Doucet, J P L
Survived 1943-10-07
Birth Date: unkown date
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Service
RCAF
Unit
9 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
RCAF Stn. Mont Joli, Quebec
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/108448
Doucet was the pilot of Battle 1949 which accompanied Battle L5556 on a gunnery training exercise to shoot at a gunnery drogue towed by a 3rd aircraft..In attempting to get ahead of L5556 to be first to shoot, Doucet came down on L5556, cutting off its tail and causing it to crash killing all 3 aboard. Doucet then baled out of his own aircraft, leaving his two Leading Aircraftman air gunner trainees to their fate in the now disabled 1949 which crashed killing Leading Aircraftman SG Trueman and seriously injuring Leading Aircraftman RE Peavoy.
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)9 BGS (9 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.
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