31 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF)

Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers.

The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools.

NO31 ANS Port Albert ON
Originally Navigation School No. 48 General Reconnaissance from St. Athan, Wales, which moved to Port Albert as No. 31 Air Navigation School in October 1940.

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Unit Accident Records: 31 ANS 31 Air Navigation School RAF (80)

1941-January-04 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Ontario Names: Cameron | Cast | Davis | Lymna | Maynard | Richmond | Spencer | Swan
1941-January-04 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Ontario Names: Cameron | Cast | Davis | Lymna | Maynard | Richmond | Spencer | Swan
1941-February-09 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Kitchener Ontario Names:
1941-February-25 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Goderich Ontario Names: Cleaver | Sykes | Ward | Watters
1941-March-04 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Ontario Names: Bell | Bromley | Buller | Small
1941-March-04 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Ontario Names: Bell | Bromley | Buller | Small
1941-March-13 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Bradford Ontario Names: Bell | Dodsworth | Douglas | Flower | Folkard | Jackson | Porter | Rundell
1941-March-13 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Bradford Ontario Names: Bell | Dodsworth | Douglas | Flower | Folkard | Jackson | Porter | Rundell
1941-March-14 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Kitchener Names: Appleton | Humphries | Maynard | Russell
1941-March-14 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Brantford Rcaf Names: Fordham | Harris | Tremear | Westlake
1941-March-29 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Crumlin District Names: Chantler | Dennis | Hall | Summers
1941-April-07 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Appleton | Downer | Gibson | Oliver
1941-April-24 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: 3 Mile 100° Names: Clark | Goodman | Hughes | Ranson
1941-April-24 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Sombra Ontario Names: Adams | Ballantine | Bruce | Charlwood
1941-May-21 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Listowel Names: Hickson | Howlet | McClelland | Wiens
1941-June-13 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Shepherd
1941-June-20 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Names: Bradbury | Clarkson | Evans | Jones
1941-August-02 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Aerodrome Names: Burgess | Elgar | Porter | Ritchie | Roberts | Turner | Turoff | Watkins
1941-August-02 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Aerodrome Names: Burgess | Elgar | Porter | Ritchie | Roberts | Turner | Turoff | Watkins
1941-August-28 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Real | Roberts | Swain | Watson
1942-January-24 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Akeroyd | Bartley | Seymour | Speed | Stoward
1942-February-23 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Brake | Cunningham | Dale | Duke | Sizer
1942-March-19 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Bagshaw | Buchanan | Ratcliff | Richards
1942-March-23 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Brake | Cunningham | Dale | Duke | Sizer
1942-May-12 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Kintail Names: Farlow | Mason | Pearson | Timms
1942-May-12 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Kincardine Names: Mckenzie | Smith | Townson | Wallace
1942-May-20 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Edenvale Names: Allen | Bolsover | Cross | Real | Solomon
1942-June-06 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Smithville Names: Brake | Dale | Glynn | Rees
1942-June-12 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Ripley Names: Bright | Bromwich | Coles | Sizer
1942-July-07 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Camp Borden Names: Arkle | Eaton | Whitling
1942-July-19 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1942-July-19 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1942-July-19 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names:
1942-July-20 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1942-July-20 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1942-July-20 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1942-September-03 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Berger | Dutton | Finbow | Mander | Tierney | Waite
1942-October-08 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Trenton Aerodrome Names: Bishop | Davies
1942-October-15 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Reynolds | Silcock | Withinshaw
1942-October-15 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Reynolds | Silcock | Withinshaw
1942-October-18 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Between Arthure & Grandvalley Names: Cleaver | Cunningham | Cushon | Holden | Powell
1942-October-24 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Butters | Emerson | Gearing | Knight | Rogers
1942-November-16 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Harrison | Rowe
1942-November-17 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Bavy | Gardner | Glover | Johnson | Rowell
1942-November-17 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Bavy | Gardner | Glover | Johnson | Rowell
1942-November-21 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Lucknow Names: Batt | Burns | Castellari | Findlay | Johnson
1942-November-22 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Fletcher | Guy | Jarrold | Rippingdale
1942-November-28 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Lake Huron Names: Addis | Brown | James | Shaw
1942-December-28 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Archer | Barker | Mander | Pratt | Smith
1943-January-26 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Kirkwood | Oldroyd
1943-January-27 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Berg | Biddulph | Burley | Hill
1943-January-27 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Davies | Forbes | Richardson | Turoff
1943-March-11 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Josey | Preston | Simons | Smith
1943-March-25 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Kincardine Names: Bird | Coles | Hicks | Thomas | White
1943-March-31 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Near Paris Ontario Names: Burns | Emerson | Hignett | Rusenstrom
1943-April-06 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Bourne | Davenport | Hilton | Saul
1943-April-09 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Browne | Dawes | Morton
1943-July-07 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Brown | Flintham | Groves | Holland | Wallace
1943-July-24 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Frost | Govett | Stickley | Townson
1943-September-30 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Crerar | John | Morgan | Sedgewick | Wood
1943-October-20 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Edenville Names: Mcewen | Mclannahan | Pickthall | Stewart | Young
1943-November-26 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Goderich Names: Austen | Mackie | Sampson | Townsend
1943-December-15 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Sky Harbour Names: Richardson | Stopps | Walton | Wigglesworth
1944-January-11 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Forbes | Hanks | Simms
1944-February-06 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Dunnville Names: Alt-kinsey | Gammon | Stappard | Thompson | Winde
1944-February-14 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Lucan Ontario Names: Carr | Harrison | Horrocks | Horseman
1944-March-02 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Dungannon Names: Ley | Orme | Powell | Powell
1944-March-08 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Hopeville Names: Ashton | Dick | Riby | Wilkins
1944-March-23 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Names: Cleversley | Pykett | Rowley | Weaver | Wood
1944-April-17 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Kilburn | Pells | Steel | White | Windo
1944-May-01 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Edgar Names: Greenslade | Hunt | Lewellyn | Morris
1944-May-04 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Crosby | Gurney | Tomlinson | Wingrave
1944-May-30 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Askam | Dewson | Edwards | McCarthy | Mellon | Rolfe | Smith | Wilson
1944-May-30 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Askam | Dewson | Edwards | McCarthy | Mellon | Rolfe | Smith | Wilson
1944-June-05 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barker | Dennis | Duncan | Rees | Whitehead
1944-August-06 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Mt Forest Ontario Names: Bell | Bulmer | Humphrey | Potter | Wilson
1944-August-14 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ashworth | Earl | Heaton | Smith
1944-September-06 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Howell | Mepstead | Phillips | Webb
1944-October-03 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Barrett | Fox | Kirkwood | Lothian | Stacey
1944-October-22 Accident: 31 Air Navigation School Loc: Port Albert Names: Balden | Dawes

Unit Casualtues: 31 ANS 31 Air Navigation School RAF (31)

Eric Alfred Rundell
1941-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9595
Stanley Porter
1941-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9595
Ivor Wilfred Jackson
1941-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9652
Maurice Godfrey Folkard
1941-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9652
Colin Trevor Douglas
1941-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9595
Sherwood, Nottingham, England (parents)
Henry Dodsworth
1941-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9595
John Clydesdale Bell
1941-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9652
Ronald Edward Ransome
1941-April-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9542
Ivor Llewellyn Hughes
1941-April-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9542
Joseph George Jones
1941-June-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N5353
Douglas Charles Frank Evans
1941-June-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N5353
Joseph Walter Clarkson
1941-June-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N5353
Clifford Douglas Bradbury
1941-June-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N5353
Cobourg, Ontario
Joseph Leslie Shaw
1942-November-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9838
Cecil Penrose James
1942-November-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9838
R Brown
1942-November-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9838
William Henry Addis
1942-November-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9838
Sheffiled, UK
Geoffrey Herbert Hicks
1943-March-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I R9720
John Edward Bird
1943-March-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I R9720
Walter William Ronald Dawes
1944-October-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. V 11986
Alfreton, Derbyshire, England (parents)
Robert Alexander Balden
1944-October-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. V 11986
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England (parents)
Stanley Henry Lazarus
1944-December-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. V 12043
Vivian Russell Edwards
1944-December-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. V 12043
George Dawson
1944-December-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. V 12043
George McLeod
1944-December-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. V 12043
Toronto, Ontario