The crew of Anson aircraft 6105 were on a routine navigation training flight and were unable to reach base due to adverse weather conditions. Sergeant Stromberg was the only casualty when the aircraft crashed off the coast near Bay du Bn, New Brunswick.
Stromberg, Bennie (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-May-08
Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: Son of David and Annie Stromberg, of Montreal.
Spouse:
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 AOS- Air Observer School
Base
Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/141691
Home
Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. I serial:6105
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-May-08. Anson I s/n 6105.
This accident involved 4 people. Cohen M, Redmond DR, Stromberg B, Taylor H
This accident had 1 fatality. Sergeant Bennie Stromberg RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/141691 Anson 6105
Unit Desciption
10 AOS (10 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.
NO10 AOS Avro Anson
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