Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA (parents)
7 Air Observer School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Anson aircraft 6234 was engaged on a routine navigation exercise when it burst into flames in the air and crashed three and one half miles west of the aerodrome at Portage La Prairie. LACs W.S. Croft (RAF), W.E. Weatherley (RAF), and the civilian pilot, C.B. Barber were also killed.
McIntyre, Peter Douglas (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-December-21
Birth Date: 1923-May-01
Born:
Parents: Douglas & Doris E. McIntyre
Spouse:
Home: Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA (parents)
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
7 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
RCAF Stn. Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/122106
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Anson 6234
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6234
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-December-21. Anson I s/n 6234.
This accident involved 4 people. Barber GB, Croft WS, Mcintyre PD, Weatherley WE
This accident had 4 fatalities. Flight Sergeant Peter Douglas McIntyre RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/122106 Anson 6234, Leading Aircraftman William Edward Weatherley RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1386859 Anson 6234, Civilian C B Barber RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no: Anson 6234, Leading Aircraftman Walter Steven Croft RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1575818 Anson 6234
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.
NO7 AOS Course
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Portage la Prairie Manitoba
Manitoba Historical Society - Portage Airport
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - 7 AOS History
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