McFarlane, Cyril Robert Hudson (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-April-07
Birth Date: 1911-September-22
Born:
Parents: Son of Jessie McFarlane, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand
Spouse: husband of L. M. McFarlane, of Wellington City, New Zealand
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RNZAF
Unit
10 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
RCAF Stn. Chatham, New Brunswick
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Service Numbers
413946
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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
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