31 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School (RAF)

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: 31 BGS 31 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (96)

1941-May-08 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: HD Airport Toronto Names: Swyers | Thomas | Wodehouse
1941-May-13 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Crosby Names: Marsh | Seaton | Shield
1941-May-29 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Picton Airport Names: Potts | Preston
1941-June-13 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Crosley Names: Marsh | Seton | Shields
1941-July-14 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Goodman | Johnson | Safris
1941-August-29 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Runway Of Aerodrome Names: Lean | Martin
1941-September-13 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jones
1941-September-23 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Garrad | Mcevoy | Tayler
1941-October-16 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: South Of Aerodome Names: Pike | Smith | Watters
1941-October-28 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Field Near #1 Target Names: Brown | MacDonald | Saunders
1941-November-16 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Over No 1 Control Tower Names: Fallon | Holland | Rooker | Sason
1941-November-16 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Over No 1 Control Tower Names: Fallon | Holland | Rooker | Sason
1941-December-29 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Beckley | Henley | Morris
1942-January-10 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Picton Aerodrome Names: Dodd | Johnson | Shuck
1942-January-12 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: No 3 Range Names: Cushway | Shaw | Thomas | Wood
1942-January-29 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Milford Names: Adams | Curtis | Haxby
1942-February-12 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: McLeod
1942-February-13 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Picton Aerodrome Names: Gover
1942-February-24 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hicks | Reynolds | Wilson
1942-March-02 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bell | Lambert | Thomas
1942-March-08 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Best | Craft | Little
1942-March-08 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Tarmac In Front Of No 2 Hangar Names: Allen | Matthews | Owen | Reeves | Shelly | Wadiendijen
1942-March-08 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Tarmac In Front Of No 2 Hangar Names: Allen | Matthews | Owen | Reeves | Shelly | Wadiendijen
1942-March-11 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Waupoos Is Names: Best | Burnham | Fulton
1942-March-13 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Picton Aerodrome Names: Firman | Greenwood | Mockford
1942-March-13 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Knight
1942-March-17 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Bombing Range Picton Names: Reay | Richardson | Vaughn
1942-March-24 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mowforth | Tester | Underwood
1942-April-06 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hancock | Holdon | Reay
1942-April-12 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Picton Ontario Names: Jones
1942-April-19 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Marlow | Mowbray | Pickering
1942-May-11 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hards
1942-May-24 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gratton
1942-May-24 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1942-May-28 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Creighton | Hill | Spencer
1942-May-29 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Elsdon | Passey | Pearson
1942-June-08 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Waupoos Is Names: Bloomer | Breeze | Gill
1942-July-19 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: No 4 Range Names: Craig | Fulton | Macauley | Tattersall
1942-July-27 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: No 4 Range Names: Bolton | Gibson | Milne
1942-August-14 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Picton Names: Jones | Kempton-werohie | Pigerham
1942-August-23 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gover | Machin | Whitton
1942-September-29 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brown | Stocks
1942-October-01 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Picton Names: Campbell | Henderson | Holt | Reay | Wellman
1942-October-01 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Picton Names: Campbell | Henderson | Holt | Reay | Wellman
1942-October-02 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Brockville Names: Butt | Girling | Welch
1942-November-14 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Picton Names: Cooper
1942-November-21 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Pt Traverse Names: Neubroch | Slater | Upperton
1942-December-19 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Gravelly Bay PEast County Names: Holt | Spenceley
1943-January-11 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Charlesworth | Falconer | Hughes | Much
1943-February-03 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lister | Shaw
1943-February-15 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Names: Ach | Carroll | Mckellar
1943-February-28 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Picton Airfield Names: Carter | Davies | Fewtrell | Stewart
1943-March-08 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bloomer | Peary | Sowerby
1943-March-09 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Holland | Welch
1943-March-11 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Butcher | Harrison | Herington | Hughes | Tilby
1943-March-11 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Butcher | Harrison | Herington | Hughes | Tilby
1943-March-12 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Henderson | Mckellar
1943-March-13 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bond
1943-May-05 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ellis | Kent | Lawson | Shackleton
1943-May-05 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ellis | Kent | Lawson | Shackleton
1943-May-07 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Couchman | Harper | Skelding
1943-May-18 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Corbet | Lonsdale | Skelding | Spencer | Wright
1943-May-23 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burke | Hare | Hearle | Stocks
1943-May-23 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burke | Hare | Hearle | Stocks
1943-May-24 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Renny | Richardson
1943-May-24 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Renny | Richardson
1943-June-14 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Keeble | Reddiford | Richardson | Walker
1943-June-17 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Castle | Goode | Wise
1943-June-28 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Waupoos Island Names: Brown | Rodger
1943-June-29 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Asker | Atkin | Goodhew | Harrison
1943-July-12 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: SWest Woodrous Names: Joyce | Klimaneck | Marshall | Willers
1943-July-16 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cooke | Higgs | Hughes | Wallinger
1943-July-30 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brown | Haines
1943-November-19 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Currie | Fletcher | Forbes
1943-December-15 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baker | Cowling | Curtis | Fletcher | Francis | Howes
1943-December-15 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baker | Cowling | Curtis | Fletcher | Francis | Howes
1943-December-17 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bee | Cowlon | Dennis | MacDonald | Veitch
1943-December-20 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Carroll | Haines
1943-December-20 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fery | Hislop | Reinbark
1944-January-16 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Rounding | Soothill | Taylor
1944-February-17 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gillan | Hollings | Skelding | Spencer
1944-February-18 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Goode
1944-February-22 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Traverse Road Names: Spikins | Walton
1944-April-13 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burgess
1944-May-11 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Morgans | Scott | Taylor
1944-May-12 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hamel | Stevens | Welch
1944-May-23 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Logan | Rimmer | Smethurst
1944-May-25 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cook | Faulkner | Jeffrey | Smith
1944-June-19 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Murray Canal North Of Connelly Names: Blair | Hutchinson | Marriott | Shaw
1944-July-03 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baillie | Femenias | Kenyon | Ritcher
1944-August-03 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: 1 FES Arnprior Names: Howat | Iverson | King | Watson | Wreford
1944-August-05 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Names: Matthews | Smith | Spackman
1944-August-15 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gardiner | Grainge | Harley
1944-August-16 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Carp Ontario Names: Osburn | Thomas | Warren | Wood
1944-September-16 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cooper | Smith
1944-September-16 Accident: 31 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cooper | Smith

Unit Casualtues: 31 BGS 31 Bombing and Gunnery School RAF (9)

Jean Eugene Battaglia
1941-April-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2712
Seine, France
Kenneth Maescher Armstrong
1941-April-08
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.II 2712
Los Angeles, California, USA
Blyth Kempton-Werohia
1942-August-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I L5427
Te Puke, Auckland, New Zealand
Harry Charles Pigerham
1942-August-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I L5427
David Noel Jones
1942-August-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Battle Mk. I L5427
Noel Edgar Spenceley
1942-December-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Lysander Mk. III TT 1546
James Stephen Holt
1942-December-30
Killed in Flying Accident
Lysander Mk. III TT 1546
Raymond Cecil Evans Brown
1943-June-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Anson Mk. II 7207