4 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: 4 BGS 4 Bomb and Gunnery School RCAF (141)

1940-December-08 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Names: Bourne | Hood | Mcnally
1941-February-01 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Ontario Names: Anderson | Erwin | Fitzgibbon | Morris
1941-February-13 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Ontario Names: Ayers | Brunelle | Gallant
1941-February-13 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Ontario Names: Ayers | Brunelle | Gallant
1941-February-15 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Eagle Names: Brown | Mcfadden | Sangster
1941-March-22 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Ontario Names: Fleming | Spencer
1941-April-14 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Ontario Names: Anderson | Earle | Macleary
1941-May-17 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Orthman | Richardson
1941-May-17 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Ontario Names: Smith | Van Allen
1941-May-24 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Names: Iverson | Sigurdson | Sullivan
1941-May-28 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Fingal Names: Edward | Flanders | Packard
1941-September-11 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Stover | Tiffin | Vance
1941-September-26 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Asselin | Lee
1941-October-02 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Capruther's Farm Lot 3 Names: Bunn | Lawton | Sigurdson
1941-November-19 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Beaudoin | Collinson | Crools
1942-January-15 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Fingal Ontario Names: Bywater | Hughes | Long
1942-February-02 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Melbourne Names: Lee | Peaster | Rolfer
1942-February-13 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Poupore | Rodney
1942-February-23 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Aerodrome Names: Gauldin
1942-March-04 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Runway Names: Crawford | Foster | Froom | Taylor
1942-April-02 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lipman | Peaster | Pilon
1942-April-05 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Davis | Guild | Stuart
1942-April-14 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Christensen | Dunlop | Sellers
1942-April-15 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Rcaf Melbourne Target Area Names: Erwin | Murray | Rankin
1942-April-17 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Erwin | Jarvis | McCowan
1942-April-17 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hinton | Hopkins | Mikkeleson
1942-April-20 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Wallacetown Names: Crum | Struchinsky
1942-April-23 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Ontario Names: Harrison | Vogan | Zeiders
1942-April-27 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Aerodrome Names: Mikkelson | Taylor | Wanamaker
1942-April-29 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Aerodrome Names: Sackett
1942-May-11 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Jarvis Airport Names: Robinson | Tribe
1942-May-11 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: MacDonald | Mcginnis | Zeiders
1942-May-13 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Curry | Morris | Sanson
1942-June-08 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bowlby | Copeland | Opie
1942-June-12 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Godson | Opie | Stree | Whyte
1942-June-18 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brooks | Edwards | Robertson
1942-June-23 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Fingal Names: Ciparone | Gunn | Stott
1942-July-03 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: St Thomas Names: Idle | Roach
1942-July-07 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Wallacetown Names: Jefferson | McConnell
1942-July-07 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Wallacetown Names: Hobb | Mcdowell | Smith
1942-July-12 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Kyle | Tanner
1942-July-22 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brownlee | Wheat
1942-July-30 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Menzies | Miller | Mitchell | Webster
1942-August-01 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Anderson | Blair | Cameron
1942-August-20 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Anderson | Etchells | Hunt | Paton
1942-August-25 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Davies | Fischer | Gray
1942-September-20 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Armstrong Ontario Names: Pilsworth | Pritchard
1942-September-28 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Richmond Ontario Names: Kistler
1942-October-06 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Doubassoff | Faulkener | Graham | Hemming | Simkevitz | Thorpe
1942-October-06 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Doubassoff | Faulkener | Graham | Hemming | Simkevitz | Thorpe
1942-October-13 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ellis | Jacobs | Schmitt | Scott
1942-October-19 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gray | Hill
1942-November-22 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: On Tarmac Names: Cameron | Goodchild | Johnstone
1942-November-22 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: On Tarmac Names: Cameron | Goodchild | Johnstone
1942-November-23 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: In Lake Erie Names: Gray | Hilchie
1942-December-03 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dorval | Frith | Regan | Sarazin | Stott
1942-December-03 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dorval | Frith | Regan | Sarazin | Stott
1942-December-06 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Forcier | Harris | Johnson | Mclennan
1942-December-09 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Fingal Names: Long | Shores | Stevens | Uyen
1943-January-05 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Shedden Names: Nicholson | Prentice
1943-January-13 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Melbourne Target Area Names: Bessey | Stevenson
1943-January-17 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Clarke | Mcmullen | Stockton | Trousdale
1943-January-17 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Clarke | Mcmullen | Stockton | Trousdale
1943-January-20 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Taxi Strip Names: Magee
1943-January-20 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Radigan
1943-January-23 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Macklin
1943-January-29 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Johnson
1943-February-03 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Davies | Struchinsky
1943-February-18 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mackeigan | Overend | Weston | Wheat
1943-February-21 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Coady | Mcgovern | Rosa | Shields
1943-February-23 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Adams | Ingraham | Welsh
1943-February-27 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: In The Air Names: Ashley | Case | Holden | Howard | Ingraham | Stanton
1943-February-27 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: In The Air Names: Ashley | Case | Holden | Howard | Ingraham | Stanton
1943-March-15 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Farmer's Field Directly North Of Aerodrome Names: Kelman
1943-March-17 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Henderson | Stubbs
1943-March-18 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Fingal Main Aerodrome Names: Asselin | Lepage
1943-March-19 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Johnston | Wallace
1943-April-06 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Trenton Aerodrome Names: Layerne | Mcintyre | Wolfman
1943-April-08 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Case
1943-April-16 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brazier | Littleproud | Miner | Orr
1943-April-26 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Lake Erie Names: Bassett | Campbell | Kistler | May
1943-May-07 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Elliott | Kinney | Nicholls | Weary
1943-May-30 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Shedden Ontario Names: Berto | Kidd | Robovsky | Schiffhouer
1943-June-01 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1943-June-01 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Unoccupied
1943-June-01 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Unoccupied
1943-June-03 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Higgins | Johnston | Morley | Stephens
1943-June-08 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barber | Black | Hales | Hann
1943-June-15 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Toronto Island Airport Names: Ramshaw | Wadsworth | Weary
1943-June-23 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chitwood | Mandell
1943-July-09 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Toronto Island Airport Names: Finn | Gould | Hinchey | Spivey
1943-July-19 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Davies | Ferguson | Fox | Johnston | Warner
1943-July-25 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Maguire | Stewart | Willis | Woodhard
1943-July-28 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Atkinson | Lamont | Lynch
1943-July-31 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Marritt | Mckinnon | Woodland
1943-August-01 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Adams | Hagarty | Irish | Mcguire
1943-August-12 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Strathourne Landing Field Names: Mcguire | Walsh
1943-September-16 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Eagle Names: Brace | Scott
1943-September-29 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Scott
1943-October-19 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lavoie | Renaud
1943-November-29 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Goodhand | Smith | Smith
1943-December-02 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Deplanche | Nichol | Reymanko
1943-December-11 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ashley | Chitwood
1943-December-17 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Beland | Long | Loveland
1943-December-18 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Port Alma Ontario Names: Barclay | Hamel
1944-January-14 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Almas | Barratt | Chads | Renton | Withey
1944-February-01 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Sheddon Names: Barclay | Campbell | Jefferies | Lowe
1944-March-11 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Narraway
1944-March-13 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Govier | Jubenville | Kendall | Lampart | Magee | Mallette | Paton | Pollard | Robinson
1944-March-13 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Govier | Jubenville | Kendall | Lampart | Magee | Mallette | Paton | Pollard | Robinson
1944-March-21 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jack | Kendall | Magee | Roe | Stead
1944-April-02 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Strathbourne Names: Martin | Mcdonald | White
1944-April-12 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Coulombe | Robertson
1944-May-02 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Lucan Names: Allman | Donahue | Hayes
1944-May-04 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cook | Gordon | Marr
1944-May-20 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Lake Erie Names: Currant | Lowrie | Northgrave | Ogden
1944-May-25 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Crumlin Names: Sargent | Sharp | Tackaberry | Truman
1944-June-02 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Names: Commins
1944-June-09 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bevis | Cloutier | Jasieniuk | Troster | Watterton
1944-June-09 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bevis | Cloutier | Jasieniuk | Troster | Watterton
1944-June-09 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bevis | Cloutier | Jasieniuk | Troster | Watterton
1944-June-26 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Commins | Grecula | Grimaldi | Wheat
1944-July-14 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: South Of Spara Names: Kirkpatrick | White
1944-August-01 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Southwold Station Names: Joyce | Mclay | Rees | Turner
1944-August-12 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Wallacetown Names: Hawkins | Sharp
1944-September-08 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: McCutcheon | Quinn
1944-September-21 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Carr | Eaton | Langlands | Wrighton
1944-September-21 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Carr | Eaton | Langlands | Wrighton
1944-September-26 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: 2 Runway Fingal Names: Taylor | West | Wilson
1944-October-12 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cushman | Sears | Thiessen | Usher
1944-November-30 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Harper
1944-December-01 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gilbert
1944-December-01 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Sullivan
1944-December-02 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Prince
1944-December-27 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Talbotville Ontario Names: Beer | MacDonald
1945-January-13 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Sharp | Stott
1945-January-17 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Huggett | Mansfield | Williams
1945-January-19 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Coughlin | Eddy | MacDougal | Macinnes | Mack
1945-January-20 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Inwood Ontario Names: Allan | Eaton | Jarvis | Mullins | Neville | Watt
1945-January-20 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Inwood Ontario Names: Allan | Eaton | Jarvis | Mullins | Neville | Watt
1945-January-25 Accident: 4 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allen | Langdon | Leicester | Mcdonald | Sarah

Unit Casualtues: 4 BGS 4 Bomb and Gunnery School RCAF (20)

John Henry McNally
1940-December-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I 1650
Minaki, Ontario
Leon Arthur Hood
1940-December-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I 1650
Adrian, Michigan, USA
Ernest William Bourne
1940-December-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I 1650
Oshawa, Ontario
Richard Owen Gray
1942-November-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Lysander Mk. IIIA TT 2332
Ralph Howard Hilchie
1942-November-23
Killed in Flying Accident
Lysander Mk. IIIA TT 2332
Sheffield Mills, Pope's Harbor, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Robert Prentice
1943-January-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Lysander Mk. III TT 1540
Toronto, Ontario
Kenneth Elgin Nicholson
1943-January-06
Killed in Flying Accident
Lysander Mk. III TT 1540
Vancouver, British Columbia
Norman Thomas Lavoie
1943-October-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Lysander Mk. IIIA TT 2427
London, Ontario
Lionel Renaud
1943-October-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Lysander Mk. IIIA TT 2427
Timmins, Ontario
Sidney Cleveland Turner
1944-August-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6711
Ivan Henry Rees
1944-August-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6711
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Donald Francis McLay
1944-August-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6711
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Keith Mayhew Joyce
1944-August-01
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6711
Duncan, British Columbia
Robert Douglas Sharp
1944-August-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6276
Toronto, Ontario
Edwin Donald Hawkins
1944-August-12
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6276
Lindsay, Ontario
Laurence Charles Joseph Watt
1945-January-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10019
William Thomas Francis Neville
1945-January-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10019
James Davidson Allan
1945-January-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10019
Toronto, Ontario