Vancouver, British Columbia
Bolingbroke aircraft 9984 flew into a hill five miles west of Lumsden, Saskatchewan during a routine air frame and engine test flight. All crew members were killed in the crash. Killed were Warrant Officer Class 2 E.B. North, Leading Aircraftman J. Campbell, Leading Aircraftman R.H. Shults, Leading Aircraftman H.A. Lightle, AC1 H. V. Pratt and Leading Aircraftman R.E. Habkirk.
Pratt, Henry Vernon (Aircraftman 1st Class)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-December-14
Birth Date: 1919-December-18
Born: Fort Langley, British Columbia
Parents: Son of Henry Harvey Pratt and Ann Harcourt, of Vancouver.<p></p>
Spouse:
Home: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment Date: 1941-November-13
Service
RCAF
Unit
2 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada
Rank
Aircraftman 1st Class
Position
aero engine mechanic
Service Numbers
R/138493
School Daily Diary Entry - 1942-12-14
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Bolingbroke 9984
Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:9984
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1942-December-14. Bolingbroke IVT s/n 9984.
This accident involved 6 people. Campbell J, Habkirk RE, Lightle HA, North EB, Pratt HV, Shults RH
This accident had 6 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Russell Herman Shults RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/115711 Bolingbroke 9984, Aircraftman 1st Class Henry Vernon Pratt RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/138493 Bolingbroke 9984, Warrant Officer 2nd Class Everard Barrington North RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/64239 Bolingbroke 9984, Leading Aircraftman Robert Edwin Habkirk RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/115747 Bolingbroke 9984, Leading Aircraftman John Campbell RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/143117 Bolingbroke 9984, Leading Aircraftman Howard Austin Lightle RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/114616 Bolingbroke 9984
Unit Desciption
2 BGS (2 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.
Mossbank NO2 BGS Magazine
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mossbank Saskatchewan
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