1 AOS- Air Observer School (RCAF)

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.
No. 1 Air Observer School. Dominion Skyways (Training) Ltd. Malton, Ontario.

The School was established at Malton, Ontario. The former school is now the Toronto (Pearson) International Airport.

More information on the RCAF Station at Malton can be found at

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Malton Ontario

unvetted Source Wartime Canada - Wings presentation December 1943

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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Unit Accident Records: 1 AOS 1 Air Observer School RCAF (58)

1941-June-06 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Ogdensburg NY Names: Cohen
1941-November-19 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hatch | Honeycombe
1941-November-19 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hatch | Honeycombe
1942-January-06 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Delessips Field Weston Names: Drohan | Roche | Rutherford
1942-January-08 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Unknown Names: Morgan | Rutherford | Sutton | Witts
1942-May-14 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Names: Bradley | Gibson | Jenkins | Royce
1942-July-04 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Highsted
1942-August-16 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Barrie Ontario Names: Gwyn | Kilburn | Mcarthur | Tarrant | Walker
1942-August-29 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Dunnville Ontario Names: Addison | Bond | Fitzgerald | Redshaw
1942-September-26 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Mt Albert Names: Nagle
1942-October-07 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Coy | Smith
1942-November-17 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Malton Names: Richardson
1942-December-08 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Orillia Names: Bannister | Bayliss | Gilbert | Perras
1942-December-27 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Strathroy Names: Addison | Cox | Jackson | Low | Steer
1943-January-14 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Names: Barnett | Bricker | Cochran | Miller
1943-February-17 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aurora Ontario Names: Abernathy | Adams | Bannatyno | Greenham | Johnson
1943-February-26 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Gormley Names: Chapman | Clark | Morrow | Zakreski
1943-March-18 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allen | Beaton | Brayne | Casey | Smith
1943-March-18 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allen | Beaton | Brayne | Casey | Smith
1943-March-22 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Addison | Bidel | Hall | Hogg | Howden
1943-May-30 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Fingal Aerodrome Names: Dunin | Fingland | Greaves | Lee | Piesse
1943-August-17 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: St John Names: Angus | Cronkwright | Fenton | Gray | Jones | Robinson | Rowe | Scott | Stephens | Stephenson
1943-August-17 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: St John Names: Angus | Cronkwright | Fenton | Gray | Jones | Robinson | Rowe | Scott | Stephen | Stephenson
1943-August-30 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Milton Heights Names: Huntington | Huras | Johnson
1943-October-21 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Griffith
1943-October-25 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Chatsworth Names: Conkwright | McCatty | Patterson | Sanders
1943-November-05 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Garden Hill Ontario Names: Butler | Carter | Freeman | Styrski
1943-December-17 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: McCallum | Pender | Rogers | Wasserman | Young
1943-December-17 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: McCallum | Pender | Rogers | Wasserman | Young
1944-January-07 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Mona Centra Ontario Names: Bernard | Gregory | Rose | Wala
1944-January-07 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bennett | Griffiths | Holman | Kennedy
1944-January-22 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Lindsay Names: Allen | Isted | Lehman | Wolden
1944-February-25 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Crona | Friegn | Gibbon | Green | Hallifax | Klimovich | Varndell
1944-February-25 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Crona | Friegn | Gibbon | Green | Hallifax | Klimovich | Varndell
1944-March-18 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fleming | Fourney | Highes | Stockdale | Ward
1944-March-20 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Muskoka Names: Cummins | Forestell | Lawson | Mason | Stewart
1944-March-26 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Tweed Names: Cowdell | Darbon | Dradrach | Parus | Wilson
1944-April-03 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Peterboro Ontario Names: Mitchell | Sawicki | Stewart
1944-April-19 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: London Names: Parzych | Reid | Ritchie | Smith | Steinwortze
1944-May-17 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Orono Ontario Names: Clarke | Evans | Lister | Pugh
1944-May-30 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gladish | Rowe | Smith
1944-June-19 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Innerkip Names: Charter | Graham | Haynes | Martin | Norris
1944-July-20 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Wardsville Ontario Names: Fodenski | Hopkins | Langman | Murray | Salak
1944-August-01 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Cabot Head Names: Aussem | Lattow | Martin | Nelson | Radoman
1944-August-04 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Christie | Grehier | Heathcote | Holligan | Noble | Payne | Squarebriggs | Stead | Wilkinson
1944-August-04 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Christie | Grehier | Heathcote | Holligan | Noble | Payne | Squarebriggs | Stead | Wilkinson
1944-August-07 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Markham Township Names: Bruce | Mchardy
1944-August-11 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Montague | Ross | Smith | White
1944-September-18 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Newcastle Names: Howe | Huntington | Nikon | Troup | Williamson
1944-September-23 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mcmurray
1944-October-03 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gilbert
1945-January-11 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Aurora Names: Brandon | Dudding | Richardson | Unsworth
1945-January-12 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Sunderland Names: Benson | Bielski | Huszczy | Johnson
1945-January-12 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Zephyr Ontario Names: De Verteuil | Lubitz | Russell
1945-January-12 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Lanark Ontario Names: Hall | Hall | Murray | Sala
1945-January-12 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Oshawa Names: Carmichael | Greene | Legg | Mitchell
1945-January-12 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Bracebridge Names: Blazelowski | Brown | Hinde | Kornreich
1945-January-12 Accident: 1 Air Observer School Loc: Lake Muskoka Names: Mackenzie | Platkowski | Walza | Wood

Unit Casualtues: 1 AOS 1 Air Observer School RCAF (21)

John Witts
1942-January-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6831
Bede Bernard Sutton
1942-January-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6831
Alexander Mcdonald Morgan
1942-January-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6831
Toronto, Ontario
J R Bradley
1942-May-01
Survived
Anson Mk. I 6037
Kenneth Norman Miller
1943-January-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6739
Toronto, Ontario
Gordon Charles Bricker
1943-January-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6739
Elora, Ontario
Joseph Roy Barnett
1943-January-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6739
St James, Manitoba
Winston Alexander McCatty
1943-October-25
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6132
Toronto, Ontario
Edward Godfrey Carter
1943-November-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX347
Patrick Maurice Butler
1943-November-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX347
Emil Styrski
1943-November-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX347
Harvey Chambers Freeman
1943-November-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX347
Parlakenedi, Oriffa, India
Clifford Wolden
1944-January-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6451
William Charles Isted
1944-January-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6451
Vancouver, British Columbia
Bruce Edward Lehman
1944-January-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6451
Regina, Saskatchewan
Basil George Ragdale Allen
1944-January-22
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6451
Thomas Bernard Forestell
1944-March-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6626
Coniston, Ontario
Malcolm McHardy
1944-August-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I / IV W1729
Lac La Biche, Alberta
William Irvin Bruce
1944-August-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I / IV W1729
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lorne Meredith Howe
1944-September-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I / III / IV 6385
Ottawa, Ontario