4 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.
NO4 AOS London 1942

The School was established at London, Ontario. The former school is now the London, Ontario International Airport.

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

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station London ON

YouTube YouTube - Teamwork Unlimited 1944

Project 44 BCATP

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Unit Accident Records: 4 AOS 4 Air Observer School RCAF (72)

1941-September-02 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ammon | Fapazin | Lamount | Lutkin | Marshall | Reain | Weir
1941-September-02 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ammon | Fapazin | Lamount | Lutkin | Marshall | Reain | Weir
1941-December-21 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: London Airport Names: Anderson | Marriott | Mckaye | Sparks
1942-April-18 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mckenna | Newell | Wallace | Waterbury
1942-May-28 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mcfadden | Nelson | Pinckles | Pinder
1942-May-28 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mcfadden | Nelson | Pinckles | Pinder
1942-May-31 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: London Airport Names: Huntley | Kelly | Mcfarlane | Mckillip | Sarup | St John | Steven | Warr
1942-May-31 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: London Airport Names: Huntley | Kelly | Mcfarlane | Mckillip | Sarup | St John | Steven | Warr
1942-August-03 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hardy | Walker
1942-August-03 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hardy | Walker
1942-August-04 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Kintore Ontario Names: Banks | Davies | Jones | Keedwell
1942-August-04 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cooper | Gray | Hockin | Ritchie
1942-August-04 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cooper | Gray | Hockin | Ritchie
1942-September-06 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dechambeau | Johns | Lamb | Tanason
1942-November-03 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Dorchester Ontario Names: Acker | Griffin | Quinlan | Rockett
1942-November-28 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: London Airport Names:
1942-December-16 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Seaforth Names: Armour | Fowler | Trasher | Winsor
1943-January-17 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allan | Bridgwater | Cataldi | Lee | Watts
1943-January-17 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Caspell | Marshall | Mcdonagh | Melville
1943-January-17 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Caspell | Marshall | Mcdonagh | Melville
1943-February-08 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hood | Lefebvre | Mckee | Murray | Unger
1943-February-09 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bullock | Clarke | Diamond | Guse | Hays
1943-March-21 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Carmichael | Hood | Morris | Smith
1943-April-18 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Calvert | Coyne | Henderson | Hollenback | Miller
1943-April-18 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Calvert | Coyne | Henderson | Hollenback | Miller
1943-May-14 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Lake Erie Names: Bailey | Brown | Curtis | Nelson | Spooner
1943-May-20 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chidlow | Goodge | Matyn | Mcneil | Swiss
1943-June-18 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Beese | Campbell | Slobodanuck | Wheatley
1943-June-28 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Windsor Airport Names: Boddy | Carnegy | Frink | Jolly | Legg
1943-July-18 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Ingersoll Ontario Names: Grimshaw | Heath | Maddex | Williams
1943-July-21 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Locock | McCartney | Smith | Waldrep | Watson
1943-August-05 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Walkerton Names: Doolittle | Gilbertson | Hough | Sage | Snyder
1943-September-22 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mcphail
1943-September-24 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cloutier | Everitt | Frankson | Halfnight | Harricks | Hollowell | Johnson | Randell | Riddy | Sowter
1943-September-24 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cloutier | Everitt | Frankson | Halfnight | Harricks | Hollowell | Johnson | Randell | Riddy | Sowter
1943-October-26 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dixon | Phillips | Stringer | Wallace | Warch
1943-October-29 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Adrian | Babb | Courtis | Gomes | Healey | Hinde | Mcnicholl | Shehan | Thomas | Wort
1943-October-29 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Adrian | Babb | Courtis | Gomes | Healey | Hinde | Mcnicholl | Shehan | Thomas | Wort
1943-November-01 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Adams | Goble | Lovell | Massey
1943-December-18 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Conewanga New York Names: Crawford | McCarthy | Pollen | Sportack | Warby
1943-December-20 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Haskett
1943-December-30 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: NWest Of Thamesville Names: Hardy | Mather | Taylor | Thompson
1944-January-16 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hawkins | King | Ladilaw | Man | May
1944-January-29 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Becker | Evans | Gordon | Hughes | Irving | Liznick | Medcof | Pollen | Wright | Wynne
1944-January-29 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Becker | Evans | Gordon | Hughes | Irving | Liznick | Medcof | Pollen | Wright | Wynne
1944-January-30 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Between Stratford & Baden Names: Andrews | Archer | Bond | Eaton | Farrow | Mcfarland | Mcrae | Shepherd | Woodward | Wynne
1944-January-30 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Between Stratford & Baden Names: Andrews | Archer | Bond | Eaton | Farrow | Mcfarland | Mcrae | Shepherd | Woodward | Wynne
1944-February-10 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Komoka Names: Dungan | Edmondson | Hart | Large | Phillips
1944-February-12 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Dutton Names: Bauer | Hand | Hunter | Keeney | Oltean
1944-February-12 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1944-February-16 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chappell | Meadus | Neilson | Quinn | Weir
1944-February-21 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1944-February-21 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1944-March-05 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Inwood Ontario Names: Hall | Howell | Lamont | Lim
1944-April-08 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Goldsmith | Jones | Kwoch | May | Valleau
1944-April-11 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Doan | Grant | Hopkins | MacDonald
1944-April-11 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Arkona Names: Abraham | Adshead | Knapp | Mcmillan | Trudel
1944-April-24 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hopkins | Mcgrath | Spafford | Stitt | Waterson
1944-May-04 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Township Nissouri Names: Freeman | Pennington | Stewart | Warcup | Westman
1944-May-30 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hoebel | Liason | Mcmanaman | Trott
1944-June-05 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Boyd | Delorne | Kennedy | Stewart | Valleau
1944-June-05 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Clother | Darraugh | Healey | Lynch
1944-June-07 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: West Nissouri Names: Keith | Kennedy | Kosokar | Wilson
1944-June-08 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Blackstrock Names: Chismall | Grayston | Palmer | Prockter
1944-June-15 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cewe | Mclaren
1944-July-11 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Fergus Ontario Names: Rexe | Sinclair | Stewart | Taylor
1944-July-13 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jones | Kruse | Taylor | Wolley
1944-August-01 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Davidson | Griffiths | Smith | Smith
1944-August-01 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Davidson | Griffiths | Smith | Smith
1944-August-19 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Sloan
1944-August-19 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Sloan
1944-August-19 Accident: 4 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Sloan

Unit Casualtues: 4 AOS 4 Air Observer School RCAF (10)

Oscar Lutkin
1941-September-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6141
Donald Gray Jones
1942-August-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6839
Jeremiah Wren Quinlan
1942-November-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6341
Toronto, Ontario
Frederick Alfred Griffin
1942-November-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6341
Whitevale, Ontario
Sidney Acker
1942-November-03
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6341
Guelph, Ontario
Kenneth Gerald Spooner
1943-May-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 7064
Smiths Falls, Ontario
Dana Anthony Nelson
1943-May-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 7064
Mosherville, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada
William John Brown
1943-May-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 7064
Theodore, Saskatchewan