Kearney, John Henry
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-06-15
Birth Date: 1925
Born:
Son of Patrick Joseph and Margaret Kearney, of Toronto.
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Jarvis, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
R/188426
Home
Toronto, Ontario
First Burial
Mount Hope Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionThis incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Anson Mk. II Serial: 7566
- Anson Mk. II Serial: 7339
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Anson 7566
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 History1 BGS (1 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 Jarvis Ontario Anson 7566
Anson Mk. II 7566
Allocated to No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford, Ontario on 9 April 1942, for experimental purposes. To storage on 18 February 1943, issued from storage on 15 March 1943. Application for write off from No. 1 Bombing & Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario dated 16 June 1943. Allocated to No. 6 Repair Depot on 21 June 1943, for scrapping.1942-04-09 Taken on Strength No. 1 Training Command 2019-08-20
1943-June-15 Accident: 1 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Willow Grove Bombing Target Names: Hayes | Herring | Holgate | Innes | Kearney | Norbury | Samuel | Smith
1943-06-23 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
Anson 7339
Anson Mk. II 7339
Delivered to storage. Issued from storage on 2 November 1942, for use by No. 1 Flying Instructors School at Trenton, Ontario. To workshop reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot on 21 June 1943.1942-03-28 Taken on Strength No. 1 Training Command 2019-08-20
1943-June-15 Accident: 1 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Willow Grove Bombing Target Names: Hayes | Herring | Holgate | Innes | Kearney | Norbury | Samuel | Smith
1943-07-08 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20