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3 AOS- Air Observer School (RCAF) ( 4)

Air Observers were later called "navigators". For recruits in this stream, the training path after ITS was 8 weeks at an Air Observer School (AOS), 1 month at a Bombing & Gunnery School, and finally 1 month at a Navigation School. The Air Observer schools were operated by civilians under contract to the RCAF. For example, Nos. 7, 8, and 9 were run by CP Airlines. However, the instructors were RCAF. The basic navigation techniques throughout the war years were dead reckoning and visual pilotage, and the tools were the aeronautical chart, magnetic compass, watch, trip log, pencil, Douglas protractor, and Dalton Navigational Computer. They trained in the Avro Anson.
Pilot Officer C. Miall, No. 3 Air Observer School, Regina, 1940

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    • NO3 AOS started to move to Pearce AB 12 September 1942 however this plan was short lived and the portion of the unit that had moved initially returned to Regina.

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    • 1940-09-16 Primary Location Regina SK Canada Current site of Regina International Airport CYQR
    1940-09-16 Relief Field Brora, SK Canada Abandoned possible grass runway
    1942-09-12 Primary Location Pearce AB Canada Airport abandoned still visible on satellite imagery.
    Civilian
    Bowman, P
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1942‑08‑21
    Anson (6877)
     
    Leading Aircraftman
    Davidson, Leonard Harold
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1942‑08‑21
    Anson (6877)
    Regina, Saskatchewan
    Leading Aircraftman
    Douglas, William Wallace
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1942‑08‑21
    Anson (6877)
    Vancouver, British Columbia
    Sergeant
    Insall, Leonard Allen
    Killed in Flying Accident
    1942‑08‑21
    Anson (6877)
     

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