Ringer, James Andrew (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-June-09

Flight Sergeant James Andrew Ringer RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-September-15

Born:

Parents: Son of William Henry and Ethel Helena Ringer of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Spouse: Husband of Marion F. Ringer, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

RCAF Stn. Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/162179

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba
Final Burial
Google MapChapel Lawn Memorial Garden
Plot 170 Sec B Grave 6

Accident Card - Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT serial:9195

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-June-09. Bolingbroke IVT s/n 9195.

This accident involved 3 people. Bonnell RL, Gibb LC, Ringer JA

This accident had 3 fatalities. Flight Sergeant James Andrew Ringer RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/162179 Bolingbroke 9195, Leading Aircraftman Lorne Clinton Gibb RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/199911 Bolingbroke 9195, Leading Aircraftman Russell Lee Bonnell RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/253439 Bolingbroke 9195

Unit Desciption

10 BGS (10 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.
NO10 BGS Mount Pleasant PEI

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mount Pleasant PEI

No 10 BGS History University Of PEI

Unvetted Source University Of PEI - 10 BGS History

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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