McKinnon, Harold Stuart (Corporal)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-April-07
Birth Date: 1911-February-16
Born:
Parents: Son of James and Annie McKinnon, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RNZAF
Unit
10 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
RCAF Stn. Chatham, New Brunswick
Rank
Corporal
Position
Service Numbers
415340
Greenwood Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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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
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Chatham NB
New Brunswick Aviation Museum
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