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No 2 AOS Air Observers School Edmonton
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(From 10 Jan to 23 Feb ’43)
Bill was part of the No 67 Air Bombers course of approximately 30 trainees. We are fortunate to
have not only a photo of the AOS aircrew trainees but also an extract of the Edmonton AOS site
newspaper (“The Observer”) which briefly describes many of the individuals. There were five
Australians and two New Zealanders in the group. Others came from Canada, the UK, the U.S.A.
plus Bernard “Ichy” Inachin (not present in the photo below) who was from southwestern Russia.
Bill’s Air Bomber (Observer) 67B Training Group (Graduates)
The Edmonton Daily Records show the photo above with the following description:
In Bill’s writing the individuals in his training group are identified by nationality as follows:
C = Canadian; A = Australian, N = Norwegian; E = English; I = Irish; NZ = New Zealand;
USA = United States of America; From Left to Right in the photo:
