1 GRS- General Reconnaissance School (RCAF)

The General Reconnaissance School trained pilots and air observers in the techniques required for ocean patrol. It was the equivalent to an Operational Training Unit (OTU), and last stop before aircrew were assigned to operations. The topics included DR Navigation, Astro Navigation, Compasses and Instruments, Meteorology, Signals, Reconnaissance, Coding, Ship Recognition, Aerial Photography, and Visual Signals.
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Unit Accident Records: 1 GRS 1 General Reconnaisance School RCAF (65)

1942-March-01 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Charlottetown Names: Easton | Goodwin | Haslam | Hill
1942-July-25 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Darby | Hamilton | Oates | Page
1942-August-07 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bell | Carter | Gliberry | Grover | Harris | Hoy | McCallum | Stevens | Weiglund
1942-August-07 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bell | Carter | Gliberry | Grover | Harris | Hoy | McCallum | Stevens | Weiglund
1942-August-11 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Unknown Names: Burley | Llewlyn-roberts | Nutter | Senior
1942-August-17 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Del Rosso | Jackson | Norman | Watt
1942-August-17 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Del Rosso | Jackson | Norman | Watt
1942-September-26 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Malpeque Pei Names: Adams | Larner | Lawrence | Macneill
1942-October-01 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Summerside Aerodrome Names: Macpherson | Shipway | Stanwell
1942-October-01 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Summerside Aerodrome Names: Macpherson | Shipway | Stanwell
1942-October-29 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Conway Pei Names: Bennett | Harris | Reeves | Rudge
1943-January-05 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Names: Bernstein | Johnson | King | Thompson
1943-January-19 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: St Andre New Brunswick Names: Banks | Daniels | Jordison | Sams
1943-January-31 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burrows | Edwards | Hoggarth | Hunter | Hutchinson | Pain | Warren | Wyboy
1943-January-31 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burrows | Edwards | Hoggarth | Hunter | Hutchinson | Pain | Warren | Wyboy
1943-February-09 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Cape Tyron Pei Names: Forrester | Hoy | Pain | Price
1943-February-12 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hoy | Weiglund
1943-March-14 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Charlottetown Names: Bourdages | Hurley | Lester | Macneill
1943-March-18 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Alma Pei Names: Mceacherin | Rowatt | Sample | Schroeder
1943-April-22 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Skinner Pond Pei Tignish Pei Names: Forestell | Giddens | Hopkins | Kavanaugh
1943-April-22 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Daniels | Dickinson | Neal | Woods
1943-April-22 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Daniels | Dickinson | Neal | Woods
1943-April-22 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Daniels | Dickinson | Neal | Woods
1943-April-26 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Anderson
1943-May-02 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Tignish Pei Names: Chambers | Goodfellow | Graham | Noble
1943-May-02 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Donkin | Lyster | Marsh | Thomas
1943-May-09 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Coathup | Netherton | Walker | West
1943-May-09 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Coathup | Netherton | Walker | West
1943-May-09 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Coathup | Netherton | Walker | West
1943-May-22 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Strait Of Canso Mulgrave Nova Scotia Names: Hodgins | Plante | Strang | Travers
1943-July-05 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Magdalen Is Names: Mcdonald | Mckay | Turner | Watts
1943-July-15 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Cape Kildare Pei Names: Brelsford | Knetchtel | Lye | Niblett
1943-August-22 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Moncton Aerodrome Names: Lyle | Phaneuf
1943-September-14 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Cape D'espoir Gaspe Names: Bodin | Letawske | Ryan | Smith
1943-October-06 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Cape Kildare Names: Clarke | Hodges | Whateley | Zinger
1943-October-09 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bomter | Ellis | Epplett | Jordison
1943-October-09 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bomter | Ellis | Epplett | Jordison
1943-October-09 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bomter | Ellis | Epplett | Jordison
1943-October-12 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Charlottetown Pei Names: Clark | Fedoruk | Pearman | Riffle
1943-October-14 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Magdalen Islands Names: Hare | Paul | Sorg | Tustin
1943-October-15 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Felstead | Hakewill | Hooper | Pittman | Young
1943-November-18 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gurevitch | Naldrett
1943-November-26 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Trenton Nova Scotia Names: Brown | Edmondson | James | Kelly
1943-November-28 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Mt Pleasant Pei Names: Kedwell | Tree
1943-December-24 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fulford | Watkins
1944-January-03 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bradford | Codd | Dillon | Hamilton | Jeffereys | Land | Piesley | Routledge
1944-January-03 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bradford | Codd | Dillon | Hamilton | Jeffereys | Land | Piesley | Routledge
1944-January-19 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: True Princtown Names: Brulotte | Clermont | Hall | Murray
1944-February-16 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Byrne | Morrison | Nixon | Sly
1944-February-16 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Byrne | Morrison | Nixon | Sly
1944-March-06 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Coleman
1944-March-26 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Rabbit Island CBI Names: Harrison | Mcadam | Stewart
1944-April-03 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Currall
1944-April-04 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bridle | Harbridge | Hardaker | Notar
1944-May-10 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Names: Dubiel | Hayne | Skorecki | Yehie
1944-May-10 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Names: Dubiel | Hayne | Skorecki | Yehie
1944-May-29 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Pei Names: English | Garniss | Kelly | Kenworthy
1944-June-05 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Off St Pierre Et Miquelon Names: Carr | Johnston | Monks | Prentice
1944-June-08 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Inkerman New Brunswick Names: Bell | Carr | Coutts | Juneau
1944-July-03 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Tracadia Nova Scotia Names: Hindles | Joyce | Richardson | Young
1944-August-07 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Cheticamp Cape Breton Names: Astle | Bennett | Burke | Ogilvie
1944-August-27 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Kensington Pei Names: Cullen | Kirby | Weagle | Wedge
1944-August-27 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Kensington Pei Names: Cullen | Kirby | Weagle | Wedge
1944-September-10 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dubois | Heale | Kearsley | Lefebre
1945-January-19 Accident: 1 General Reconnaissance School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bissonette | Clark | Muskatov | Ralston

Unit Casualtues: 1 GRS 1 General Reconnaisance School RCAF (14)

Edward Charles Robert Senior
1942-August-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX168
John Beaver Llewelyn-Roberts
1942-August-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX168
John Vincent Nutter
1942-August-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX168
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lloyd Ernest Burley
1942-August-11
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX168
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
George Patrick Harris
1942-October-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9688
Montreal, Quebec (parents)
Cyril Herbert Bennett
1942-October-29
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I N9688
Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)
William Frederick Thompson
1943-January-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX426
Alexander Russell King
1943-January-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX426
Eric Harold Johnson
1943-January-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX426
Paul Clevland Bernstein
1943-January-05
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I AX426
Bloomingburg, New York, USA
Robert Hearne Cochran
1943-January-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. I 6739
Buffalo, New York, USA
William Arthur James Bennet
1944-August-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. V 11800
Westmount, Quebec