Marlowe, Lee Khaim (Leading Aircraftman)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-May-08

Leading Aircraftman Lee Khaim Marlowe RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Son of Ben Zien and Sara Moldawsky, of Venice, California; husband of Muriel R. Marlowe, of Detroit.

Spouse: Husband of Muriel R. Marlowe, of Detroit.

Home: Venice, California, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 AOS- Air Observer School

Base

Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada

Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/145435

Home
Google MapVenice, California, USA
Final Burial
Google MapHebrew Memorial Cemetery
Sec 66
10 Air Observers School, Chatham, New Brunswick. The crew of Anson aircraft 6689 were on a routine navigation flight and were unable to reach base due to unfavourable weather. The pilot made a forced landing in a river near Bathurst, New Brunswick. Leading Aircraftman Marlowe was the only casualty. Leading Aircraftman Navigator Marlowe is buried in the Hebrew Memorial Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6689

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-May-08. Anson I s/n 6689.

This accident involved 4 people. Edwards REC, Hudson H, Marlowe LK, Campbell JF

This accident had 1 fatality. Leading Aircraftman Lee Khaim Marlowe RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/145435 Anson 6689

Unit Desciption

10 AOS (10 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.
NO10 AOS Avro Anson

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Chatham NB

New Brunswick Aviation Museum

Museum New Brunswick Aviation Museum

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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