King, John Terrance (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1956-May-18

Flying Officer John Terrance King RCAF

Birth Date: 1926-November-12

Born: Ayr, Scotland

Parents: Son of Thomas Milligan and Mary Isabel (ne Bartholemew) King of Ayshire, Scotland.

Spouse: Husband of Morag Paul (ne Watson) King of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Thelma, Eileen and George King and T.H. Darlin

Home: Ayr, Scotland

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1955-August-15

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 AOS- Air Observer School

Base

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

242204

Home

Ayr, Scotland

Final Burial

Pine Hills Cemetery
Warriors Plot Sec K Grave 1919

Three other personnel from 2 AOS were also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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Crew or Other Personnel

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Flying Officer Francis Philip Coyle RCAF

Flying Officer Coyle, Francis Philip (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1956-May-18
St Peters Road Cemetery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Flying Officer John Terrance King RCAF

Flying Officer King, John Terrance (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1956-May-18
Pine Hills Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Flight Cadet Joseph Jacques Richard Ovide Plourde RCAF

Flight Cadet Plourde, Joseph Jacques Richard Ovide (RCAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1956-May-18
Baron De Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Unit Desciption

2 AOS (2 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.