Strachan, Arthur James Robert
Died 1944-04-16
Birth Date: 1912-April-09
Born:
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Strachan; husband of Myrna L. Strachan. of Toronto.
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
5 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
997
Home
Toronto, Ontario
First Burial
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
5 Air Observer School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sergeant Strachan died of natural causes while in the Deer Lodge Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com5 AOS (5 Air Observer School)
Air Observers were later called "navigators". For recruits in this stream, the training path after ITS was 8 weeks at an Air Observer School (AOS), 1 month at a Bombing & Gunnery School, and finally 1 month at a Navigation School. The Air Observer schools were operated by civilians under contract to the RCAF. For example, Nos. 7, 8, and 9 were run by CP Airlines. However, the instructors were RCAF. The basic navigation techniques throughout the war years were dead reckoning and visual pilotage, and the tools were the aeronautical chart, magnetic compass, watch, trip log, pencil, Douglas protractor, and Dalton Navigational Computer. They trained in the Avro Anson.
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Winnipeg Manitoba
Manitoba Historical Society - 5 AOS 
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