2 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School (RCAF)

The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.
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Unit Accident Records: 2 BGS 2 Bomb and Gunnery School RCAF (140)

1940-November-27 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Saskatoon Names: Hale
1940-December-08 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Virden Names: Keenan
1941-January-20 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Vantage Saskatchewan Names: Campbell | Campbell | Prendergast
1941-January-25 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Hanley Saskatchewan Names: Hale
1941-February-23 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Indian Head Saskatchewan Names: Galbraith | Nicholson | North | Nugent
1941-February-28 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: Bryan | Hardesty | Jamieson | Jowett
1941-March-05 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Names: Jarred | Paterson
1941-March-09 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Johnstone Lake Saskatchewan Names: Dermody | Duncan | Hessenflow | Peabody
1941-March-13 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: Campbell | Fuller | Noyes | Orr
1941-March-16 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: Crowhurst | Jarred | Latter
1941-March-23 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Airport Names: Goodman | Lawson
1941-April-10 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Kellough | Mckinnon | Robinson
1941-April-10 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: Arthur Jarred | Pirt | Sikal
1941-April-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burney | Greenway | Pierce
1941-April-12 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jarred
1941-April-22 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hall | Hemminger
1941-April-22 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hall | Hemminger
1941-May-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: Betts | Lindsay | Woodward
1941-May-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Manitoba Names: Cox | McCue | Mcguinnes
1941-May-17 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: Rowan
1941-May-17 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: Rowan
1941-May-21 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: James | MacDonald
1941-June-02 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mcalary | Myles | Vandre
1941-June-07 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Giles | Godfrey | Nolf
1941-June-21 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Langdon ND Names: Buchanan
1941-June-21 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dunlop | Lungren
1941-July-02 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chummy | Daniels | Delaroche
1941-July-05 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Duggan | Race
1941-July-05 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Mossbank Names: Grant | Lapniewski | Patterson
1941-July-23 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Farquharson | Prendergast | Tooth
1941-July-24 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Nelson | Paisnel | Scarr
1941-August-01 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Billard | Mcgregor | Miller
1941-October-15 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Regina Aerodrome Names: Brown | Cutts | Fredrickson | Hagest | Mowers | Rogers | Shields
1941-October-18 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: SWest Of Aerodrome Names: Hermiston | Ritchie | Sedger
1941-November-01 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: Mackin | Mcnab
1941-November-20 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Williams
1941-November-24 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Tarmac Mossbank Bomb & Gunnery School Names: Wiskar
1941-December-09 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bigman | Mcnab
1942-January-19 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Briercrest Names: Lawson | Peterson
1942-February-27 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Main Aerodrome Mossbank Names: Langley | Parrish | Snow
1942-March-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Avey | Cram | Ellis
1942-March-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Avey | Cram | Ellis
1942-March-12 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hart | Seward | Tulloh
1942-March-30 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hughes | Mitchell | Tetroe
1942-April-10 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hagest
1942-April-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Johnston Lake Names: Barnholden | Kilpatrick | Sexsmith
1942-April-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cairns | Malloy | Mazier
1942-April-18 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Malloy
1942-April-21 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baptiste | Mackin
1942-May-03 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: ½ Mile South Of Airport Names: Hughes
1942-May-04 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Huston | Kiekebelt | Parrish
1942-May-08 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Tarmac Names: Harms
1942-June-06 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lamarche | Reilander | Smith
1942-July-06 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Range Names: Sago | Smith
1942-July-22 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Names: Greenway | Lemay | Lucas
1942-July-27 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Joseph | Kennedy
1942-July-28 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Boyes | Norris
1942-July-29 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Names: Boisvert | Bradshaw | Cormier | Dalzell
1942-July-30 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gray | Whitaker
1942-July-31 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Faibish | Lambert | Webb
1942-August-07 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Daisley | Fowler | Hofforth | Jones
1942-August-10 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Moreton | Soluk | Zapfe
1942-August-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Moreton | Rood | Wallace
1942-August-13 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Doherty | Elsey | Sutherland
1942-August-14 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lavoie | Murphy | Oliver
1942-August-14 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lavoie | Murphy | Oliver
1942-August-21 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Calderwood | Holland
1942-September-03 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Clare | Lucas | Ross
1942-September-10 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bates | Harris | MacDonald
1942-September-19 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fetherstonehaugh | Weir
1942-September-20 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Names: Ross | Wilde
1942-October-01 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Habkirk | Kidd | Mckenna
1942-October-01 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Reeves | Ruddy | Watchorn
1942-October-02 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lefebvre | Lillicrap | Ruddy
1942-October-07 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Langston | Littlewood | Ogilvie | Robinson | Weir
1942-October-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Finfer | Gates | Kidd
1942-November-09 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Broddy | Reilly
1942-November-10 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Vivian
1942-November-25 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barske | Griffiths | Kasubeck
1942-December-14 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Lumsden Saskatchewan Names: Campbell | Habkirk | Lightle | North | Pratt | Shults
1943-February-02 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: NWest Of Control Tower Names: Beckett | Berkley | Mulock | Norris-jones
1943-February-09 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: McCallum | Reilly | Weir
1943-February-12 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brydon | Horning
1943-February-28 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: Alder | Beatty | Jackson | Johnston
1943-March-09 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: 3 Mile North East Of Ardill Saskatchewan Names: Beatty | Krinke | Radiff
1943-March-10 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Tarmac No 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Names: Powell
1943-March-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Tarmac Names: Brook | Johnston | Snowden | Wiebe
1943-March-11 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Tarmac Names: Brook | Johnston | Snowden | Wiebe
1943-March-18 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Block | Mackenzie | Proctor | Widenoja
1943-March-19 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fisher | Johnston | Legge | Small
1943-March-19 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brennan | Kelly | Lang | Mclean
1943-March-22 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Williams
1943-March-22 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Leblanc | MacDonald | Ravenscroft | Stenhauer
1943-March-31 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dyke | Ell | Hartrick | Hutchings
1943-April-20 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Charlton | Jenner | Roach | Schofield
1943-April-29 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Andrews | Archibald | Kasubeck | Young
1943-May-02 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Daniels | Kennedy | Malcolm | Ruppel
1943-May-21 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Unoccupied
1943-May-21 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Unoccupied
1943-May-21 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Peerless Montana Usa Names: Codrea | Keen
1943-May-27 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Bishopric Saskatchewan Names: Calderwood | Whittaker
1943-June-10 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Reitlo
1943-June-10 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Reitlo
1943-June-14 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Currie Field Calgary Names: Blaine | Jeremy
1943-June-15 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brexina | Byers | Farr | Johnson
1943-June-15 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brexina | Byers | Farr | Johnson
1943-June-19 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brydon
1943-June-24 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ashmore | Hunt | Lucas | Travis
1943-June-28 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Clark | Hector | Huston | Monaghan
1943-July-20 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bick | Hall | Pybus | Reitlo
1943-July-28 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Names: Carson | Heagy | Lucas | Wiskar
1943-August-18 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mather | Matthews | May | Mildren
1943-August-24 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Gravelbourg Names: Irving | Jenner | Millard | Warren
1943-November-15 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brennan | Burke | Castle | Champaign
1943-December-21 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fairweather | Kelland | Kidds | King
1943-December-29 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Whittaker
1944-January-24 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Lake Johnston Ranges Names: Furness | MacDonald | Madiuk | Page | Stephens | Thomas
1944-January-24 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Lake Johnston Ranges Names: Furness | MacDonald | Madiuk | Page | Stephens | Thomas
1944-February-14 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Airport Names: Shelliday | Swanson | Tratham | Williamson
1944-February-18 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Blackburn | Keen | Knight | Mclaughlin | Mills | Nisbet
1944-February-18 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Blackburn | Keen | Knight | Mclaughlin | Mills | Nisbet
1944-March-12 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hughill | Mafaffy | Nichol | Paxton | Wells
1944-March-12 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hugill | Mafaffy | Nichol | Paxton | Wells
1944-March-13 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Inderbitzen | Mackenzie | Mcpherson | Reed | Tierney
1944-April-12 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gibson | Keen | Mckinnon | Miller
1944-April-25 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: 4 Mile North-East Of Target Quadrant Names: Faibish | Kemp | Parkinson | Robinson
1944-May-10 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cleaver | Depratu | Keegan | Walker
1944-May-27 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Swift Current Names: Duguet | Kernaghan | Lake | Playford | Wade
1944-May-31 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: No 5 Hangar Names:
1944-June-26 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Keen | Maxwell | Mayot | Noble | Nuttall
1944-July-02 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ribchester | Riddle | Spencer | Wilson
1944-July-03 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Lake Johnston Names: Crane | Molyneaux
1944-July-19 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Swift Current Names: Bratrud | Mclafferty | Panton
1944-July-20 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Names: Beakhouse | Booth | Taylor | Watson | Wright
1944-July-20 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Names: Beakhouse | Booth | Taylor | Watson | Wright
1944-July-31 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Booth | Cook | Cuthbertson | Munro
1944-August-14 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Maybin
1944-August-31 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: 2 Mile West Of 2 Bgs Target Names: Henderson | Kimball | Lawrance | Norris
1944-October-18 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Mossbank Saskatchewan Names: O'Reilly | Pratt | Stewart | Ward
1944-October-28 Accident: 2 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Lake Johnson Names: Darrah | Debeck | Kitchingman | Sinclair | Wenger

Unit Casualtues: 2 BGS 2 Bomb and Gunnery School RCAF (22)

Clovel Fay Lawson
1942-January-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3797
Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
John Arthur Peterson
1942-January-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk. II 3797
Abbey, Saskatchewan
Howard Austin Lightle
1942-December-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9984
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Russell Herman Shults
1942-December-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9984
Nipawin, Saskatchewan
Henry Vernon Pratt
1942-December-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9984
Vancouver, British Columbia
Everard Barrington North
1942-December-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9984
St Catharines, Ontario
Robert Edwin Habkirk
1942-December-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9984
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
John Campbell
1942-December-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9984
Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)
Bertram George Warren
1943-August-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 7431
Lucky Lake, Saskatchewan
Thomas Millard
1943-August-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 7431
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
William Russell Stephens
1944-January-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Lysander Mk. IIIA TT 2369
Kelowna, British Columbia
Arthur Maduik
1944-January-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Lysander Mk. IIIA TT 2369
Thorsby, Alberta
Victor Herman Inderbitzin
1944-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10111
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Keith Robert McPherson
1944-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10111
Donald Charles McKenzie
1944-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10111
James Edward Tierney
1944-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10111
Vancouver, British Columbia
Howard Murray Reed
1944-March-13
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10111
Alameda, Saskatchewan