Murdoch, Joseph Edward Terence
Killed 1944-01-03
Birth Date: 1920-December-21
Born:
Son of John G. Murdoch and Lauretta Murdoch, of Three Rivers.
Home: Three Rivers, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
9 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
St Jean, Quebec, Canada
Rank
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Position
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Service Numbers
R/55729
Home
Three Rivers, Quebec
First Burial
St Michel Cemetery, Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada
9 Air Observer School, St Jean, Quebec. Warrant Officer Murdoch was killed in an automobile accident near Frelighsburg, Quebec.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com9 AOS (9 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.
RCAF.info - RCAF Station St Jean QC 
Project 44 BCATP 
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy