hill, Gordon Harold (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-April-30
Birth Date: 1923
Born:
Parents: Son of George R. Hill and Georgia B. Hill, of London.
Spouse:
Home: London, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
5 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/205610
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6354
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-April-30. Anson I s/n 6354.
This accident involved 4 people. Hill HG, Lawrence HR, Roper GB, Webb FA
This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant Gordon Harold Hill RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/205610 Anson 6354
Unit Desciption
5 AOS (5 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.
Course 48 NO5 AOS
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Winnipeg Manitoba
Manitoba Historical Society - 5 AOS
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