Hillside Cemetery
7 AOS, Portage La Prairie, Man.
Jones, Reginald (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-August-13
Birth Date: 1921
Born:
Parents: Son of Ruth Green, of Bray, Berkshire, England.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
7 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
1313056
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Anson 6077
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6077
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-August-13. Anson I s/n 6077.
This accident involved 4 people. Bowery CKG, Jones R, Kosloff JL, Raison CE
This accident had 4 fatalities. Sergeant Charles Eric Raison RAAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:412837 Anson 6077, Leading Aircraftman Cyril Kenneth George Bowrey RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1338985 Anson 6077, Civilian J l Kosloff RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no: Anson 6077, Leading Aircraftman Reginald Jones RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1313056 Anson 6077
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.
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