Toronto, Ontario
6 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mountain View, Ontario. Two Bolingbroke aircraft collided.
Smith, Leo Frederick (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-October-07
Birth Date: 1915
Born:
Frederick and Maud Smith, of Toronto.
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
6 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Mountain View, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Leading Aircraftman
Service Numbers
R/185440
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves CommissionCrew or Other Personnel
Blenheim 10015
Blenheim serial: 10015
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia
Bristol Blenheim Bomber
Bristol Blenheim
Harold A Skaarup Web PageUnit Desciption
6 BGS (6 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.
NO6 BGS Mountainview On
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mountainview Ontario