Toronto, Ontario
Assigned to No. 2 Training Command and to an unknown unit in western Canada. Collided with Bolingbroke 9890 on 2 February 1944. Both aircraft with No. 7 Bombing & Gunnery School at Paulson, Manitoba. Leading Aircraftman R.H. Pickering RCAF was also killed.
Wiggins, William Thomas (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Flying Accident 1944-February-02
Birth Date: 1922-July-07
Born: Toronto, Ontario
Parents: Son of William James Wiggins, II and Olive May (ne Flowers) Wiggins, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Norman Edward Wiggins. Pilot Officer Wiggins attended Pauline Public School and Bloor Collegiate In
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1942-August-07
Service
RCAF
Unit
7 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
Paulson, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/37553
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Unit Desciption
7 BGS (7 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.
NO7 B&GS Paulson
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