Ottawa, Ontario
9 Air Observers School, St Jean, Quebec. BROTHER to Joseph Y.J. Nadon. Leading Aircraftman Nadon was killed when his automobile stalled on a level crossing and was hit by a CPR train at Westboro, Ontario. Sergeant J.Y.J. Nadon and Sergeant Nadon's wife were also killed.
Nadon, Joseph Edward Gilles (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Vehicle Accident 1942-January-04
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Son of Zephir Arphinat Nadon and Emma Nadon, of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Joseph Yves Julien Nadon who died on January 4, 1942 while as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
9 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
St Jean, Quebec, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
R/95658
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www.findagrave.comUnit Desciption
9 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.
NO9 AOS Avro Anson
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