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"A" Able flying through the Eiffel Tower? (although this event likely happened, this photograph is likely fake.) It is signed by the late Bill Bryant RAF who was the navigator of that aircraft piloted by Bob Boorman RCAF. The caption reads "This Stars Stripes photograph was taken on 14 September 1944 and shows a Mosquito Mk XIII of 409 Squadron RCAF. Pilot - W/O Bob Boorman RCAF Navigator F/S Bill Bryant RAF Flying through the Eiffel Tower."
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4 AOS- Air Observer School (RCAF) ( 10)

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.

NO4 AOS London 1942

The School was established at London, Ontario. The former school is now the London, Ontario International Airport.

More information on the RCAF Station at London can be found at

RCAF Roundel RCAF.Info - RCAF Station London ON

YouTube YouTube - Teamwork Unlimited 1944

Project 44 BCATP

General Project 44 BCATP

YouTube YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy

1940-11-25

Primary Location London ON Canada Now site of London Airport CYXU

Canada

Leading Aircraftman

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑03

Anson (6341)

Guelph, Ontario

Canada

Sergeant

Brown, William John

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑05‑14

Anson (7064)

Theodore, Saskatchewan

Canada

Pilot Officer

Griffin, Frederick Alfred

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑03

Anson (6341)

Whitevale, Ontario

Canada

Civilian

Jones, Donald Gray

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑08‑04

Anson (6839)

Norway

Civilian Pilot

Killed in Flying Accident

1941‑09‑02

Anson (6141)

Canada

Flight Sergeant

Nelson, Dana Anthony

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑05‑14

Anson (7064)

Mosherville, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Canada

Leading Aircraftman

Quinlan, Jeremiah Wren

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑03

Anson (6341)

Toronto, Ontario

Civilian Pilot

Reain, Robert Wilfred

Killed in Flying Accident

1941‑09‑02

Anson (6141)

Civilian

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑03

Anson (6341)

Canada

Leading Aircraftman

Spooner, Kenneth Gerald

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑05‑14

Anson (7064)

Smiths Falls, Ontario

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