BOMB, AIR TO SURFACE

Description: STEEL JACKET WITH HANGING RING & TAIL FIN. PAINTED WHITE WITH GREY UNDERCOAT. EXTENSIVE SURFACE CORROSION. TAIL FIN HOUSING BENT. EXTENDED LENGTH OF SHAFT BETWEEN HOUSING & TAIL FIN, ABOUT TWO INCHES.

History: PRACTICE BOMB USED AT NO.8 BOMBING & GUNNERY SCHOOL LETHBRIDGE DURING W.W.II. BOMBS RELEASED SMOKE WHICH HELPED TRAINING CREWS DETERMINE ACCURACY OF BOMBING. BOMBS WERE COLLECTED & REUSED. DONOR TRAINED AT LETHBRIDGE WHICH WAS 1 OF MANY SITES ACROSS CANADA THAT TRAINED AIR CREW FOR W.W.II AS PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN. DONOR BORN IN MAY 20 1922 IN GLADSTONE N.B., ENLISTED OCT.22 1942 & POSTED TO BRANDON MAN. EARLY JAN. 1943 ENTERED WAR TIME MERGENCY TRAINING PROGRAMME, WINNIPEG MAN. MAR. 27 1943, POSTED TO NO. 7 BOMBING & GUNNERY SCHOOL, TARMAC DUTY PAULSON MAN., FOLLOWED BY #7 INITIAL TRAINING SCHOOL, SASKATOON & THEN TO #8 BOMBING & GUNNERY SCHOOL AT LETHBRIDGE AB. IN OCT, 1943. THEN TO #2 AIR OBSERVER SCHOOL AT EDMONTON IN FEB. 1944. GRADUATED SARGENT AIR BOMBER MAR. 24 1944. SAILED FROM HALIFAX JUNE 2 1944, TO ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL MILAM ENGLAND. ACTIVE DUTY FROM AUG. 1944 UNTIL AUG 1945, WHEN RETURNED TO CANADA, DISCHARGED OCT. 1, 1945 AT WINNIPEG AS WARRANT OFFICER.