Photograph of Ed Price
Photograph of Ed Price.
Price was a resident of Vaughan and veteran of the RCAF during the Second World War. He was a navigator with the Royal Canadian Bomber Group in England. As part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, the RCAF established special navigator schools. Once recruits passed their training exams (which required high marks and followed them throughout their career), they were promoted to sergeant. Navigators were expected to plan the flight course, making changes as the wind fluctuated. Other factors that could further complicate the role of a navigator included low visibility, sitting above bombs and flares, flying over new territory and/or being attacked from the ground or other planes.
City of Vaughan Archives: M990.23
Photograph of Ed Price
Photograph of Ed Price.
Price was a resident of Vaughan and veteran of the RCAF during the Second World War. He was a navigator with the Royal Canadian Bomber Group in England. As part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, the RCAF established special navigator schools. Once recruits passed their training exams (which required high marks and followed them throughout their career), they were promoted to sergeant. Navigators were expected to plan the flight course, making changes as the wind fluctuated. Other factors that could further complicate the role of a navigator included low visibility, sitting above bombs and flares, flying over new territory and/or being attacked from the ground or other planes.
City of Vaughan Archives: M990.23