Vancouver, British Columbia
Bolingbroke 9890 and Lysander aircraft 2392 were engaged in a gunnery exercise when they collided in mid-air and crashed five miles south-east of the aerodrome at Paulson. Warrant Officer S.D. Gaunce, LACs J.A. Kinloch (RAF), T.M. Reid (RAF), and Sergeant Pickard were killed in the Bolingbroke, Leading Aircraftman R.H. Pickering and Pilot Officer W.T. Wiggins were killed in the Lysander.
Pickard, Roy Eugene (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-February-26
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Son of Roy William and Edith Mary Pickard, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Spouse:
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
7 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Paulson, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
armourer
Service Numbers
R/143310
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Bolingbroke 9890
Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:9890
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1944-February-26. They are: Bolingbroke IVT s/n 9890, Lysander Mk. IIIA TT s/n 2392.
This accident involved 6 people. Gaunce SD, Kinloch JA, Pickard RE, Pickering RH, Reid TM, Wiggins WT
This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Thomas Muir Reid RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1570318 Bolingbroke 9890, Leading Aircraftman James Alexander Kinloch RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1584364 Bolingbroke 9890, Warrant Officer 2nd Class Stanley David Gaunce RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/126261 Bolingbroke 9890, Sergeant Roy Eugene Pickard RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/143310 Bolingbroke 9890
Unit Desciption
7 BGS (7 Bomb and Gunnery School)
The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.
NO7 B&GS Paulson
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