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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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1 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School (RCAF) ( 40)

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.

1944 Navigation chart showing RCAF Jarvis and surrounding area. from: http://www.flightontario.com/BCATP/bcatp-schools.htm

RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Jarvis Ontario

General RCAF Jarvis Blog

1940-08-19

Primary Location Jarvis Ontario Canada Now site of Imperial Oil Refinery

Leading Aircraftman

Barber, Frederick George

Killed in Flying Accident

1941‑12‑09

Battle (1814)

Leading Aircraftman

Best, Gordon Cooper

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑07‑03

Anson (6086)

Flying Officer

Bounds, Edwin Jackson

Killed in Flying Accident

1941‑12‑09

Battle (1814)

Vossburg, Mississippi, USA

Leading Aircraftman

Boyd, Joseph Arthur William

Killed in Flight Line Accident

1940‑11‑19

Battle (1670)

Westmount, Quebec

Leading Aircraftman

Burke, Gordon Cragg

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑08‑18

Anson (8207)

Toronto, Ontario

Leading Aircraftman

Burnep, Harold Philip

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑07‑23

Bolingbroke (9113)

Toronto, Ontario

Aircraftman 1st Class

Deebank, Percy John

Died

1940‑11‑08

()

Cornwall, Ontario

Corporal

Doan, William Cecil

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑01‑03

Bolingbroke (9964)

Longwood, Ontario

Leading Aircraftman

Gray, John Samuel Willis

Killed in Flying Accident

1941‑12‑09

Battle (1814)

Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Pilot Officer

Green, John Howard

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑07‑31

Lysander (2317)

Delaware, Ontario

Sergeant

Hawke, Frederick Joseph

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑09‑09

Bolingbroke (9098)

St Thomas, Ontario

Leading Aircraftman

Hayes, Arthur Raymond

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑06‑15

Anson (7339)

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Leading Aircraftman

Holgate, John Arthur

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑06‑15

Anson (7339)

Edmonton, Alberta

Leading Aircraftman

Innes, Frederick Earl

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑06‑15

Anson (7339)

Norwood, Ontario

Sergeant

Jackson, Gordon Bert

Killed in Vehicle Accident

1941‑09‑17

()

Gadsby, Alberta

Leading Aircraftman

Kearney, John Henry

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑06‑15

Anson (7566)

Toronto, Ontario

Leading Aircraftman

Killick, Ronald William Gillingham

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑09‑09

Bolingbroke (9098)

LacoIle, Quebec

Leading Aircraftman

Kirkby, Warren Milton

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑08‑18

Battle (1604)

Birchton, Quebec

Leading Aircraftman

Lefurgey, John Alfred

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑08‑18

Anson (8207)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Sergeant

McCrank, Robert Neil

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑09‑09

Bolingbroke (9098)

Cobalt, Ontario

Leading Aircraftman

McNabb, Ray

Killed in Flying Accident

1941‑07‑06

Battle (1803)

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Morehouse, Ira Bertrum

Killed in Vehicle Accident

1941‑10‑30

()

Little River, Digby County, Nova Scotia

Aircraftman 1st Class

Murphy, Joseph Carroll

Died

1942‑05‑31

()

Morell, Prince Edward Island

Flying Officer

Norbury, Edward Blake

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑06‑15

Anson (7566)

Windsor, Ontario

Flying Officer

Perley-Martin, Thomas Henry

Killed in Flying Accident

1945‑01‑07

Anson (7013)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Flying Officer

Poole, Maxwell Boyer

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑08‑18

Anson (8207)

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Leading Aircraftman

Reed, Archibald Campbell

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑08‑18

Battle (1604)

Colborne, Ontario

Leading Aircraftman

Samuel, Hector Patrick

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑06‑15

Anson (7566)

Montreal, Quebec

Leading Aircraftman

Schwartz, Solwyn Saunder

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑07‑23

Bolingbroke (9113)

Port Chester, New York, USA

Corporal

Scott, Doris Helen

Suicide

1942‑10‑22

()

Montreal, Quebec

Pilot Officer

Slater, Kenneth

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑07‑23

Bolingbroke (9113)

Leading Aircraftman

Smith, James Alexander

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑06‑15

Anson (7566)

Three Rivers, Quebec

Leading Aircraftman

Taggart, Charles

Killed in Flying Accident

1941‑07‑06

Battle (1803)

Flight Sergeant

Troutbeck, George Roland

Killed in Flying Accident

1943‑01‑03

Bolingbroke (9964)

Auckland City, New Zealand

Sergeant

Wade, Norman

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑09

Lysander (2325)

Leading Aircraftman

Waller, Robert

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑07‑03

Anson (6086)

Flight Sergeant

Watts, John Bradford

Killed in Flying Accident

1944‑07‑03

Anson (6086)

Sergeant

Whitehead, John William

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑08‑18

Battle (1604)

Kaeo, Aukland, New Zealand

Leading Aircraftman

Williams, John Strainer

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑07‑23

Bolingbroke (9113)

Leading Aircraftman

Winfield, George Norman

Killed in Flying Accident

1942‑11‑09

Lysander (2325)

Port Rowan, Ontario

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

1 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School (RCAF) ( 40)

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