8 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.
RCAF Lethbridge AB

Established in 1940 at the present site of Lethbridge Airport CYQL.

More information on the RCAF Station at Lethbridge AB can be found at

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.Info - RCAF Station Lethbridge

Museum Bomber Command Museum Of Canada

Museum Vintage Wings - Ghosts Of Alberta

Museum Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum - 8 BGS

Project 44 BCATP

unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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Unit Accident Records: 8 BGS 8 Bomb and Gunnery School RCAF (121)

1941-November-19 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gill
1941-November-19 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gill
1941-December-04 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lessard
1941-December-15 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chartrand | Coles | Pearson
1942-March-18 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mcleay
1942-May-18 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allbery | Clendenning | Cooney | Coss | Stevens | Woodsman
1942-May-18 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allbery | Clendenning | Cooney | Coss | Stevens | Woodsman
1942-May-31 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cannon | Corriveau | Jordan
1942-June-12 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bloxham | Meyers | Paulson | Wagner
1942-July-10 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barber | Fink | Heacock | Sawyer | Steele | Thompson
1942-July-10 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barber | Fink | Heacock | Sawyer | Steele | Thompson
1942-July-12 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Colyer | Fisher | O'Connell
1942-July-31 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Campbell
1942-August-04 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Cardston Names: Bartington | Moyer
1942-August-11 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Pearson | Shelley | Taylor | Trevvett
1942-August-19 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Magrath Alberta Names: Low | Morin | Sandman
1942-August-20 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Smith | Stewart | Whatling
1942-September-05 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Rogan | Waller | Williams
1942-September-07 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Anderson | Phoenix | Smith
1942-September-09 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: O'Connel | Walters | Worsnup | Woycik
1942-September-27 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hubert | MacDonald
1942-September-27 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hubert | MacDonald
1942-September-28 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Coaldale Names: Williams | Wood | Zehanoviz
1942-October-06 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Bombing Range Names: Hardy | McLeod | Orr | Shelley | Taylor
1942-October-06 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Bombing Range Names: Hardy | McLeod | Orr | Shelley | Taylor
1942-October-08 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Light | Shaw | Westcott
1942-November-10 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gray | Merrill | Morgan
1942-November-11 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Heacock | Miller
1942-November-13 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bartington | Loughlin | Smith | Watson
1942-November-21 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: 4 Mile S Of West End Of Air Firing Range Names: Cook | Donald | Hartman
1942-December-04 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Aitkens | Armstrong | Williams
1942-December-10 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hickson | Holledge | Wilson
1942-December-16 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Campbell | Clatworthy | Evancio | Hearn
1942-December-19 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Auxiliary Field Names: Heacock
1942-December-19 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Station Aerodrome Names: Cannon | Cowie
1942-December-20 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bohush | Brazier | Dalgleish | Palmer
1943-January-14 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Station Aerodrome Names: Towne | Young
1943-January-14 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Station Aerodrome Names: Towne | Young
1943-January-25 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Bombing Range Names: Cole | Sawyer
1943-February-01 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Harper | Hollard | Simpson
1943-February-01 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Harper | Hollard | Simpson
1943-February-02 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brooks | Brown | Truefitt
1943-February-05 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Foster | Fulcher | Gamble | Gordge | Jenkinson | Mcdonell
1943-February-05 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Foster | Fulcher | Gamble | Gordge | Jenkinson | Mcdonnell
1943-February-06 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fletcher | Jenkinson | Price
1943-February-08 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Attle | Bristol | Farquhar | Lloyd
1943-February-18 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hutton | Johnston | Simpson
1943-February-21 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: No 3 A O S Names: Cassidy | Cowie
1943-February-21 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Stenbeck | Young
1943-February-24 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Horne | Towne
1943-March-07 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Erricker | Evans | Harradence
1943-March-07 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Erricker | Evans | Harradence
1943-March-10 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hobday | Jackson | Wagner
1943-March-17 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Station Aerodrome Names: Anderson | Bower | MacDonnell
1943-April-08 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Calder | Manzer
1943-April-13 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Day | Mcgibbon | Rowan | Wagner
1943-April-28 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: O'Connell | Thompson | Tunstall
1943-May-05 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Harradence | Mcdougall | Rounce | Smith
1943-May-18 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Magson | Mahoney | Orthman
1943-May-18 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Crichton | Frederick | Stainback | Taylor
1943-May-27 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Lethbridge Names: Jennings | Morris | Orr | Williams
1943-May-29 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dunsmuir | Nicholls | Park | Wilson
1943-July-01 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Coriveau | Sawyer
1943-July-01 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Walton | Wilson
1943-July-03 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Bomb & Gunnery School Range Names: Anderson | Anderson | Bowan | Newman
1943-July-04 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Stone | Walls | Ward | West
1943-July-18 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Heacock | Newell | Pattison | Wise
1943-July-20 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bathurst | Reum
1943-July-21 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fox | Tuck
1943-July-22 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burns | Pearse | Richardson | Simpson
1943-July-23 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burchill
1943-August-01 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Lethbridge Names: Moyer | Tilling
1943-August-26 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Taylor | Taylor
1943-August-29 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ingram | Issaacson | Jackson | Shaw
1943-September-04 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Cutbank Montana Names: Karsgaard | Purvis | Sellar
1943-September-04 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Corp | Mclean | Merrow | Watson
1943-September-04 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Corp | Mclean | Merrow | Watson
1943-September-11 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Conway | Cooney
1943-September-17 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gow | Wilson
1943-September-27 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lytle | McCombs
1943-September-27 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lytle | McCombs
1943-October-07 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Stockdale
1943-October-08 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Higgings | Lewis | Peach | Simpson | Ward
1943-October-08 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Higgings | Lewis | Peach | Simpson | Ward
1943-December-16 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Blown | Carrington
1943-December-18 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Carroll | Cook | Dunlop | Parks
1943-December-22 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Packer | Perry | Porter | Russell
1944-January-28 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: McCombs
1944-February-10 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bedard | Campbell
1944-February-22 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Pelletier
1944-February-23 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Christopher | Griffiths | Kent | Lennon | Mckay | Mckey
1944-February-23 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Christopher | Griffiths | Kent | Lennon | Mckay | Mckey
1944-February-27 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fethersonhaugh | Lee | Perkins | Pink
1944-April-16 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Melson
1944-April-26 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Pelletier | Toomey | Walker
1944-April-27 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Conroy | Drake | Edwards
1944-May-12 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bowden | Corbett | Gaunce | Staniforth
1944-May-27 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fowlie | Heins
1944-June-15 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mackay | Morrella
1944-July-09 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Christie | Frolic | Jacobs | Meyer | Staple
1944-July-11 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bussetel | Carter | Carter | Crosby | Fletcher | Gust | Maclean | Scobie
1944-July-11 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bussetel | Carter | Carter | Crosby | Fletcher | Gust | Maclean | Scobie
1944-July-14 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burge | Fystre | Maclean
1944-July-16 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bussutell | Fisher | Gust | Guy | Neubrand
1944-July-16 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bussutell | Fisher | Gust | Guy | Neubrand
1944-July-17 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Armstrong | Barraclough | Christopher | Raybould
1944-July-22 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cowan | Jones | Mcneil
1944-July-28 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Bombing Range Names: Armstrong | Barraclough | Elmquist | Graham | Wilson
1944-July-28 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Bombing Range Names: Armstrong | Barraclough | Elmquist | Graham | Wilson
1944-August-01 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cunnings | Miles | Penny | Renshaw
1944-August-17 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Grinstain
1944-August-17 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gaunce
1944-August-17 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gaunce
1944-August-17 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gaunce
1944-August-21 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Danley | Pederson | Phillips | Powell
1944-August-26 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Curno | Trimmer | Turnbridge
1944-October-05 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Suffield Names: Chaster | Cornwall | McCuish | Porteous
1944-October-05 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Suffield Names: Chaster | Cornwall | McCuish | Porteous
1944-October-11 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Coaldale Alberta Names: Barrus | Crook | Kockalyk | Lefrenier | Mulligan
1944-October-25 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brierley | Johnston
1944-November-03 Accident: 8 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Gunnery Range Names: Allan | Baker | Gilbertson | Hilborn | Ker

Unit Casualtues: 8 BGS 8 Bomb and Gunnery School RCAF (21)

Leslie Robert Low
1942-August-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I R4000
Foxwarren, Manitoba
Robert Bruce Sandman
1942-August-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I R4000
Jarvie, Alberta
Gerald Gerard Joseph Morin
1942-August-19
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I R4000
St Boniface, Manitoba
Enoch Lewis Williams
1942-December-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I 2070
Ernest Trevor Aitkens
1942-December-04
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I 2070
Vancouver, British Columbia
Stanley Leonard Palmer
1942-December-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9898
Neil John Dalgleish
1942-December-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9898
Grande Prairie, Alberta (parents)
George Henry Brazier
1942-December-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9898
Arbuthnot, Saskatchewan
Eugene Bohush
1942-December-20
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9898
Leduc, Alberta
Clarence Stanley Wise
1943-July-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9906
Woodbend, Alberta
Harry Manning Pattison
1943-July-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9906
Vancouver, British Columbia
William Andrew Newell
1943-July-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9906
Mirror Landing, Alberta
John Donald Heacock
1943-July-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9906
Edmonton, Alberta
Thomas Joseph Cook
1943-December-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10181
Thomas Joseph Carroll
1943-December-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10181
William Roland Parks
1943-December-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10181
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Durrant Vern Dunlop
1943-December-18
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10181
Banff, Alberta