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No 4 Air Observer School
Course 78 – Air Bomber

I would like to extend a giant thank you to my friend Mike Anglin for his assistance with this page and his providing copies of the original Graduation Parade Program.

Students Arrived: 

Start Date:

Grad Dinner:

Graduation Parade: 23 July 1943

Graduation Date:

RCAF Station London

Nominal Role

  • Robert V. Allen
  • William M. Anglin
  • George 0. Ball
  • Arthur J. Barnett
  • Richard J. Bennett
  • Edward A. Bentley
  • Jack Bilbe
  • Joseph B. Birkett
  • Herschell L. Brooks
  • Keith S. Caspell
  • Robert H. Cavill
  • William R. Craib
  • Roy L. Davis
  • Francis D. Doyle
  • Bruce Ferguson
  • Bert C. Gilmour
  • Lionel Goodman
  • Allan R. Harpell
  • Timothy A. Harrington
  • James Harris
  • Glen R. Hendry
  • Luke A. Higgins
  • Gerald A. Jamieson
  • Bryant A. Jensen
  • George, W. Kidd
  • Frederick T. Lane
  • William D. Lewis
  • Richard E. MacLaren
  • Eric J. McNiece
  • John Morley
  • David M. Murphy
  • Harper S. Nelson
  • Gordon H. Parker
  • Joseph E. Pepin
  • Joseph F. Poirier
  • Joseph R. Prud’homme
  • Moses Rabovsky
  • Charles H. Smith
  • James W. Steels
  • Wilbert Stephens
  • Claude Weller
  • Charles P. Wilson
  • Frederick Wilson
  • Edward K. Wood
  • Wilbert J. Wray
  • John Zywina

Course Strength

No of Personnel
Original Intake
Transferred from previous course
Transferred to subsequent course
Wastage
Killed in Flying accident
Total graduates

Commissions

No of Personnel
Total

Postings

No of Personnel
No 31 Personnel Depot
Moncton, New Brunswick
No 5 Operational Training Unit
Boundary Bay / Abbotsford, British Columbia
No 1 Aircrew Graduate Training School
Wastage
Total

Photo Gallery

Wings Parade Program – Cover,
Course 71 – Air Navigator and 78 – Air Bomber, No 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario (23 July 1943)
(Source Mike Anglin and Anglin Family Archives)
Wings Parade Program – Leaf 2,
Course 71 – Air Navigator and 78 – Air Bomber, No 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario (23 July 1943)
(Source Mike Anglin and Anglin Family Archives)
Wings Parade Program – Leaf 3,
Course 71 – Air Navigator and 78 – Air Bomber, No 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario (23 July 1943)
(Source Mike Anglin and Anglin Family Archives)
Wings Parade Program – Leaf 4,
Course 71 – Air Navigator and 78 – Air Bomber, No 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario (23 July 1943)
(Source Mike Anglin and Anglin Family Archives)

Notes

  • Wings were presented by Wing Commander W.R. Kingsland
  • Wastage remustered to:

Links

  • Daily Diary
    • Graduation Parade and Disposition

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