Anson aircraft 8207 was engaged on a low-level bombing exercise near target B3 at Evans Point, Lake Erie and had completed the exercise when it collided with Fairey Battle aircraft 1604 which had just completed a gunnery exercise. The collision occurred at about 2,500 feet and both aircraft went into a spin, the Fairey Battle crashed into the lake in about ten feet of water and the Anson crashed on shore and burned. Both aircraft were completely demolished, Leading Aircraftman W.M. Kirkby, Leading Aircraftman A.C. Reed, and Sergeant J.W. Whitehead (RNZAF) were killed in the Fairey Battle. Flying Officer Poole, Leading Aircraftman J.A. Lefurgey, and Leading Aircraftman G.C. Burke were killed in the Anson.
Reed, Archibald Campbell (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-August-18
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
Parents: Son of Alfred and Emily J. Reed, of Colborne, husband of Doreen E. Reed, of Kingston.
Spouse: Husband of Doreen E. Reed, of Kingston.
Home: Colborne, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
1 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Jarvis, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/125010
Home
Colborne, Ontario
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Battle 1604
Accident Card - Fairey Battle Mk. I / IT serial:1604
This accident involved 2 aircraft on 1942-August-18. They are: Anson II s/n 8207, Fairey Battle I s/n 1604.
This accident involved 6 people. Burke GC, Kirkby WM, Lefurgey JA, Poole MB, Reed AC, Whitehead JW
This accident had 6 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Gordon Cragg Burke RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/148501 Anson 8207, Flying Officer Maxwell Boyer Poole RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/6218 Anson 8207, Leading Aircraftman John Alfred Lefurgey RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/146436 Anson 8207,Leading Aircraftman Archibald Campbell Reed RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/125010 Battle 1604, Leading Aircraftman Warren Milton Kirkby RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/108286 Battle 1604, Sergeant John William Whitehead RNZAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:411594 Battle 1604
Unit Desciption
1 BGS (1 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.
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