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(BCATP) in Canada. The BCATP was a major program for training Allied air crews during

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that was administered by the

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, and commanded by the

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with the assistance of a board of representatives from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.Hatch 1983 Schools and facilities were set up at 231 locations across Canada.Forsyth, Bruce
"A Short History of Abandoned and Downsized Canadian Military Bases."
''Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth'', 1998. Retrieved: 24 August 2013. Many of these facilities were airfields. In December 1939 the Canadian government identified 24 existing airfields that could be used, leaving 80 new ones to be built. Classroom facilities with residences were commandeered from universities, colleges, and other provincial institutions. Basic training facilities were commandeered from private schools and municipal governments. These "borrowed" facilities were augmented with new construction as required.For example, Wireless Schools required a shooting range. At No. 4 WS in Guelph, an "armament building" was constructed on the Ontario Agricultural College grounds.

Planning and operation of facilities

There were four phases to the acquisition, construction, and operation of BCATP facilities: *the beginning as specified in the Riverdale Agreement of 17 December 1939 *an expansion as a result of the move of RAF facilities to Canada starting in July 1940After the Fall of France the British government decided to move RAF assets out of the United Kingdom to Canada together with their RAF personnel. The first unit to move was No. 7 Service Flying Training School from Peterborough, England, which sailed for Canada on 29 August 1940. No. 7 re-opened on 7 October 1940 at

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as No. 31 SFTS. All the RAF schools moved to Canada were given numbers with "31" or above to distinguish them from the original BCATP schools. The RCAF controlled their administration and operations. Starting in 1942 the RAF schools officially became part of the BCATP An example of this is the Elementary Flying Training School at De Winton, Alberta. It began as a transplanted RAF school run by RAF personnel. It opened on 18 June 1941 as No. 31 EFTS. On 13 July 1942 it was taken over by the Toronto Flying Club under contract to the RCAF. * an expansion as a result of the Ottawa conference of May and June 1942 * closures as a result of the decision to begin winding down in November 1943 and terminate the plan on 29 March 1945 BCATP activities were managed through four ''Training Commands''. Each command was responsible for activities in a region of Canada: *No. 1

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,Headquarters was at Prudential House, 55 York St., Toronto covered southern

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, covered northwestern

, all of

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, and part of

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and the

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, covered most of

, and all of

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and

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: moved to

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, in October 1941

Manning Depots

Trainees began their military careers at a Manning DepotLougheed 2002. where they learned to bathe, shave, shine boots, polish buttons, maintain their uniforms, and otherwise behave in the required manner. There were two hours of physical education every day and instruction in marching, rifle drill, foot drill, saluting, and other routines. Remedial high school education was offered to bring 17- and 18-year-old trainees up to the RCAF academic level. There was also a standard aptitude test: the RCAF Classification Test. After four or five weeks, a selection committee decided whether the trainee would be placed in the aircrew or groundcrew stream. Aircrew "Wireless Air Gunner" candidates went directly to a Wireless School. "Air Observer" and "Pilot" aircrew candidates went to an Initial Training School. Trainees were often assigned "tarmac duty" to keep busy. Some were sent to factories to count nuts and bolts; others were sent to flying schools and other RCAF facilities to guard things, clean things, paint things, and polish things. Tarmac duty could last several months or more. The No. 1 Manning Depot in Toronto was the Coliseum Building on the

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grounds, which accommodated up to 5,000 personnel. *No. 1

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Brandon, Manitoba Brandon () is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and east of the ...

, moved to

Swift Current, Saskatchewan Swift Current is the fifth largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated along the Trans Canada Highway west of Moose Jaw, and east of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Swift Current grew 6.8% between 2011 and 2016, ending up at ...

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*No. 3

Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anch ...

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,No. 6 was opened at the original site of Havergal College, 354 Jarvis St., Toronto ( Women's Division, October 1941 – May 1942)Ziegler 1973. *No. 7 Rockcliffe, Ontario ( Women's Division, Fall 1942) *No. 8

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(4 January 1943-1 June 1943)

Aircrew training facilities

Initial Training Schools

Pilot and Air Observer candidates began their 26- or 28-week training program with four weeks at an Initial Training School (ITS).Scherer 1941, pp. 4–8.Dunmore 1994, They studied theoretical subjects and were subjected to a variety of tests. Theoretical studies included navigation, theory of flight, meteorology, duties of an officer, air force administration, algebra, and trigonometry. Tests included an interview with a psychiatrist, the 4 hour long M2 physical examination, a session in a decompression chamber, and a "test flight" in a

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as well as academics. At the end of the course the postings were announced. Occasionally candidates were re-routed to the Wireless Air Gunner stream at the end of ITS. *No. 1 Eglinton Hunt Club, Toronto, Ontario *No. 2 Regina College & Regina Normal School,

*No. 3 Sacred Heart College,

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*No. 4 Edmonton Normal School,

*No. 5 Ontario Provincial School for the Deaf,

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*No. 6 Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario *No. 7

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& Bedford Road Collegiate,

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Elementary Flying Training Schools

An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the

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, Fleet Finch, or

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over 8 weeks. Elementary schools were operated by civilian flying clubs under contract to the RCAF and most of the instructors were civilians. For example, No. 12 EFTS Goderich was run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Flying Club and the County of Huron Flying Club. The next step for a pilot was the Service Flying Training School. *No. 1 Malton, Ontario (Moth) *No. 2

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(Moth) *No. 3

London, Ontario London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximat ...

(Finch) *No. 4 Windsor Mills, Quebec, (Finch and Moth) at Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton, Quebecbr>Picture
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, moved to

High River, Alberta High River is a town within the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. It is approximately south of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23. High River had a population of 14,324 in 2021. History The community take ...

(Moth and Cornell) *No. 6

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada, after Saskatoon and Regina. It is situated near the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway to the North" because ...

(Moth and Cornell) *No. 7

Windsor, Ontario Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southe ...

(Finch, Cornell) *No. 8

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The ...

(Moth) *No. 9

St. Catharines, Ontario St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...

(Moth) *No. 10

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of ...

, moved to Pendleton, Ontario (Moth, Finch and Cornell at Pendleton) *No. 11

Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec Cap-de-la-Madeleine is a former city in Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and the St. Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into the City of Trois-Rivières in 2002. Population (2006 census) 33,022. History Cap-de-la-M ...

(Finch and Cornell) *No. 12

Goderich, Ontario Goderich ( or ) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by John Galt and William "Tiger" Dunlop of the Canada Company in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named af ...

(Finch) *No. 13 St. Eugene, Ontario(Finch, Cornell) *No. 14

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. As of 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area of the city was . Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada ...

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Stanley, Nova Scotia Stanley is a community located in the East Hants municipal district, Hants County, Nova Scotia. Stanley is most famous as the birthplace of the acclaimed Canadian poet Alden Nowlan. History Stanley's first settler was New England planter Joh ...

(Finch and Moth) *No. 18 Boundary Bay, British Columbia (Moth) *No. 19

Virden, Manitoba Virden is a town in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. Oil was first discovered in 1951, and Virden has since come to be known as the "Oil Capital of Manitoba". History Virden has its roots as a farming community known as Gopher Creek. However, it b ...

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Oshawa, Ontario Oshawa ( , also ; 2021 population 175,383; Census Metropolitan Area, CMA 415,311) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of Downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the ...

(Moth, Cornell) *No. 21

Chatham, New Brunswick Chatham is an urban neighbourhood in the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to municipal amalgamation in 1995, Chatham was an incorporated town in Northumberland County along the south bank of the Miramichi River opposite Douglasto ...

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L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec L'Ancienne-Lorette is a city in central Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of and an enclave within Quebec City. It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, 2002 as part of a 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, but, after a 2004 referen ...

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Davidson, Saskatchewan Davidson is a town in south central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located south-east of Saskatoon beside provincial highway 11 as well as Highway 44, in the rural municipality of Arm River. It is located approximately halfway between Saskatoo ...

, moved to

Yorkton, Saskatchewan Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is about 450 kilometres north-west of Winnipeg and 300 kilometres south-east of Saskatoon and is the sixth largest city in the province. As of 2017 the census population of ...

; operated by the

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. (Cornell) *No. 24

Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford is a city located in British Columbia, adjacent to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser River. With an estimated population of 153,524 people it is the largest municipality in the province outside metro ...

(Cornell) *No. 25

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; originally No. 34 RAF (Cornell) *No. 26

Neepawa, Manitoba Neepawa is a town in Manitoba, Canada located on the Yellowhead Highway at the intersection with Highway 5. its population was 5,685. Neepawa was incorporated as a town in 1883. It is bordered by the Municipality of North Cypress – Langford a ...

; originally No. 35 RAF (Moth) *No. 31 DeWinton, Alberta (Moth, Stearman and Cornell) *No. 32

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(Moth, Stearman and Cornell) *No. 33 Caron, Saskatchewan (Cornell) *No. 34

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(Moth and Cornell) *No. 36 Pearce, Alberta (Moth and Stearman)

Service Flying Training Schools

Instructor and student with North American Harvard II aircraft

Graduates of the EFTS "learn-to-fly" program went on a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) for 16 weeks. For the first 8 weeks the trainee was part of an intermediate training squadron; for the next 6 weeks an advanced training squadron and for the final 2 weeks training was conducted at a Bombing & Gunnery School. The Service schools were military establishments run by the RCAF or the RAF. There were two different types of Service Flying Training Schools. Trainees in the fighter pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 14 Aylmer, where they trained in the

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. Trainees in the bomber, coastal or transport pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 5 Brantford where they learned multi-engine technique in an

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Avro Anson The Avro Anson is a British twin-engined, multi-role aircraft built by the aircraft manufacturer Avro. Large numbers of the type served in a variety of roles for the Royal Air Force (RAF), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ...

or Cessna Crane. *No. 1

Camp Borden, Ontario Canadian Forces Base Borden (also CFB Borden, French: Base des Forces canadiennes Borden or BFC Borden), formerly RCAF Station Borden, is a large Canadian Forces base located in Ontario. The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, CF ...

(Harvard and Yale) *No. 2 Uplands, Ontario (Harvard and Yale) *No. 3

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Brantford, Ontario Brantford ( 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by Brant County, but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully independe ...

(Anson) *No. 6

Dunnville, Ontario Dunnville is an unincorporated community located near the mouth of the Grand River in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada near the historic Talbot Trail. It was formerly an incorporated town encompassing the surrounding area with a total populat ...

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Fort MacLeod, Alberta Fort Macleod ( ) is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It was originally named Macleod to distinguish it from the North-West Mounted Police barracks (Fort Macleod, built 1874) it had grown around. The fort was named in honour of the then Commis ...

(Anson) *No. 8

Moncton, New Brunswick Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. The ...

History of Moncton (Anson and Harvard) *No. 9

Summerside, Prince Edward Island Summerside is a Canadian city in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is the second largest city in the province and the primary service centre for the western part of the island. History Summerside was officially incorporated as a town on ...

, moved to

Centralia, Ontario South Huron is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the southern part of Huron County. It was formed by amalgamation of the townships of Stephen and Usborne with the Town of Exeter in 2001, in an Ontario-wide municipal ...

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Dauphin, Manitoba Dauphin () is a city in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of 8,457 as of the 2016 Canadian Census, with an additional 2,388 living in the surrounding Rural Municipality of Dauphin (RM), for a total of 10,845 in the RM and city combined. The ci ...

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(Crane and Anson) *No. 13 St. Hubert, Quebec, moved to

North Battleford, Saskatchewan North Battleford is a city in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the seventh largest city in the province and is directly across the North Saskatchewan River from the Town of Battleford. Together, the two communities are known as "The Bat ...

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Aylmer, Ontario Aylmer is a town in Elgin County in southern Ontario, Canada, just north of Lake Erie, on Catfish Creek. It is south of Highway 401. Aylmer is surrounded by Malahide Township. History In October 1817, John Van Patter, an immigrant from New ...

(Anson, Harvard, Yale, and Supermarine Walrus)McIntyre 1979, pp. 67–86. *No. 15

Claresholm, Alberta Claresholm is a town located within southern Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 2, approximately northwest of the City of Lethbridge and south of the City of Calgary. One of the Famous Five involved in the Persons Case, Louise McKinne ...

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Hagersville, Ontario Hagersville is a community in Haldimand County, Ontario in Canada. Location and airports *Hagersville is approximately southwest of Hamilton, Ontario, southwest of Caledonia, Ontario, and northeast of Port Dover, Ontario. *Hagersville's ne ...

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Gimli, Manitoba Gimli is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Gimli on the west side of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. The community's first European settlers were Icelanders who were part of the New Iceland settlement in Manitoba. The com ...

(Anson and Harvard) *No. 19 Vulcan, Alberta (Anson) *No. 31

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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians ...

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Carberry, Manitoba Carberry is a town in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. It is situated 3 kilometres south of the Trans-Canada Highway on Highway 5 in the Municipality of North Cypress – Langford, and has a population of 1,738 people. Economy Carberry and the sur ...

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Medicine Hat, Alberta Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff to the northwest are withi ...

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Estevan, Saskatchewan Estevan is the eighth-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The Souris River runs by the city. This city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5. History Th ...

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Weyburn, Saskatchewan Weyburn is the eleventh-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 10,870. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital of Regina and is north from the North Dakota border in the United States. The ...

(Anson and Harvard)

Air Observer Schools

Air Observers were later called "navigators". For recruits in this stream, the training path after ITS was 8 weeks at an Air Observer School (AOS), 1 month at a Bombing & Gunnery School, and finally 1 month at a Navigation School. The Air Observer schools were operated by civilians under contract to the RCAF. For example, Nos. 7, 8, and 9 were run by CP Airlines. However, ''the instructors were RCAF''. The basic navigation techniques throughout the war years were

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and visual

pilotage Piloting or pilotage is the process of navigating on water or in the air using fixed points of reference on the sea or on land, usually with reference to a nautical chart or aeronautical chart to obtain a fix of the position of the vessel or ai ...

, and the tools were the aeronautical chart, magnetic compass, watch, trip log, pencil, Douglas protractor, and Dalton Navigational Computer.Stewart 1979, pp. 38–43. They trained in the Avro Anson. *No. 1 Malton, Ontario *No. 2

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Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal. It is situated on the west bank of the Richelieu River at the northernmost navigable point of Lake Champlain. As of De ...

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Bombing and Gunnery Schools

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.For example, the aeronautical chart for 1 B&GS Jarvis shows a 140 square mile main range over Lake Erie, and 3 or 4 small "target zones" on land near the shoreline. These ranges start at Grant Point and end at Turkey Point. The Avro Anson,

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Bristol Bolingbroke The Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke is a maritime patrol aircraft and trainer used by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Built by Fairchild-Canada, it was a license-built version of the Bristol Blenheim Mk IV bomber. De ...

, and

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were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools. *No. 1

Jarvis, Ontario Jarvis is a small community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. This community is located near the towns of Simcoe, Townsend, Cayuga, Port Dover and Hagersville. Highway 3 and Highway 6 form a crossroads near the centre of the communit ...

*No. 2

Mossbank, Saskatchewan Mossbank is a town in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The town is south of Old Wives Lake and 68 km south of Moose Jaw. History Mossbank was incorporated in 1912 as an extension of the railroad from Expanse. The townsite was ch ...

*No. 3

Macdonald, Manitoba Macdonald is an unincorporated community in Manitoba northwest of Portage la Prairie. The Post Office opened in 1884 on section 33, township 12, range 8 west of the Prime Meridian. Originally known as Drumconner, it changed to its present name in ...

*No. 4

Fingal, Ontario Fingal is a small community near the north shore of Lake Erie 12 km southwest of St. Thomas, Ontario, St. Thomas, Ontario, located within the township of Southwold, Ontario, Southwold in Elgin County, Ontario, Elgin County. Located in Fingal i ...

*No. 5

Dafoe, Saskatchewan Dafoe ( 2016 population: ) is a special service area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308 and Census Division No. 10. It was a village prior to August 2018. Dafoe is located east of the int ...

*No. 6 Mountain View, Ontario *No. 7

Paulson, Manitoba Paulson is a locality in Manitoba, Canada. It is located southeast of Dauphin and northwest of Winnipeg. Paulson lies within the Rural Municipality of Dauphin. Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF Station Paulson was the site of British Commonwe ...

*No. 8

*No. 9

Mont-Joli, Quebec Mont-Joli () is a city in the La Mitis Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is the county seat. The city is located east of Rimouski near the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. History In ...

*No. 10

Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island Mount Pleasant is a Canadian rural community located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. The name "Mount Pleasant" was selected at a public meeting on November 1, 1862, and was formally recognized in ''Place Names of Prince Edward Island'' in ...

*No. 31

Picton, Ontario Picton is an unincorporated community located in Prince Edward County in southeastern Ontario, roughly east of Toronto. It is the county's largest community and former seat located at the southwestern end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of ...

Air Navigation Schools

Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers. The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools. *No. 1

Trenton, Ontario Trenton (2001 population 16,770) is a large unincorporated community in Central Ontario in the municipality of Quinte West, Ontario, Canada. Located on the Bay of Quinte, it is the starting point for the Trent-Severn Waterway, which continues n ...

moved to

Rivers, Manitoba Rivers is an unincorporated urban community in the Riverdale Municipality within the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located northwest of Brandon, above sea level. It is within the Westman Region (Southwestern Manitoba). Agriculture, hea ...

and redesignated Central Navigation School *No. 2

Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick Pennfield Ridge is a Canadian unincorporated community in Charlotte County, New Brunswick. History * Pennfield Ridge's parish was founded by the Quakers in 1786 and named for William Penn (1644-1718), founder of Pennsylvania. *Pennfield Ridg ...

(Anson) *No. 31 Port Albert, Ontario (Anson) *No. 32

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in 1 ...

*No. 33

(Anson) *No. 2

Wireless Schools

Trainees in the "Wireless Air Gunner" (WAG) stream spent 24 weeks at a Wireless School learning the theory and application of wireless communications. This included signalling with lights and flags as well as radio. Their "WAG" training was completed with four weeks at a Bombing & Gunnery School. *No. 1

moved to Mount Hope, Ontario (Norseman, Moth, Stinson 105) *No. 2

(Harvard and Fort) *No. 3

(Moth, Stinson 105) *No. 4

Guelph, Ontario Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Well ...

(Moth)

Naval Air Gunner School

No. 1

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Yarmouth is a town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. A port town, industries include fishing, and tourism. It is the terminus of a ferry service to Bar Harbor, Maine, run by Bay Ferries. History Originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, the reg ...

(Swordfish)

Flight Engineers' School

The flight engineer was the member of a heavy bomber aircrew responsible for monitoring the fuel, electrical systems and the engines. He also controlled the throttle settings and was the pilot's "assistant". Flight engineers were not co-pilots but they had some flying training and were expected to be able to take over the controls in the event the pilot was killed or disabled. No. 1

(Halifax)

General Reconnaissance Schools

The General Reconnaissance School trained pilots and air observers in the techniques required for ocean patrol. It was the equivalent to an Operational Training Unit (OTU), and last stop before aircrew were assigned to operations. The topics included DR Navigation, Astro Navigation, Compasses and Instruments, Meteorology, Signals, Reconnaissance, Coding, Ship Recognition,

Aerial Photography Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms. When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial videography. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing airc ...

, and Visual Signals.

Flight Lieutenant Flight lieutenant is a junior Officer (armed forces)#Commissioned officers, commissioned rank in air forces that use the Royal Air Force (RAF) RAF officer ranks, system of ranks, especially in Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries. I ...

(F/L) R. E. MacBride from No. 162 (BR) Squadron RCAF trained at No. 1 GR.Milberry 2010. Aircrew spent nine weeks at a General Reconnaissance School. * No. 1 General Reconnaissance School RCAF (

) (Anson) *No. 31

(Anson)

Operational Training Units

The Operational Training Unit (OTU) was the last stop for aircrew trainees. They spent 8 to 14 weeks learning to fly operational aircraft (

Hawker Hurricane The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness b ...

Fairey Swordfish The Fairey Swordfish is a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. It was also us ...

, e.g.). The instructors had experience in actual operations, and often were posted to OTUs after their operational tour. *No. 1 Bagotville, Quebec (Hurricane) *No. 3 Patricia Bay, British Columbia (Canso, Catalina)Wikene 1979, pp. 47–54. *No. 5 Boundary Bay, British Columbia and

(

Consolidated B-24 Liberator The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models des ...

North American Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in ...

) *No. 31

Debert, Nova Scotia Debert () (2006 pop: 1,471) is an unincorporated farming community in Nova Scotia, Canada. Located in the central-western part of Colchester County, it is approximately west of Truro. The community has two churches ( United Baptist Church and ...

redesignated No. 7 OTU (

Lockheed Hudson The Lockheed Hudson is a light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built by the American Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. It was initially put into service by the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and p ...

de Havilland Mosquito The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the World War II, Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden ...

, Anson) *No. 32 Patricia Bay, British Columbia moved to

Comox, British Columbia Comox () is a town on the southern coast of the Comox Peninsula in the Strait of Georgia on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Thousands of years ago, the warm dry summers, mild winters, fertile soil, and abundant sea life ...

and redesignated No. 6 OTU and moved to

Greenwood, Nova Scotia Greenwood is a village located in the western part of Kings County in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. History Greenwood was a small hamlet south of the Dominion Atlantic Railway's Kingston Station. In 1942, the Royal Air Force established ...

(

Bristol Beaufort The Bristol Beaufort (manufacturer designation Type 152) is a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber. At le ...

Handley Page Hampden The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden is a British twin-engine medium bomber that was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was part of the trio of large twin-engine bombers procured for the RAF, joining the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and Vickers ...

, Swordfish, Anson) *No. 34

(Ventura) *No. 36

redesignated No. 8 OTU (Hudson, Mosquito)

Central Flying School

The Central Flying School was located at

Central Navigation School

The Central Navigation School was located at

(Anson).

Instrument Navigation School

The Instrument Navigation School was located near

Deseronto, Ontario Deseronto is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, in Hastings County, located at the mouth of the Napanee River on the shore of the Bay of Quinte, on the northern side of Lake Ontario. The town was named for Captain John Deseronto, a nat ...

Flying Instructor Schools

*No. 1

*No. 2 Vulcan, Alberta, moved to Pearce, Alberta *No. 3

Arnprior, Ontario Arnprior is a town in Renfrew County, in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. It is located west of Downtown Ottawa, at the confluence of the Madawaska River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. Arnprior has experienced sig ...

Relief landing fields

Every principal airfield (e.g. EFTS or SFTS) had one or two relief airfields located within 10–15 km. The No. 1 Relief Airfield is called "R1" in RCAF Station diaries. Some of the relief fields were paved, some were just grass, and some had hangars, barracks, and maintenance facilities. For example, trainees at No. 14 SFTS Aylmer moved to their R1 at Yarmouth Centre for the last four weeks of their course (radio, bombing, and gunnery). RCAF Burtch 2016

Airdrie, Alberta Airdrie ( ) is a city in Alberta, Canada within the Calgary Region. It is located north of Calgary within the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor at the intersection of Queen Elizabeth II Highway (Highway 2) and Highway 567. The City of Airdrie i ...

– R1 for No. 3 SFTS Calgary *

Alliston, Ontario Alliston is a settlement in Simcoe County in the Canadian province of Ontario. It has been part of the Town of New Tecumseth since the 1991 amalgamation of Alliston and nearby villages of Beeton, Tottenham, and the Township of Tecumseth. The p ...

– R2 for No. 1 SFTS Camp Borden "Map: Toronto-Ottawa, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', 9 March 1943. *

Blackfalds, Alberta Blackfalds is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located along Highway 2A 13.5 km north of Red Deer. The town's name, Waghorn (for Walter Waghorn, post master), changed in 1903 to Blackfalds, after Blackfalds, a Scottish hamlet. Dem ...

– R2 for No. 36 SFTS Penhold * Boharm, Saskatchewan – R1 for No. 33 EFTS Caron "Map: Swift Current-Regina, June 1942. * Brada, Saskatchewan – R2 for No. 15 EFTS Regina * Brora, Saskatchewan – R1 for No. 35 and No. 13 SFTF North Battleford * Burtch, Ontario – R1 for No. 5 SFTS Brantford and principal field for No. 4 Wireless School Guelph. *

Buttress, Saskatchewan Buttress was built in 1940 as the relief landing field for RCAF Station Moose Jaw and Royal Air Force's, No. 32 Service Flying Training School that was stationed there. These fields were used for practice circuits and also as an emergency al ...

– R1 for No. 32 SFTS Moose Jaw * Carp, Ontario – R1 for No. 2 SFTS Ottawa RCAF Cayuga Airfield

Cayuga, Ontario Cayuga ( ) is an unincorporated community and county seat of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada located at the intersection of Highway 3 (Ontario), Highway 3 and Munsee Street and along the Grand River (Ontario), Grand River. Cayuga is about a 20-mi ...

– R1 for No. 16 SFTS Hagersville"Map: Toronto-Windsor, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', 21 January 1944. *

Champion, Alberta Champion is a village in southern Alberta, Canada within Vulcan County. It is located on Highway 23, approximately north of Lethbridge and south of Calgary. History Homesteaders began arriving in the Champion area in 1904 and 1905, mainly ...

– R2 for No. 19 SFTS Vulcan"Map: Banff-Bassano, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', 24 March 1944. * Chandler, Saskatchewan – Relief for No. 38 SFTS Estevan"Map: Indian Head-Brandon, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', 20 October 1944. RCAF Chater Relief Hangar

Chater, Manitoba Chater is an unincorporated area in the Rural Municipality of Cornwallis in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located near Brandon, Manitoba Brandon () is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in th ...

– R1 for No. 12 SFTS Brandon *

Douglas, Manitoba Douglas is a settlement in Manitoba. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Elton Elton is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located to the north of the city of Brandon. The community was incorporated in 1883, and i ...

– R2 for No.12 SFTS Brandon"Map: Brandon-Winnipeg, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', 30 March 1944. *

Chicoutimi, Quebec Chicoutimi () is the most populous list of boroughs in Quebec, borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay River, Saguenay and Chicoutimi River, Chicouti ...

– R1 for No. 1 OTU Bagotville * Dufferin, Ontario – Relief for No. 16 SFTS Hagersville * Eden, Manitoba – R1 for No. 35 EFTS Neepawa "Map: Neepawa-Gypsumville, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', 11 October 1944. *

Edenvale, Ontario Edenvale is an unincorporated place in Springwater Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Ontario Highway 26. The Nottawasaga River flows through Edenvale. Little remains today of the once a thriving pioneer settlement. ...

– R1 for No. 1 SFTS Camp Borden *

Edwards, Ontario Edwards is a dispersed rural community at the headwaters of Bear Brook in the Osgoode Ward of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. According to the Canada 2011 Census, the surrounding blocks had a population of 346. Edwards was named in 1901 after William ...

– Relief for No. 2 SFTS Ottawa "Map: Ottawa-Montreal, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', September 1942. *

Elgin, Manitoba Elgin is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in the Municipality of Grassland in the Canadian province of Manitoba, Canada. It currently has a population of just over 100. Major attractions The Elgin and District Hi ...

– R2 for No. 17 SFTS Souris * Ensign, Alberta – R1 for No. 19 SFTS Vulcan *

Farnham, Quebec Farnham is a city in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 10,149, making it the second most populated community in the RCM. History The city of Fa ...

– R2 for No. 13 SFTS St. Hubert * Frank Lake, Alberta – Relief for No. 5 EFTS High River *

Gananoque Gananoque ( ) is a town in the Leeds and Grenville area of Ontario, Canada. The town had a population of 5,383 year-round residents in the 2021 Canadian Census, as well as summer residents sometimes referred to as "Islanders" because of the Tho ...

– R1 for No. 31 SFTS Kingston *

Grand Bend, Ontario Grand Bend is a community located on the shores of Lake Huron in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Municipality of Lambton Shores in Lambton County. History Grand Bend is situated on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron ...

– R1 for No. 9 SFTS Centralia * Goderich South – Relief for No. 12 EFTS Goderich RCAF Cayuga H-Hut

* Gladys, Alberta – R2 for No. 31 EFTS DeWinton *

Granum, Alberta Granum is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada that is under the jurisdiction of the Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26. It is located at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 519 west of Lethbridge. Incorporated as the Village of Lea ...

– R1 for No. 7 SFTS Fort MacLeod RCAF North Junction Building Plan

* Halbrite, Saskatchewan – R1 for No. 41 SFTS Weyburn"Map: Indian Head - Brandon, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', April 1942. * Hamlin, Saskatchewan – R1 for No. 35 SFTS North Battleford *

Hartney, Manitoba Hartney is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Grassland within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held town status prior to January 1, 2015. It along the Souris River. Originally established in 1882, the community is na ...

– R1 for No. 17 SFTS Souris *

Hawkesbury, Ontario Hawkesbury is a Franco-Ontarian city in Prescott-Russell county in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The vast majority of its 10,550 inhabitants are francophone. The Long-Sault Bridge links it to Grenville, Quebec to the north. This bridge, crossing ...

– Relief for No. 13 EFTS St. Eugene * Holsom, Alberta – Relief for No. 34 SFTS Medicine Hat"Map: Medicine Hat-Maple Creek, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', January 1942. *

Innisfail, Alberta Innisfail ( ) is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor, south of Red Deer at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 54. History The town's name comes from an Irish-language epithet for Ireland, ' ...

– R1 for No. 36 SFTS Penhold * Inverlake, Alberta – R2 for No. 3 SFTS Calgary * Langley, British Columbia – Relief for No. 18 EFTS Boundary Bay * Limoges, Ontario – Relief for No. 10 EFTS Pendleton *

Maitland, Nova Scotia Maitland, East Hants, Nova Scotia (originally known as Jean Peter's Village) is a village in East Hants, Nova Scotia. It is home to the historic Lawrence House Museum, which is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. The community was part of the Douglas ...

– Relief for No. 31 OTU Debert * Maurice, Quebec – Relief for No. 11 EFTS Cap-de-la-Madelaine "Map: Parent-Three Rivers, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', 23 February 1944. *

– R1 for No. 9 SFTS Summerside * Netley, Manitoba – R1 for No. 18 SFTS Gimli * Netook, Alberta – R1 for No. 32 EFTS Bowden * North Junction, Manitoba – Relief for No. 10 SFTS Dauphin "Map: Broadview-Dauphin, Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', 9 January 1945. * Oberon, Manitoba – R2 for No. 33 SFTS Carberry *

Osler, Saskatchewan Osler is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, founded in the 1890s. The community was named after Sir Edmund Boyd Osler (1845–1924), who was an Ontario-based explorer, railroad financier, and Member of Parliament. The town has ...

– R2 for No. 4 SFTS Saskatoon * Outram, Saskatchewan – Relief for No. 38 SFTS Estevan * Petrel, Manitoba – R1 for No. 33 SFTS Carberry *

Pontiac, Quebec Pontiac is a municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada, on the north shore of the Ottawa River. It is part of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, located within Canada's National Capital Region. It shou ...

– Relief for No. 3 FIS Arnprior * Pulteney, Alberta – R2 for No. 15 SFTS Claresholm * Ralph, Saskatchewan – R2 for No. 41 SFTS Weyburn *

Rhein, Saskatchewan Rhein (pronounced 'Ryan') ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Wallace No. 243 and Census Division No. 9. History Rhein incorporated as a village on March 10, 1913. D ...

– R2 for No. 11 SFTS Yorkton * St. Aldwyn, Saskatchewan – R1 for No. 39 SFTS Swift Current. * St. Honoré, Quebec – Relief for No. 1 OTU Bagotville * St. Joseph, Ontario – Relief for No. 9 SFTS Centralia * St. Thomas, Ontario – R1 for No. 14 SFTS Aylmer and No. 4 B&GS Fingal *

Salisbury, New Brunswick Salisbury, New Brunswick is a village located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. The village's population meets the requirements for "town" status under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick; however, its municipal s ...

– R2 for No. 8 SFTS Moncton "Map: Campbellton-Moncton, Air Navigation Edition."''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', June 1942. * Sandhurst, Ontario – R2 for No. 31 SFTS Kingston * Scoudouc, New Brunswick – R1 for No. 8 SFTS Moncton *

Shepard, Alberta Shepard is a former hamlet within the eastern periphery of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, approximately east of downtown, that was annexed from Rocky View County in July 2007. Shepard is bound by 84 Street SE to the west, a rail line to the north, an ...

– R1 for No. 31 EFTS DeWinton * Sturdee, Saskatchewan – R1 for No. 11 SFTS Yorkton *

Tillsonburg, Ontario Tillsonburg is a town in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada with a population of 18,615 located about 50 kilometres southeast of London, on Highway 3 at the junction of Highway 19. History Prior to European settlement, the present site of Tills ...

– R2 for No. 14 SFTS Aylmer * Valley River, Manitoba – Relief for No. 10 SFTS Dauphin *

Vanscoy, Saskatchewan Vanscoy ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Vanscoy No. 345 and Census Division No. 12. Vanscoy is located on Highway 7 near Highway 762 in central Saskatchewan, 29 ...

– R1 for No. 4 SFTS Saskatoon. *

Waterville, Nova Scotia Waterville is a Canadian community in Kings County, Nova Scotia. It is administratively part of the village of Cornwallis Square. Located on the Cornwallis River, the community is located 15 kilometres west of Kentville and is home to a Mich ...

– Relief for No. 8 OTU Greenwood"Map: Campbellton-Moncton, Air Navigation Edition." Air Navigation Edition." ''Hydrographic and Map Service: Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch'', 24 February 1944. * Welland, Ontario – R1 for No. 6 SFTS Dunnville *

Wellington, Prince Edward Island Wellington is a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located in Prince County, and extends as Wellington Centre onto Route 2 from Richmond through to St. Nicholas. Located in the "Evangeline Region", a cluster of Acadian co ...

– Relief for No. 1 GRS Summerside *

Whitby, Ontario Whitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Ajax and west of Oshawa, on the north shore of Lake Ontario and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region. It had a population of 138,501 at the 2021 census. It ...

– Relief for No. 20 EFTS Oshawa * Whitla, Alberta – Relief for No. 34 SFTS Medicine Hat * Willoughby, Ontario – Relief for No. 9 EFTS St. Catharines * Woodhouse, Alberta – R1 No. 15 SFTS

Groundcrew training facilities

* Air Armament School Mountain View, Ontario *No. 1 Radio Direction Finding (Radar) School Leaside, Ontario *No. 31 Radio Direction Finding (Radar) School Clinton, Ontario, later RCAF No. 5 * School of Cookery Guelph, Ontario *No. 1 Code and Cypher School Guelph, Ontario *No. 1 Technical Training School St. Thomas, Ontario

Support facilities

*No. 1 Test Kitchen

*No. 1 Nutritional Laboratory Guelph, Ontario *

No. 6 Repair Depot No. 6 Repair Depot (6 RD) was an aircraft modification and repair unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force's Air Materiel Command located at Trenton, Ontario. Duties of No. 6 RD included handling aircraft at other stations around southern Ontario and ...

Trenton, Ontario *No. 8 Repair Depot Winnipeg, Manitoba

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

* Dunmore, Spencer. ''Wings for Victory''. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1994. . * Hatch, F. J. ''Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 1939–1945''. Ottawa: Canadian Department of National Defence, 1983. . * Hewer, H. ''In for a Penny, In for a Pound: the Adventures and Misadventures of a Wireless Operator in Bomber Command''. Toronto: Stoddart, 2000 . * Lougheed, E. C. "No. 4 Wireless School At Guelph, 1941-1945.". Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph, RE1 UOG A1642, 2002. * McIntyre, "Mac", M.). "The Aylmer Story 14 S.F.T.S.". In Wilkinson, Les. ''I'll Never Forget ... Canadian Aviation In The Second World War''. Willowdale, Ontario: Canadian Aviation Historical Society, 1979. . * Milberry, Larry. ''Aviation in Canada: Evolution of an Air Force''. Toronto: CANAV Books, 2010. . * Scherer, J. L., F/O RCAF. "Canada's Part In The War". ''Flying Aces Magazine'' (New York: Magazine Publishers, Inc.), April 1941. * Stewart, G. "Night Intruder". in Wilkinson, Les. ''I'll Never Forget'...'Canadian Aviation In The Second World War''. Willowdale, Ontario: Canadian Aviation Historical Society, 1979. . * Wikene, I. "Canso & Catalina In The R.C.A.F". in Wilkinson, Les, ed. ''I'll Never Forget ... Canadian Aviation In The Second World War''. Willowdale, Ontario: Canadian Aviation Historical Society. 1979. . * Ziegler, M. ''We Serve That Men May Fly''. Hamilton, Ontario: R.C.A.F. (W.D.) Association, 1973.

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