2 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.
NO2 AOS Edmonton

Formed at Edmonton, Alberta - 5 August 1940

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Edmonton Alberta

Museum Bomber Command Museum

Disbanded at Edmonton, Alberta - 14 July 1944
Re-formed at Winnipeg, Manitoba 15 November 1955

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Winnipeg Manitoba

Project 44 BCATP

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Unit Accident Records: 2 AOS 2 Air Observer School RCAF (39)

1940-December-23 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Lacombe Names: Ross | Soden | Stanfield
1941-February-20 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Innisfree Names: Hayne | Moller | Murphy | Murphy
1942-May-11 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Harvey
1942-June-04 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Irwin | Mcvicar
1942-June-30 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Edmonton Airport Names: Gitterman
1942-July-25 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Leduc Alberta Names: Cusator | Kipling | Knowles | Mathews
1942-August-25 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Wetaskwin Names: Reid | Sutton | Williams
1942-September-03 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hyam | Lutes | Mctavish | Smith
1942-September-17 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Viking Names: Mason | Read | Stewart | Sutherland
1942-October-10 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Edmonton Airport Names: Cameron | MacDonald | Maxwell
1942-October-29 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Ponoka Names: Brown | Lasser | Mather | Wilson
1942-November-10 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Wetaskiwin Alberta Names: Grannery | Pearson | Reader | Rosborough
1942-November-21 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Cockrane Names: Brown | Sinclair | Taylor | Wyatt | Young
1942-December-04 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Edmonton Names: Burns | Moran | Wilson | Wood | Woods
1943-January-16 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hayward | Noble | O'Hanlon
1943-January-16 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hayward | Noble | O'Hanlon
1943-January-16 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hayward | Noble | O'Hanlon
1943-February-01 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Westlock Alberta Names: Dewis | Ringel | Shepherdson | Thurston
1943-May-08 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fletcher | Jackson | Landridge
1943-June-12 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Curry | Hooper | Loferski | Strang
1943-June-12 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Curry | Hooper | Loferski | Strang
1943-August-01 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Myrnam Alberta Names: Hine | Kirkam | Kitching | Peterson | Redinger
1943-October-29 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Cookinglake Names: Easter | Gibson | Hennessy | Oakes
1943-November-02 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allan | Jones | Mainwaring | Nuss | Tutill
1943-November-05 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Endiang Alberta Names: Bignell | Jones | Martin | Neath
1943-November-06 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Namao Alberta Names: Dumville | Laftus | West
1943-November-06 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Edmonton Airport Names: Done | George | Gillespie | Saunders
1943-November-15 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Flowers | Goodacre | Wilson
1943-December-14 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Becker | Clelland
1944-January-26 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Duncan | Elder | Fleming | Haywood | Wilcox | Wood
1944-January-26 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Duncan | Elder | Fleming | Haywood | Wilcox | Wood
1944-January-26 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Tawaylk Lake Names: Perry | Scott | Williams | Young
1944-February-01 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dee | Hill | Johnson | Knapik | Zurowski
1944-February-23 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Holdridge | Nichols
1944-February-26 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jones | Menzies | Reid | Walker
1944-March-06 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Edmonton Airport Names: Addeman | Fraleigh | Ross | Wolfe
1944-April-20 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Blythe | Burtch | Gadd | Nichols | Stark
1944-April-28 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Alton | Brown | Minahan | Moss | Orr
1944-May-19 Accident: 2 Air Observer School Loc: Leduc Names: Graburn | Harrington | Menzies | Stubbs

Unit Casualtues: 2 AOS 2 Air Observer School RCAF (13)

James Glen Hennessy
1943-October-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6269
Leslie William Oakes
1943-October-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6269
Leonard Alfred Easther
1943-October-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6269
Ralph Percy Gibson
1943-October-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6269
Brandon, Manitoba
Joseph Jacques Richard Ovide Plourde
1956-May-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. 3N 1491
Rivire du Loup, Quebec
John Terrance King
1956-May-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. 3N 1491
Ayr, Scotland
Francis Philip Coyle
1956-May-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. 3N 1491
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (parents)
Donald Gordon Oliver
1956-December-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD325
Vancouver, British Columbia
Robert Wendell Howe
1956-December-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Mitchell Mitchell II series ii HD325
Hillsdale, New Brunswick
Boris William Cherewick
1957-February-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Expeditor Mk. 3N 1494
Yorkton, Saskatchewan