St Thomas, Ontario
Assigned to No. 2 Training Command and to an unknown unit in western Canada. Collided with Bolingbroke 9890 on 2 February 1944. Both aircraft with No. 7 Bombing & Gunnery School at Paulson, Manitoba. Pilot Officer W.T. Wiggins RCAF was also killed.
Pickering, Roy Herbert (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-February-02
Birth Date: 1922-July-18
Born:
Parents: Son of John Herbert and Ethel Pickering, of St. Thomas.
Spouse:
Home: St Thomas, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
7 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Paulson, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
drogue operator
Service Numbers
R/90006
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Lysander 2392
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
RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Paulson Manitoba
BCATP History - 7 BGS
Manitoba Historical Society - Paulson Airport
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