5 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.
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Unit Accident Records: 5 AOS 5 Air Observer School RCAF (91)

1941-January-05 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Manitoba Names: Hamel
1941-January-05 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Hamel
1941-January-18 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Winnipeg Manitoba Names: Moore | Newton | Snyder | Tettenborn | Wynn
1941-March-01 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Anderson | Hamel
1941-April-04 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Compton | Mckinnon | Scott
1941-May-20 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Wawanesa Manitoba Names: Buckley | Craig | Eberle
1942-February-25 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Winnipeg Names: Mcmichael | Roney | Smith
1942-March-05 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Black | Conklin | Maclean | Pigeon | Slade | Wilhelm
1942-March-05 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Black | Conklin | Maclean | Pigeon | Slade | Wilhelm
1942-March-09 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chipman | Doucette | Maddocks
1942-July-02 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Marchand Manitoba Names: Compton | Everist | Jarvis
1942-July-05 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Innes | Kerr | Kirk
1942-September-08 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Winnipeg Names: Doyle | Murphy | Price | Stevens
1942-October-12 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Chicknell | Hunt | Lancaster | Thompson
1942-October-31 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Brandon Names: Brown | Jonassen | McCambly | Raizenne
1942-November-04 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Warroads Minnesota Names: Dougans | Payne | Samson | Walker
1943-January-13 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Marquette Manitoba Names: Mathews | Mcdougall | Mchale | Walker | Willis
1943-January-17 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Barske | Hogan | Rae | Stephenson
1943-January-22 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Birtles | Grey | Jonassen | Rollins
1943-January-22 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Brandon Names: Carlson | Fripp | Miller | Olsen
1943-January-22 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Edwards | Jones | Musselwhite | Vaughn
1943-January-22 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Lavenham Names: Harris | Neilson | Quinn | Williams
1943-February-01 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Glenboro Manitoba Names: Coutts | Cruden | Halvorsen | Harris | Twinn
1943-February-10 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brand | Clancy | Haddleton | Hughes | Wickberg
1943-March-28 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Snell
1943-July-23 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Hechter | Hindle | Hood | Hows | Hughes
1943-July-23 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Hechter | Hindle | Hood | Hows | Hughes
1943-September-01 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Grosch | Grundy | Paris | Pritchard | Ranson
1943-October-27 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Cockx | Jamieson | Saunders
1943-October-29 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Brandon Manitoba Names: Burton | Hey | Meredith | Roberts | Robinson
1943-October-29 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Burgess | Dodds | Dubois | Etter | MacDonald
1943-November-02 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Winnipeg Manitoba Names: Anderson | Nelson | Perkins | Petts
1943-November-10 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Harrison | Stewart | Thomson
1943-November-10 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Mcphee | Simpson | Turner
1943-November-11 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Compton | Turner
1943-November-12 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Ellis | Mcneil | Mills | Ramsay | Scott
1943-November-15 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Near Selkirk Names: Bardsley | Griffin | Hankey | Schollar | Sutter
1943-November-17 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage Of La Prairie Names: Bales | Brayford | Ham | Pore | Rea-taylor
1943-November-17 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Colfer | Pyott | Simpson
1943-December-03 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Rivers Man Names: Duncan | Fairfax | Gratias | Landry | Mcgregor
1943-December-03 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Biddulph | Gard | Gifkin | Hamilton
1943-December-03 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St Claude Manitoba Names: Graham | Shaw | Steele | Sutter | Walker
1943-December-03 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Badgley | Moore | O'Connor | Pore
1943-December-06 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Anderson | Kiley | Lamont | Moist
1943-December-06 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Apperley | Burley | Davis
1943-December-07 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Campbell | Challes | Findlay | James | Jepson
1943-December-21 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Birks | Cameron | Dobson | Trimble | Warner
1944-January-08 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Mcneil | Potvin | Reeder | Reeves | Thain
1944-January-08 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Canberry Manitoba Names: Benum | Cebrowski | Irving | Neilson | Walker
1944-January-11 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Neepawa Manitoba Names: Barattini | Coomes | Lee | Stewart
1944-January-12 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: High Bluff Manitoba Names: Andrews | Knight | Mackenzie | Schinnour | Staples
1944-January-22 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Brandon Names: Ashenden | Ferguson | Hector | Stear | Whillans
1944-January-22 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Hall | Johnston | McCorguodale | Ross | Turner
1944-January-24 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Betts | Eddie | Griffiths | Watson | Wilson
1944-January-27 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Anthony | Conarsky | Holmes | Legg
1944-February-14 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Lees | Mann | Revell | Stewart
1944-February-15 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Dyer | Hanna | Shaw | Thomas | Wallen
1944-February-17 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Dobson | Hall | McLeod | Rothwell
1944-February-17 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Dobson | Hall | McLeod | Rothwell
1944-March-10 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Brandon Manitoba Names: Bryand | Butts | Grimsrud | Mcinnes | Mitchell
1944-March-17 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Berry | Cowden | Derose | Lockhart
1944-March-18 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Kenora Ontario Names: Bligh | Eley | Hannon | Hendry
1944-April-05 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Anderson | Fraser | Hiley | Howard | Jones
1944-April-08 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Treherne Manitoba Names: Bryant | Butts | Maxwell | Ross
1944-April-09 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Winnipeg Manitoba Names: Gabura | McLeod | Parker | Stevenson | Turner
1944-April-10 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Stainthorpe
1944-April-21 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Birch | Dawson | Holswich | Jones | Rothwell
1944-April-21 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Brandon Manitoba Names: Carr | Cavanagh | Macrae | Rae | Ramey
1944-April-26 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Souris Manitoba Names: Armstrong | Dow | Luhrmann | Mann
1944-April-27 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Roos | Savage | Simpson | Woods
1944-April-30 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Rowland Lake Names: Hill | Lawrence | Roper | Webb
1944-May-13 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Rivers Manitoba Names: Bloomfield | Davidson | Griffiths | Mcrae | Rennie
1944-May-15 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Bowler | Elsmore | Holmberg | Matheson | O'Neil
1944-May-17 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Anderson | Hetherington | Moroney | Roos | Shaw
1944-May-18 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Manitoba Names: Martinson | Murphy | Quinton | Rafferty
1944-May-18 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Souris Names: Bowles | Ivory | Loveridge | Musselwhite | Raymond
1944-June-09 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Sperling Names: Black | Stevens | Ward | Weatherston | Wilson
1944-June-10 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Chambers | Hirst | Holmberg | Leavitt
1944-June-11 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Clarke | Collier | Gorbet | Longstaff | Schinnour
1944-June-23 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Flynn | Hamilton | Randall | Swan | Williams
1944-June-23 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Portage La Prairie Names: Mcbratney | McCambley | Nicholas | Timm | West
1944-June-23 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Cone | Couper | Davies | Holmberg | McCallum
1944-July-24 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Biddulph | Ellison | McCarville | Minchin | Scott
1944-August-04 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Names: Beard | Howitt | MacDonald | MacDougall | McCutcheon | Moir | Parker | Pearson | Petchell | Peters
1944-August-04 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Names: Beard | Howitt | MacDonald | MacDougall | McCutcheon | Moir | Parker | Pearson | Petchell | Peters
1944-September-05 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Owen
1944-September-27 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Manitoba Names: Burley | Crain | Florence | Howarth | Roper
1944-October-27 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: St James Names: Bollen | Hume | Robinson | Vernon
1944-December-09 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Benedict | Cieckiewicz | Horan | Newell | Percival | Woodhead
1944-December-13 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Stevenson Field Winnipeg Names: Grimsrud | La Fave | Lamieux | Mitchell
1945-January-03 Accident: 5 Air Observer School Loc: Winnipeg Manitoba Names: Lee | Mandigo | Mason | Surgeoner

Unit Casualtues: 5 AOS 5 Air Observer School RCAF (5)

Adam Lester Compton
1942-July-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6215
Vincent Edward Jarvis
1942-July-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6215
Geoffrey Ian Everist
1942-July-02
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6215
Gordon Harold Hill
1944-April-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6354
London, Ontario