No. 8 Service Flying Training School Moncton: Original wartime buildings today

Flying Instructors

C-12347 +(J/11319) Walter Herbert Cook; (C6794) Thomas Richard Aaron; (C1697) Hugh Charles Trainor - DSO, DFC & Bar 402/411/401 Sqns., PoW; (R/53754) Norman Robert Farnham, Aroostook, New Brunswick; +(J/3109) Charles Gillard - KIFA, March 12, 1941; (J/10431) Gerald Marmaduke Winter; +(J/14132) William Vincent Blake - DFC 428 Sqn., Hamilton; +(J/7977) Bernard Yunker - 433 Sqn., (Co. 34 15 SF)Balgonie, Saskatchewan; (J/6382) C.A. Gartley; +(J/5710) James Roy Loggie?; Charlie Konvalinka; E.L. McCarthy; R.M. Trites; L. Pond; +(J/5822 - R/78545) Gerald Boyd Edmonds - (Co. 25 2 SF) 433 Sqn., Stratford; (J14034) Joseph Albert 'Al' Lloyd Jones DFC 150 Sqn. (10 SF)

Misc. Pilot Trainees

Guy Addison Trevallee, Bernard Charles Reilly, Lester Charles Sheets, Roger Frederick Stearns, William Hubert Stephens, (J/41005) George Gilmour Sturgiss, Gordon Wilbur Swain; Henry Wen 'Rocky' Jones Jr.; Gordon Eric Mather - 242 Sqn. (4 EF) Dieppe - DFC 411 Sqn., Ottawa; (J/15734) Franklin Meredith Falls - DFC & Bar 83 Sqn.; William James Cantwell; (J/20609) John Benjamin Davey; Leonard Arthur Foelix; Loris Lemaster Dorris; Earl Fant Potter; (J/27013) Clifton Withington Leavis; (J/28540) David Deal Barrett?; +(J/26796) William Ross - 101 Sqn.; (J18768) James Walkden

Course 16: December 22, 1940 - April 7, 1941

First wings parade held at No. 8 SFTS.

Wing Commander W.W. Brown presented wings to 57 graduating trainees.

(J/5100) James Carter Hovey - DFC 415 Sqn., Madue, Ontario; (J/5101) Peter Kelk Roper - PoW 39 Sqn. Malta, Toronto; (J/5102) Roy John Lawlor - DFC 427 Sqn., Pictou, Nova Scotia; +(J/5103) Hugh Percival McKee - No. 5 OTU, Malta, Toronto; (J/5104) William Joseph Stevens - DFC 217/22 Sqns., Ottawa; +(J/5105 - R/67042) James William Paul Skidmore - 10 Sqn., St. John, N.B.; +(J/5106) Clem Richard Bernard Weidenfeller - No. 5 (C) OTU; (J/5107) Donald Eugene Arnold; +(J/5108) John Robert Paisley - 48 Sqn., Ilderton, Ontario; +(J/5109) Frank Redfern, Toronto; +(J/5110) Richard Maurice Wilfrid Gosnell, Enderby, B.C.; (J/5111) John David McCosh Patton - AFC; (J/5112) Cameron Cruden Underhill - 53 Sqn., Moncton, N.B.; (J/5113) John Trenholm Seaman - 414/440 Sqns.; (J/5114) Hugh Hoyles Norsworthy (DFC), (J/5115) Kenneth Robert Porter Sangster; (J/5116) Elmer Maurice Bryson DFC FI 15 SF, (J/5117) James Kitchener Ward; +(J/5118) Peter Franklin Robb

(R/67645) Don Eugene Arnold, C.B. Bruce, Ottawa; +(R/71548) Arthur William Carty, +(R/54194) Paul Eugene Carreau; (R62727) John N. 'Jack' Hobbs - 76 Sqn., Sherbrooke; J.D. McPatton, Islington; (J/14312) Douglas Francis Quirt, - 540 Sqn.; (J/15341) John R. Roe, - POW 35 Sqn. Tirpitz attack, Geraldton; George G. Tuffin, Toronto; +(J/21312) Thomas Albert Kidd Watterson, +(R/70062) Thomas Hunter Wood, (J/16694) Arnold McMaster Feast - PoW 39 Sqn., Malta; (R/67677) V.I. McKinley - 405 Sqn., Windsor; J.K. Ward, London; (R/59919) Louis Felix Meyer

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No. 4 EFTS Windsor Mills, Quebec (Co. 11): Feast; Skidmore, Lawler, Sangster, Hazlett, Roper, Norton, Harris, Olsen, Paisley, Mather, Seaman Falconer, Bedford, Ward, McKinley, Hassan

No. 13 EFTS St. Eugene, Quebec: Weidenfeller

Course 18: January 18 - April 22, 1941

Wing Commander Brown presented wings to 20 graduates

+(J/5059 - R/67041) John Gordon McDonald - DFC top in class

+(J/5060 - R/64823) Edward Donald Baker - DFC 214 Sqn., Charlottetown, P.E.I.; +(J/5061 - R/60969) Donald George Sinclair MacDonald - 207 Sqn., Eston, Saskatchewan

(R/62400) George Edgar Williams - DFM, Saskatoon; +(R/61076) Francis James 'Frank' Hazlett - 608 Sqn., Edmonton; W.M. Fraser, Vancouver; J.L. Lockwood, Chilliwack, B.C.

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No. 3 EFTS Crumlin (Co. 11): Baker

No. 10 EFTS Mt. Hope (Co. 13): MacDonald

Course 20 Graduates

Back row L to R: +(R/61031) Frank Alex Holmes - 102 Sqn., Elnora, Alberta; +(J/5292) Hamar William Russ - 172 Sqn., Grand Prairie, Alberta; C. Thom, Calgary; (J/5300) Allan Ivan Watts DFC, Calgary; J.S. Rauch, Calgary Middle row: J.F.T. Craig, Abbey, Sask.; +(J/15681) Raymond John Fern - 434 Sqn., Christopher Lake, Sask.; J.J. Rigby, Moose Jaw, Sask.; L.L. Sharpe, Saskatoon; (J/5297) G.W.H. Charles, Lashburn, Sask. Front row: +(R/68575) Wilson Gilmore Caldwell - 102 Sqn., Carberry, Sask.; +(R/59815) Frederick John Morrow, - 2 (C) OTU, Melita, Sask.; +(R/59709) Lloyd Charles Powell - 419 Sqn., Virden, Manitoba; +(R/50712) Francis John Lowe - 12 Sqn., Wawanes, Manitoba.

Course 20: February 8 - May 16, 1941

Wing Commander Brown presented wings to 47 graduates

Basil Rodion Rathbone - top in class

(J/5287) Donald Herbert Bradley; (J/5288) H.R.K. 'Randy' West, Quebec; (J/5289) C.D. Barnett; +(J/5290) John Fisher Boyd - 31 OTU, Collingwood; (J/5291) L.L. Sharpe, Saskatoon; +(J/5292) Hamar William Russ - 172 Sqn., Grand Prairie, Alberta; (J/5293) Alexander Roy Neilson - 59 Sqn., Windsor; (J/5295) Ernest Ellwood Allen - DFC 59 Sqn., St. George, Ont.; +(J/5296) Charles Beeching O'Hanley - KIFA, Yarmouth, N.S.;(J/5297) G.W.H. Charles, Lashburn, Sask.; (J/5298) Gibson Clarence Fahnestock, (J/5300) Allan Ivan Watts - 149/37 Sqns. DFC, Calgary; +(J/5301) Carson Stewart Ratcliffe, Essex

+(R/59815) Frederick John Morrow, - 2 (C) OTU, Melita, Sask.; Daniel Frederick Allen - DFC, MA; James Edward Williams - DFC; +Joseph John Lynch, +(R/66318 - J/15474) Cecil William 'Bill' Simmons - 149 Sqn.; Rathbone, +Dillon, +(R/78024) John Lyndon Moore - 77 Sqn.; +(R/74102) Reginald Bolles (Reg) Vose - 77 Sqn.; +Weakley, Wardell, +(R/59709) Lloyd Charles Powell - 419 Sqn., Virden, MB; +(J/15681) Raymond John Fern - 434 Sqn., Christopher Lake, Sask.; +(R/68575) Wilson Gilmore Caldwell - 102 Sqn., Carberry, Man.; +(R/52504) Charles Percival Shriner – 61 Sqn., Niagara Falls; +(R/70090) James Shield Norton - 408 Sqn., Caledonia; (R/71699) Jack Albert 'Bert' Daniel Attwell - 78 Sqn., Toronto; J.F.T. Craig, Abbey, SK; R.J. Fern, Christopher Lake, SK; F.A. Holmes, Elnora, Alta.; D.C. Hunter, Ft. St. John, B.C.; W.S. Patterson, Montreal; J.S. Raunch, Calgary; J.J. Rigby, Moose Jaw, SK; H.W.C. Russell, Vancouver; W.R. Stipe, Victoria; J.F. Teit, Nanaimo; (J/87281) G. Thom - EV, Calgary; V.A. Tisdale, Vancouver; A.I. Watts, Calgary; +(R/50712) Francis John Lowe - 12 Sqn., Wawanesa, Man.; A.H. Stack, Vancouver

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No. 4 EFTS Windsor Mills: Watts, Allen, Holmes

No. 7 EFTS Windsor (Co. 16): Wardell, Weakley, Neilson, Dillon, Moore, Simmons, Vose

Course 25: April 7 - July 3, 1941

42 graduates

+(J/5986 - R64882) James Albert Hanway AFC - 404 Sqn., Halifax - top in class

(J/5987 - R/77128) Herschel Edward Aseltine, Sutton, Que.(J/5988) David John McClintock, Ormstown, Que.; (J/5990) R.M. Johnson - PoW 69 Sqn., Montreal; +(J/5992 - R73170) James Rist Gorham - KIFA 3 (C) OTU, Fredericton, N.B.; (J/5993) L.J. White; (J/5994) Clare Willis Bradley - DFC 423 Sqn., Montreal; (J/5996) James Allan Logan - 236 Sqn., Montreal

+(R/77144) Carl Adrian Beach - 88 Sqn. Dieppe; +(R/77142) Stanley Arthur Goss - 113 Sqn.; Francis Gerald 'Jerry' Fellows - 423 Sqn. U-672 attack, Sarnia; Robert Vernon Virr, Ottawa; Denis Francis Mildon, Toronto; (R/71908) Arthur Allen Robertson Deeks - AFM 5 Sqn., Toronto; J.M. Kelly, Campbellford; (J/15514) Ezra Lorne Howey - DFC 407 Sqn., Exeter, Ont.; +(R/56351) William Ewart Nixon Field - 405 Sqn., Picton; (J/16599) George Herbert Alexander Halcro - DFC 434 Sqn., Ottawa; +(R78274) Robert Allan Arthur Chalmers - 108 Sqn., Toronto; +(R/77269) Wilfred Clarence Picher - 142 Sqn., Montreal; +(R/77112) Philip Leslie Gurd - 57 Sqn., Westmount, Que.; +(J19463 - R77103) Walter Robert Ferrier - 434 Sqn., Montreal; +(R/55446) Joseph Hermile Durning - 51 Sqn., St. Brilliant, Que.; M.C. Butler, Quebec City; F.M. Falls, Westmount; +(R62841) Clement Percival McLellan, Caplan, Que.; +(R77053 - J15486) William Benjamin Stewart - 408 Sqn., New Richmond, Que.; +(R77119) Frederick Peever - 99 Sqn., Three Rivers, Que.; (R77129) William Bradley Blizard - 405 Sqn., St. Lambert

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No. 4 EFTS Windsor Mills (Co. 18): Howey, Halcro, Gorham, Hanway

No. 7 EFTS Windsor: Logan

No. 11 EFTS (Co. 19): Deeks, Beach, Goss

No. 13 EFTS St. Eugene (Co.18): Gurd, Stewart

Course 27: May 4 - July 26, 1941

40 graduates

(J/6380) Lawrence David Hillier; (R/67915 - J/6381) Leonard Nelson Watt - FI 14 SF 401/411 Sqns.; (J/6382) Charles Almon 'Al' Gartley; (J/6383) Robert Norman Wilkinson; +(J/6384) George Howard Carson - 235 Sqn., Ft. William; (J/6385) Paul Maurice Winchester; (J/6386) Stuart Reginald Fillmore - 218 Sqn., Alma, N.B.; (J/6387) Samuel Chester Tugwell - AFC, Kingston; +(J/6388) James Bennett Wilson; (J/6389) Donald John 'Tex' McQuoid - DSO DFC & Bar 58/405 Sqns., Summerberry, Sask.; ✡(J/6390) Bernard Mortimer Adilman - 431 Sqn. (2nd tour), Saskatoon ; (J/6391) John Malcolm West; (J/6392) John Richmond Morrill - U-292 co-pilot 59 Sqn.

(R/67165 - J/16100) Guy Philip Aldrich Yates - DFM 40 Sqn., DFC 405 Sqn.; Matthew 'Rocky' Ages; Wilfred Teal; (R/78542) Robert Leslie Spence - DFM 40 Sqn., Highgate, Ontario; +(R/75610) Thomas David Withington - DFM 108 Sqn. KIFA 22 OTU, Kitchener; +(J/18510) Hugh Charles Granger - DFC 431 Sqn., Kingston, Ont.; +(R/80542) Joseph Harris Gunyon - 70 Sqn., Toronto; +(R/77106 - J/16703) Anderson Storey - 9 Sqn.; +(R/66294 - J/15652) Graham Stanley Hynam - DFC 420 Sqn. - KIFA 23 OTU Wellington X.3704; +(R/78495) Frederick Henry Blake - 158 Sqn., b. Montreal r. Corpus Christi, TX

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No. 10 EFTS Mt. Hope (Co. 21): Spence, Withington, Fillmore, Tugwell, McQuoid, Anderson, Storey, Waddell, Hynam, Blake, Gunyon

No. 11 EFTS: Granger, Yates

Ceased training: +(R/67738) Woodrow Wilcox Waddell

Course 29: May 28 - August 20, 1941

Sixth graduation ceremony at No. 8 SFTS Moncton. Wing Commander W. W. Brown presented wings to 46 graduates.

+(J/6851) David Malcolm Witherspoon - 227 Sqn., Ailsa Craig, Ontario; (J/6852) Thomas Arthur Eakins; (J/6853) C.F. Sanford; +(J/6854) Patrick Campbell Little - 407 Sqn., Montreal; (J/6855) Karl Lombard Briel; (J/6856) Victor Blaine Wright; (J/6857) Cameron John Wilde Taylor - DFC & Bar 407 Sqn.; (J/6858) Irving Thomas LaFramboise; (J/6859) John Alfred Neil Shane, Westmount; (J/6860) Percival Sydney Calvesbert - 608 Sqn. AFC, Brantford; (J/6862) Paul Wilson Porter - DFC 11 BR; +(J/6864 - R/80068) Edwin Joseph Padden - KIFA 10 BR; +(J/6865) Frederick Grant Statham - 294 Sqn., Hamilton

(R/77402) Elmer John Corwick; (R/77388) Carlos Jose Ball; G.B. Brennan, Dawson Creek, Yukon; +(J/23089) Albert Horn, Hamilton; +(J/15818) Charles William Palmer - DFC 405 Sqn., Dundalk, Ontario; Charles Park, London, Ontario; Paul Porter, Hamilton; Harold Rowlands, Fergus; +(R/74365) Cecil Baker Smith - 419 Sqn., Pembroke, Ontario; Stansfield Frederick, Toronto; +(J/20369) Erven Christopher Grierson, Toronto; (J/23056) Donald Hughes Pike, Toronto; +(R/80558) John Hoskin Rowney - 57 Sqn., Toronto; Norman Smith, Toronto; William Thomas, Toronto; George MacDonald, Toronto; William Smith, Embro, Ontario; R.G. Chambers, Verdun; A.D. Houston, St. Anne de Beaupre; W. Wiseman, Outremont; A.W. Oughtred, St. Lambert

+(R/86320) William John Pethybridge - 405 Sqn., Elm Grove, MB; +(R/74365) Cecil Baker Smith - 419 Sqn. Pembroke, Ont.; +(R/86313) Norman Angus MacKenzie - 405 Sqn., Winnipeg; (J/23070) R.M. Gould, St. Boniface; +(J/23075) Arthur (Harold) Nagley - KIFA, Montreal

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No. 4 EFTS (Co. 25): Padden

No. 11 EFTS: (14)

No. 13 EFTS St. Eugene: Palmer

No. 17 EFTS, Stanley, N.S.: (31)

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No. EFTS Windsor Mills, Que.: Nagley

No. 13 EFTS St. Eugene (Co. 25): Pethybridge

Course 32: July 2 - September 13, 1941

Wing Commander Brown presented wings to 34 of the original 50 trainees.

+(J/7613 - R76281) Paul Darby Mosher Jr. - 58 Sqn., Halifax; (J/7614) Henry Gordon Barnes - 415 Sqn.; +(J/7615) Ralph Ballantyne Henry - 5 OTU, Kincardine; +(J/7616) Mervyn Edward Slaughter - 228 Sqn.; +(J/7617) Alan John Farquhar Symes - 8 (C) OTU, Ottawa; (J/7618) Donald Hovey Poaps - 177 Sqn.; (J/7619) Alfred Burrell Brenner - DFC 415 Sqn., Ottawa; +(J/7620) Frank Gifford Douglas Baker - 5 OTU; (J/7621) Marvin Jay 'Bud' Rothschild; (J/7622) Robert Dorman McAdam, Greenfield Park, Que.; +(J/7623) Leslie John Ashburner - 64 Sqn., St. Catharines

E. Walker, Windsor; Stuart Frederick Bunt, London; +(J/17241) Hubert Knight Barber - 47 Sqn., Orangeville; +(R/78675) Thomas Edward Powell - 419 Sqn., Sarnia; E.J. Bond, Wellington; +(R/78791) Wilbert Francis Bauer - 425 Sqn., Waterloo; E. Walker, Windsor

(R/83899 - J/17111) Stanley Herbert Balkwill - DFM 39 Sqn. Malta KIFA 1945, Toronto

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No. 11 EFTS Cap de la Madeleine: (14) Brenner, Symes

No. 17 EFTS, Stanley, N.S.: (28) Balkwill, Geldart, Mosher

August 7, 1941: (R83930) Francis Douglas 'Doug' Geldart killed in a flying accident

Course 34: July 27 - October 10, 1941

Started to rain and Wings Parade moved to Drill Hall. Wing Commander Brown presented wings.

(J/7545) Henry Edward Botterell; (J/7546) Colin Simpson Lazier - 107 Sqn., Hamilton; (J/7547) Ross Garstang Gray - DFC & Bar 406 Sqn., Edmonton; (J/7548) Hubert George Keillor - DSO 524 Sqn DFC 415 Sqn., Mitchell, Ontario; (J/7549) John Harold Cooper - AFC Hamilton; (J/7550) Medard Zenon Bryll, (J/7551) R.J. McFadden - (FI 5 SF); (J/7552) T.G. Cahusac; (J/7553) Thomas Piet Debloeme - PoW 614 Sqn.

+Charles Leroy Tripp, N.F. Smith, Lyle George William Jarvis (AFC), +(J/28186) Harold Allan Hannah - 405 Sqn. Croix de Guerre, Tuxford, SK; +(R/86347) Basil Jeffery - No. 3 (P) AFU, Winnipeg; (R/86767) Ralph William Sebring; +(R/83209) John William Heavner - 502/612 Sqns. KIA 404 Sqn.; J. Mulligan, Dauphin

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No. 11 EFTS Cap de la Madeleine (Co. 30): (16) Stanley

No. 17 EFTS Stanley, Nova Scotia (Co. 30): (34) Cooper, Keillor, Gray, Weaver, Heavner

August 7, 1941: (R85784) Elmer James Stanley killed in flying accident

Course 36: August 21 - November 7, 1941

Wings Parade at 0900 hours in the Drill Hall.

RCAF 21 graduates:+ (J/8786) Daniel Murray McKenzie - DFC 682 Sqn., Stellarton, N.S.; +(J/8787 - R/95713) Archie Hunter - KIFA 163 Sqn., Ottawa; (J/8788) William Wells Fester; (J/8789) Walter Franklin Jackes (FI 5 SF); (J/8790) James (Paul) Ogilvie Howard - DFC 139 Sqn., Ottawa; (J/8791) Donald Roderick Smith (FI 5 SF); (J/8792) John Thomas O'Gorman; (J/8793) John Henry Brown

(R/79188) Harwood; (R/83358) Robert Jones; +(R/79088) Richard Ayers; (R/83396) Halstead; Charles Henry Anderson (DFC); (J/85321) Thomas William Dowbiggin - 401 Sqn., Montreal; (R/83457) George Theodore Chretien - DFM 405 Sqn., Penetanguishene; +(R95729) John Joseph Kincaid - 101 Sqn., Ottawa

RAAF 32 graduates: W.S. Dodds

November 2, 1941: Theft of $700 from Australians in Barrack Rooms.

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EFTS Windsor Mills: Dowbiggin

No. 17 EFTS (Co. 32): Hunter, Kincaid

Course 38: September 13 - December 5, 1941

Wings Parade held in the Drill Hall. The C.O. addressed the 57 graduates - 17 Americans.

+(J/9115) John Adair Woodward - 432 Sqn., Stratford; +(J/9116) John Glenn Macmaster - KIFA Dec. 42, Port Perry, Ont.; (J/9117) Roy Duffy Renwick - AFC 162 Sqn., Teeswater, Ont. (The Flying Fiddler); (J/9118 - R/82944) Harvey Clopton 'Buck' Rogers; (J/9119) Robert Thomas Heaslip; (J/9120) Kenneth James Matheson, Petrolia; (J/9121 - R/82783) Beverly Ward Bristol - KIFA 8 BR; +(J/9122) Deryck Hogan - 11 Sqn.; (J/9123) Carl Heebner de Haviland Henderson - 608 Sqn. DFC, London, Ontario; (J/9124 - R/98146) Robert Emmett Layman - 116 BR; (J/9125) Martin Eugene Rogers; (J/9126) Lloyd Alan Young (FI 12 SF), Toronto; +(J/9127) James Alexander Brown, FI, Kitchener

(R/97680) Jackson Temple Clary - 434 Sqn. evader; Allin Ross Hawkshaw, Cornwall, Ontario; +(R/79281) Charles Robert Hasekian - KIFA 83 Sqn., Watertown, Massachusetts; +(R/90306) Jack Askew Parkinson, London, Ont.; (R/95996 - J/18212) Herbert Tuxis Berry Armstrong - DFM 138 Sqn. Ottawa; +(R/98109) Francis Joseph Higgins - DFM 427 Sqn., Amherstburg; +(R/82511) Charles Arthur Carpenter - 425 Sqn., Mille Roches, Ont.; J.E. Sloan, Toronto; E.E. Boyd, Toronto; R.G. Hood, Hamilton; +(R/90336 - J/85593) Jack Holtze - 428 Sqn., London, Ont.; +(J/92935) Roy Frederick Breen - 416/438 Sqns., Comber; C.D. McIntosh, Kitchener; G. Christie, Toronto; W.R. Waddie, Tavistock; +(R/90284) Edmund George Jones - 428 Sqn., Byron; R.W. Snider, Toronto; John Murray Dalrymple, Windsor; +(R/82607) Francis (Paul) Quinn - 101 Sqn., Ottawa; W.H. Millen, Hamilton; +(R/98135) Albert Royston Sanger - 6 (C) OTU, Kingsville; +(R/90241) Frederick Norman Andrew - 7 (P) AFU, Burgessville, Ont.; W.A. Scott, Erin; +(R95836 - J/17309) Richard Salisbury Birks - 56 Sqn., Cornwall/b. Syracuse; +(J/16769) Albert Charles Collins - 420 Sqn., Cornwall; (J/15831) Lloyd Edward Hunt, Allenford; +(J/17637) James Millar Prentice - 429 Sqn., Kenora; (R/98130 - J/25219) James Herbert C. Clark - FI, Chatham; +(J/17065) James Warren O'Hara - 7 Sqn., Toronto; +(R/79348 - J/18734) Harlow Wilbur 'Bud' Bowker - 412 Sqn., Granby, Que; (R/97377) Jack Maurice Lyall - PoW 214 Sqn., Toronto; +(R/83290 - J/16203) Sidney Leon Murrell DFC - 425/405 Sqns.; +(R/79255) Peter Prime - 25 OTU

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No. 11 EFTS Cap-de-la-Madeleine (Co. 34): (25)Renwick, Bowker; Henderson, Clark, Higgins, Armstrong, Murrell

No. 17 EFTS, Stanley, N.S. (Co. 34): (26) Macmaster, Holtze, Birks

No. 21 EFTS Chatham, N.B. (Co. 32): (4) Prime, Hasekian

Course 40: Oct. 13, 1941 - December 29, 1941

Wings Parade held in the Drill Hall. Wing Commander Brown addressed the 50 graduates

(J/9546) Paul Ferdinand Hartz, Cliffordville, N.B. top in class

(J/9547) John Frederick Hugg; (J/9548) Arthur Favence Green - AFC/DFC 582 Sqn., Alberton, P.E.I.; (J/9549) John Franklin Easton; (J/9550) Charles Henry Fyfe; +(J/9551) Wilbert Harry Thomas - 158 Sqn., Toronto; (J/9552) Charles (Gordon) McCready; (J/9553) Francis Henry May; (J/9554) Richard William Andres; +(J/9555) John David Lindsay - 10 Sqn., (J/9556) Edward Smith Clark; (J/9557) George William Gardiner, Petrolia, Ont; (J/9558) William Ernest Castellano, Ottawa; (J/9559) Clyde Raymond Van Horn; (J/9560) John Anderson Van Horn; +(J/9561) Spencer Griffith Kimmel - KIFA 105 Sqn.; (J/9562) John Alexander MacTavish McLeish

+(J/16481 - R103024) John Watt Lennox - 405 Sqn., Hamilton; Jack Cooper, Ottawa; Daniel Joseph 'Red' Somers, Ottawa; Duncan (Stuart) Hutt, Ottawa; Joseph Aime Gagnon, Ottawa; (J/19515) Allin Ross Hawkshaw - 22 Sqn., Cornwall; +(R/104807 - J/16626) Matthew Mank - 149/7 Sqns.; +(R/96150 - J/16747) James Louis Rossignol - 61 Sqn.; Kenneth Beatty Moore; Francis Henry May; Hamilton; William Joseph McAuley; John Richards; Jack Albert King; John Watt Lennox; Wilbert Harry Thomas; (R/91353 - J/18199) Thomas Ross Wheler DFC, OBE - 411 Sqn., Toronto; John Franklin Easton, Timmins; Jack Ronald Worrall, London; Beverly Arthur Nichols, Windsor; James Cyril Pelkie, Temagami; (R/90421) William Arthur Gammon - PoW 10 OTU, Sarnia (brother Rex KIA); +(R/102864) William Alfred Rollings, Cobourg; George Ernest Mirsch; +Matthew Mank - 7 Sqn.; John Treadwell Kuntz; James Louis Rossignol; John Symington

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No. 11 EFTS Cap-de-Madeleine (Co. 36): Cooper, Kimmel, Mank, Rossignol, Wheler, Gardiner, Lennox

No. 17 EFTS Stanley, N.S.(Co. 36): 17 trainees Hutt, Green

Course 42: Nov. 7, 41 - February 27, 1942

Wings Parade held at 0900 hours

+(J/10254) Russell (Reginald) Bouskill – DFC 401 Sqn., Toronto led the class

(J/10255) James Bert Millward - DFC 426 Sqn., Sherbrooke;+(J/10256) Robert Ellsworth Coffey - DFC & Bar; (J/10257) R.R. Rowlands; +(J/10259) Sheldon William Wesley Perry - (FI 12 SF) 101 Sqn., Benito, Manitoba; (J/10260) Ralph Waldo Nickerson - 421/417 Sqns., Moncton; (J/10261) Leicester Bishop; +(J/10262) Donald Bernard MacNeil - 19 Sqn., Mount Royal, Que.; (J/10263) Donald E. Hall - PoW, North Bay; +(J/10264) George Edward Glenwright - 152 Sqn., Joggins, Nova Scotia; (J/10265) T.H. McCabe, Sault Ste. Marie; +(J/10266) Joseph Etienne Jacques Robert - 153 Sqn.; (J/10267) John (Keith) Besley - 74 Sqn., Shelburne

(R/117509) Harvey Dalton Johnson

Alvin C. Brandon, Windsor; (J/22976) Donald J. Heard - 438 Sqn., Hamilton; (J/17891?) V. B. McInnis, Barrie; G. A. Robinson, Victoria Harbor; Charles L. Ruch, Stratford; +(J/85302) Wincell Henry Dugmore Spence - 412 Sqn., Ottawa; D. B. Fuller, Toronto; J. K. Wilson, Carleton Place; Robert Moore M. Black; James Francis Byers; William Elijah Tharp; Philip Popkin; Benson Kirkpatrick; Bernheim; Cooper; Thomas Harold McCabe, Sault Ste. Marie; Paul Wright d'Albenas - evader 183 Sqn., Montreal; James S. Hannah, Woodstock, N.B.; William Frederick 'Bill' Hockey, Kentville, N.S.; John H. McLean, Inverness, N.S.; James R. McLeod, Glace Bay; J.J. Rivard, LaTuque, Que.; +(J/19123) Kenneth Osborne Mitchell - 440 Sqn., Greenfield Park, Que.; Cecil R. Furtney, Oak Lake, MB; Alvin C. Brandon, Windsor; Donald J. Heard, Hamilton; +(J85302 - R96214) Wincell Henry Dugmore Spence - 412 Sqn., Ottawa; Donald K. Wilson, Carleton Place; (J16567) Douglas J. Bullock - 421 Sqn., Montreal; (J16990) Andrew (Boyd) Marjoribanks Ketterson - 412 Sqn., Montreal; James E. Campbell, Montreal; Robert S. Colquhoun, Montreal; James A. Robert, Montreal; +(R79452) Arnold Lindsay Card - 131 (C) OTU, Montreal; E.W. Perry, Pelly, Sask.; Vernon B. McInnis, Barrie; George A. Robinson, Midland

RAAF: (403364) Duncan George Fletcher MacRae - 222/185 Sqns.

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No. 17 EFTS (Co. 38): Johnson, Millward, Bouskill, Ketterson

Course 44: Dec. 7, 41 - March 27, 1942

Wings Parade held at 0810 hours. Air Commodore J.L.E.A. Albert deNiverville presented wings to 52 graduates. This was the second course trained in Harvards instead of Ansons.

Class leader was +(J/10753) William John Rogers - KIFA, Coaticook, Quebec

(J/10754) Raymond Munden Bishop; +(J/10755) Harold Melville Rogers - KIFA 421 Sqn., Oxford, N.B.; +(J/10756) Stuart McIntyre Connacher - 403 Sqn., Dalhousie; (J/10757) Alexander Ross Chisholm; (J/10758) Allan Frederick Smerdon (FI 1 SF); (J/10759) Raymond Boyd Hart; (J/10760) John Stuart Berry; (J/10761) Harold William George Collard; (J/10762) Thomas Anthony Brannagan - 403 Sqn., DFC 441 Sqn., Windsor; (J/10763) Richard Charles Barber (FI 11 SF); (J/10764) Arthur Murray Herring - DFC 101 Sqn.; +(J/10765 - R117622) Bryan Donald Hughes - KIFA 14 SFTS, Rio de Janerio; (J/10766) Richard Standish Naudain; (J/10767) Roger Frederick Stearns; +(J/10768) Chester Rozek, Hamilton; +(J/10769) Alexander Bruce Campbell - 115 Sqn., Willowdale

W.A. Allen, Amherst; W.A. Burgess, Grand Falls; F.J. Gladman, Sussex; D.C. Hamilton - 403 Sqn.; Lewisville; F.E. McDonald, South Nelson; C.J. Woodbridge, Kankakee, IL; James Millman? Burris, Platteville, WI; Paul Shelton Curry; James Bruce

5 Americans retained at station.

Graduates from Brazil and Newfoundland

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No. 11 EFTS (Co. 40): Brannagan, Hughes

No. 17 EFTS Stanley, N.S. (Co. 40)

Course 46: January 5 - April 24, 1942

Wings Parade held at 0900 hours. C.O. presented wings to the 48 graduates

(J/11338 - R120047) William Alden Smith - AFC class leader

(J/11339 - R109719) James Roe Harris - FI 2 SF; (J/11340 ) Wylie Clayton Stone; (J/13341) Travis Lester Rash; (J/11342) Walter Axel Lundin; (J/11343) Robert Gordon Forsythe; (J/11344) Peter Wallace Grier; (J/11345) William Mark O'Reilly; (J/11346) Ralph Pont McWilliam; (J/11347 - R104942) Wallace Clifford (Hammond) - Adler; (J/11348 - R109606) Edward Payson Cressler; +(J/11349 - R68442) Van Egmond Robert Bell - 107 Sqn., Seaforth, Ont.; (J/11350 - R99878) Frank Matthew Lynch; +(J/11351 - R104354) Thomas Edward Gallivan - 44 Sqn., Sydney, N.S.; (J/11352 - R100878) Henri Leriaux

+(R/125235) Harry Edgar Levine - KIFA 124 Sqn.; (J/35506) Robert Thomas Anderson - DFC 428 Sqn., Welsford, N.B.; R.G. Forsythe, Charlottetown; R.W. Stewart, Chatham, N.B.; J.F. Johnson; John David Lindsay; John Kelly McClellan; Robert William Collins; James Bernard McCarron; Almarante 'Pete' Torres; Autrey Leroy Henderson; Howard Henry Butts; Robert John Walters - PoW; Clyde Arthur Cook; Ralph Henry Swathel; Blanchfield; (J22456) Joseph William Sullivan - 440 Sqn.; +(J/29723 - R/96471) Walter Henry Egan - KIFA 421 Sqn.,b. NY r. Gatineau, Que.; +(J/24432) Leslie Bernard Fincham - 429 Sqn., Toronto; +(R/90813) Robert Neil McCrank KIFA 1 B&GS Cobalt, Ont.; H. Loriau, Toronto; R.J. O'Hara, Toronto; J.A. Gibson, Wroxeter, Ont.; W.I. Fillmore, Toronto

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No. 17 EFTS Stanley, N.S. (Co. 42): Levine, Bell, Anderson, Egan

Course 50: February 28 - June 18, 1942

Wings presented by Group Captain Brown to 53 graduates

(J/12310) Alan Muir 'Al' Bayly, London; (J/12311) Wilfred John Banks - DFC & Bar 412 Sqn., Leaside; (J/12312) J. Harper, Toronto; (J/12313) R.W. Collins; (J/12314) Robert G. 'Bert' Freeman, Teeswater; +(J/12315) Walter Tuhkanen Haileybury (KIFA FI 2 SF); +(J/12318 - R95974) Robert William Clarke - 400 Sqn., Ottawa; (J/12319) C.W. Boddington - PoW

Herbert Murray Lepard, Arthur Borel Clenard, (R114104) Herb Patterson Blanchfield, +(R122589) William H. Vallee, (R122581) Bruce Keith Blackwelder (11998084), (R108291) Donald Blinn (11998079), (R/109820) Clyde Arthur Cook, (R/122574) James Howard Ackley (11998082), James Thomas Patteson (11998078), William Henry Marcotte (11998081), Joseph Milton Pritts (11998080), Ronald Duwain Shirlaw (11998085), Don. J. Butler (11998088), John Richard Space (11998089), Charles William Bowers (11998091), (R/109679) Charles Colburn Barnum Jr. (1998096), David Paul McQuillan (11998097), Louis Michael Chevalier (11998106), D.S. Adams, Southwold; C.K. Barlow, Gravenhurst; B.H. Biggar, Niagara Falls, D.G. Bishop, St. Thomas; +(J/90927 - R111933) Vincent Harold Coyne, Chesterville; (R123205) Ronald Eric Craven - 408 Sqn., Kingston; C.A. Dillabough, St. Catharines; +(R/109932) Walter Alexander Dixon - 195 Sqn., Walter's Falls, Ont.; B.E. Gill, Toronto; (R115317) P.S. Lennie, Sunbury; Walter I. Nagorsen, Windsor; (R/109928) William Frank Norton, Chatham; (J/47902) Clyde G. Owen, Lindsay; J.E. Figby, Thorold; +(R99989 - J18907) Lewis Cameron Rowe - 402/403 Sqns., St. Thomas; +(J/94268 - R/116832) Lewis Alexander Russell - 415 Sqn., Brussels; +(J35973) Stanley William Smith - 403 Sqn., Windsor; (R/125161) G. Eric Urquhart, Williamstown; (R/115316) J.E. Whalen, Hamilton; (R111752) J.E. Wilson, Ottawa; (J/90860) J.A.L. Wilcocks - 403 Sqn., Toronto

Following the parade, another interesting event took place in the Recreation Hall, the first wedding to be held on the Station. A.W. 1 Van Brugh became the bride of Sergeant Pilot William H. Vallee, one of the graduates of Class 50. The Bride was given in marriage by Group Captain Brown.

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No. 11 EFTS: Freeman; Russell, Clarke, Rowe

No. 17 EFTS Stanley, N.S. (Co. 44): Banks

Course 52: March 28 - July 17, 1942

Group Captain Brown presented wings to the 52 graduates and afterwards led the remainder of the parade with three rousing cheers for the new pilots. The graduating class led the March Past and Group Captain Brown took the salute. The parade was held on the tarmac between No. 3 and 4 Hangars.

+(J/12866) Harvey Edgar Jones - led the class - later KIA 233 Sqn. June 6, 1944, Niagara Falls

+(J/12867) Robert Harry Smith - 403 Sqn., (J/12868) Walter Arnott Irwin - DFC 614 Sqn.; (J/12869) William Minor Hess, (J/12870) John Martin Zelko; (J/12871) Howard S. Bowler, Hamilton; (J/12872) Richard B. Thompson; (J/12879) R.D. Thompson

Gerald Ralph 'Pete' Prince, John L. Andre Chalot, Kennth Hewson, Reginald Gordon Gilbert, (R/109807) Ralph Hofer, Thomas Donald Farrell, Robert Grand Disbrow, Charles Rowland Brown, Stanley Gaunt, Casper Herbert Wertz, Albert John Walker, John David Dunlap, Warren Edmund McMurray, Robert Lamar Pearson; H. Clair Truscott, Hamilton; +(R/112872) Willis Henry Armstrong, Orangeville; Bob Beckett; +(J/29732) Gordon Wilmer Besley - 162 Sqn., Toronto; C.R. Brown; +(J/17567) George Rawson Brown - 403 Sqn., Bartonville; G.R. Buckwell; Carr, Chalot; Clarke; Cochrane; Coleman, W. Crews, Hamilton; Disbrow; Dunlap; J.K. Easson, Toronto; +(R/127628) Douglas Joseph Farrell, Colborne; W.B. Frederick, Lindsay; Stanley Gaunt; Gilbert; A.E. Grainger, Toronto; +(R/104187) Frederick Eugene Gullison - 10 OTU, Toronto; Harris; Hess; Hewson; Hicks; McMurray; McNeil; Nicoll; G.A. Nye, Toronto; Bob Pearson; R.T. Pogue, Toronto; Porter; Prince; Smith; Swan; J.W. Temple, Toronto; C.H. Truscott, Hamilton; Ed Vincent; Walker; Wertz; Williams; W.A. Irwin, Toronto; P.J. Kirwin, Ingersoll; +(J/18184) Bruce Ryerson Milligan - 408 Sqn., Orillia; W.D. McLeod, London; Leslie Birket Foster, Bob Gildersleeve

+(NZ416455) George Percival Carr

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No. 17 EFTS Stanley, N.S. (Co. 46): Irwin

Course 54: April 19 - August 14, 1942

Wings Parade held at 0900 hours out on the tarmac. Group Captain W.W. Brown presented wings to 48 graduates. LAC E.R. Crocker had his wings pinned on by his sister A.S.O. E.R. Crocker.

Top in class: (J/13316 - R126395) John Everett McAllister - DFC 415 Sqn., Milltown, N.B. 21 of the class received commissions.

+(J/13317) Joel Brooks "Joe" Mann - 143 Sqn.; (J/13319) Israel 'Al' Hoffman, Perth; (J/13320) Roger Ross Pardun - 143 Sqn.; (J/13321 - R60936) E.F. Sanderson - Nav Flt. 2 SF), Edmonton; (J/13322) J.E. Feener; +(J/13324) Sandford Soomsky - 1 OTU; (J/13325 - R113950) W.E. Nase, Moncton; (J/13326 - R131176) Thomas Lewis Van Riper; (J/13327) Andrew Moffatt Riddle - FI 6 SF; (J/13328 - R113973) R.L. Cameron, Fredericton; (J/13330 - R124867) Frederick Wallace Cahill, St. Johns, Nfld.; (J/13332) Angus Archibald MacLeod - PoW, Halifax; +(J/13333) Burton Keith Wiley - 613 Sqn., Saint John

(J/29890) William Henry Holman; Laddie Charles Zeigelheim; Morris Howitz; John Hamill; Robert Leroy Hiles; Richard Lawrence Neubauer; Russell Kelly Lamm; Raymond Joseph Lacombe; Warren Franklin Tolar; (R129218) Kenneth Wynne Macdonald - 192 Sqn., Swansea; +(J/36577) Alister Keith Price - 416 Sqn., Toronto; (J/26505 - R126570) Joseph Earl Raymond Renaud - PoW 174 Sqn., Windsor; (R/125080) E.E. Rhoades, Ottawa; (R/113912 - J/95044) Thomas 'Tony' Carter - 261 Squadron, St. John, N.B.; +(J/16368) Norman Frank Smith - KIA 487 (NZ) Sqn., Toronto; Alberto de J. Trujillio, Columbia; Everett Smith; Paul Victor Raymond; Joseph Jacks; (R113934) Evan Rowland Crocker, Newcastle, N.B.; +(R99170 - J18139) Ernest Blair Stiles - 83 Sqn., Woodstock, N.B.; (R113779) G.S. Smith, St. Andrews, N.B.; (R126323) C.W. Gaines, Arcostook, N.B.; (R113952) Percival Edward H. Ferguson - 127/443 Sqns., Harcourt, N.B.; (R126313) B.K. Wylie, St. John, N.B.; (R126211) G.E. Stables, Newcastle, N.B.; (R99050) M.B. Hogan, Newcastle, N.B.; (R124667 - J19157) Harley Vernon Stinson - 35 Sqn., St. Andrews, N.B.; (R126229) David J. Dalzell - 133 Sqn., St. John, N.B.; (R104468) J.W. Porter, Manson Creek, B.C.; (R127977) A.K. Price, Toronto; (R125996) Israel 'Al' Hoffman - 407 Sqn., Perth, Ont.; (R117677) H.H. Allen, Montreal; (R96883) J.D.G. Dick, Arvida, Que.; (R120176) D.C. Clark, Montreal; (R96838) R.H. Parke, Three Rivers, Que.

(R132994) Alberto de J. Trujillio, Columbia

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No. 13 EFTS St. Eugene: Smith

No. 17 EFTS Stanley, N.S. (Co. 49): McAllister, Mann, Nash, Soomsky; Macdonald

June 13, 1942: (R/131268) LAC Charles Francis Nash, of Portsmouth, Virginia, killed in flying accident in Harvard BW 187. LAC's McAllister, Pardun, Smith, Soomsky, Telar and Van Riper acted as pallbearers. LAC Van Riper accompanied the body to Portsmouth, VA

July 14, 1942: (R/130041) LAC George Ewart Pitcher, of Sault Ste. Marie, was killed in a night flying accident near the village of Malakoff. This marks the first fatal accident from night flying.

August 12, 1942: A farewell dinner and smoker was held in the "Florentine Room" of the Brunswick Hotel by the staff and class of Course 54 "Dawn" Flight on Wednesday evening.

The two senior classmen in the flight sat on either side of "Dawn" Flight Commander, Flight Lieutenant Arthur Coles at the headtable. Instructors P/O Heartz, Orpen, Murray, Hickey, WO1 Campbell, WO2 MacDonald and Jones.

Course 56: May 24 - September 11, 1942

Wings Parade held at 0900 hours. Group Captain Brown presented wings.

John F. Haldimand, of Montreal, received his sergeant stripes and wings from his father, Lieut. Haldimand, a flier with the Royal Flying Corps in the last war.

(J/14086) Robert Gail Bickerstaff; (J/14087) Terence Coughlan - DFC 434 Sqn., Ft. William; (J/14092) Ian Glen - DFC 683 Sqn., Mount Royal; (J/14093) Harry M. Chisholm (FI 6 SF); (J/14094) John F. Haldimand - 233/437 Sqn., Montreal; +(J/14095) Edward Blake Norbury - KIFA 16 SFTS - Windsor;

John Joseph Hill; Milton Konove; John Thomas Bryden, - CVS North Sydney; R.A. Conrad, Halifax; George Allen Tillingast; Harold Wallace Mitchell - DFC 429 Sqn. - KIFA 1954, Fredericton; Vincent Hughes; S.W. Mooers - 401 Sqn., Fredericton; Henry W. Jones; Melvin Joseph Hughes; Richard Andrew Holt; +(J/41016) Edward Bird Havener; Richard Gregg Vossler; +(R/132574) Michael Paul Fahey - KIFA 17 (P) AFU; +(R/109935) Frank Ellsworth Winegarden - 419 Sqn., Windsor; S.J. Cain, Windsor; S.M. Wright, Ottawa; +(R/125851) Donald Lawrence Moulds - 61 OTU, Ottawa; Reginald John 'Reg' Schroeter, Ottawa; J.L. Mallott, Montreal; Donald Edward Lauder, Welland; N. Grecco, Thorold; (J89308) Arthur William Hutchins - DFC 426 Sqn., Mimico; R.B. MacPherson, Courtney, B.C.

RAAF: + (409574) Herbert Russell McMillan - 458 Sqn., Thornbury, Vic. top in class; (416588) Philip Umbelino Lovett; (409562) Robert Eyre Mackie - 1 GRS

D R Jones; J E McNiell; J R McCarthy; 409574 FO Herbert Russell McMillan; L S Price; G Mclean; 409567 Pilot Officer (PO) Alan Seabrook Mitchell (lost on operations over Germany on 2 October 1943); 035240(409607) Flt Lt Frederick Neil Robinson. Centre row: 409577 FO John William Nickels; 409602 Warrant Officer (WO) William Anthony Ward Power; 409569 FO Graeme William Morrey; B L Prosser; 409575 FO Cecil George Mitchell; R J Power; 409570 Flt Lt Frederick Halcomb Moylan; 409573 Flt Lt David Francis McLauchlan; 409593 Flt Lt Frank Livingstone Proctor; 409582 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Stanley Francis Offer; 409642 Flt Lt Victor Edward Murphy; 409589 WO Raymond William Pinney; 409641 FO Roderick Orr Maclean (lost on operations off the UK on 4 November 1943); 409565 Flt LT Colin Walter Mayes (accidentally killed in UK on 6 November 1944). Front row: 409580 Flt Lt Leonard James Netherway; 409596 Flt Lt Allister Stewart Robertson; 409564 FO John James Malady; 409571 FO James Michael Mullavey; J H Palmer; 409584 PO Keith Charles Page (lost on operations over Belgium on 28 May 1944) 26539 Sergeant (Sgt [later WO]) John Donald Purdue; 409595 PO Ian Douglas Flett Rendell; 409592 PO Lawrence James Pringle (lost on operations over Germany on 22 October 1943); 409583 FO William George Osmotherly; 409578 Sgt James Edwin Nixon (lost on operations over N.W. Europe on 2 October 1943); 409555 LAC James Garfield Mitchell; 409566 Flt Sgt Donnelly Coombe Meyer.

+(R/132999 - J/43783) N.B.Frank Scott - 24 OTU, Tuckers Town, Bermuda and Richard W.P. (Pat) Beall - 421 Sqn., Aveon Canal Zone, Panama

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No. 21 EFTS: Hutchins

Course 58: June 20 - October 9, 1942

Group Captain Brown presented Wings. 54 graduates - 29 Americans

(J/21275) Carlisle Howard Reville - 547 Sqn.; (J/21276) William Merle Walker - DFC 427 Sqn., Stamford, Ont.; (J/21277) Burgess John 'Burgie' Beare - DFC 227 Sqn.; (J/21278) John Trevor Malcombe Godfrey - 4th FG, (J/21279) Frederick F. Guyott - DFC 404 Sqn.

+(R/135200) Robert Henry Richards - 4th FG, (J/14759) David Edgar Bockus - DFC 67 Sqn.;+(R/135233) Simon Rosenstein - 18 (P) AFU; Gordon R. Stephen, Montreal; Robert P. Brady, Town of Mount Royal; Francis C. Joyce, Longueuil and John A. St. Denis, Waterloo

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No. 13 EFTS (Co. 52): Rosenstein

No. 17 EFTS Stanley, N.S. (Co. 53): 18 trainees

No. 20 EFTS Oshawa - (Co. 53)

No. 21 EFTS: Walker

Course 60: July 18 - November 6, 1942

Wings Parade held at 1600 hours. 54 graduates

LAC V.K.L. McKay lead the class in merit.

(J/14751) Walter Siner; (J/14753) James Edward Crane; (J/14754) Azra Berry Gillette; (J/14755) Clifford Hansen; (J/14758) Lynn Waud Cocker

+(J/20632) Clifford (Frank) Bull - DFC 38 Sqn., Shawinigan, Que.; (J/20633) John Minot Carrothers, (J/20634) John Hawthorne, +(J/20635) Douglas Cormack, +(J/20636) James Waslyk - 417 Sqn.; (J/20637) Paul Murray Benjamin; +(J/20638) Sydney Walter Brown - 258 Sqn., Scarborough; +(J/20639) Charles Phillip Meredith, (J/20640) William Russell Perkins; +(J/20641) Joseph Garrett Doyle - 442 Sqn., Iroquois Falls; (J/20643) Russell Charles Neumann, (J/20644) Neighbors; +(J/20651) Glen Foster Allen; (J/20652) William Potter; +(R/96967 - J/18523) Francis Joseph Desmond 'Frank' Brady - 427 Sqn., Peenmunde Halifax DK243, Quebec City

Ralph Mayes Avent, Donald Charles Allnatt, Donald Boyd Freeborn (DFC - 153 Sqn.), Hugh Anderson Armstrong, (R139122) John Donald Regan; James Scott Bell, Hugh Robert Gilpin, Joseph Patrick Jones Paul, Arthur Gillespie, Frank McDonald Thomas, Sergt. James Waslyk, Jack Whitney Wright, Wilbur Lee Miller, Harvey Lloyd Curry, Orangeville; Sergt. Joseph Christopher Edwards, Pembroke; Richard Fox, Hamilton; George Heslop, Kirkland Lake; Donald Stewart, Essex; Robert Richards; McNabb; James Cox

+(R/139317) Robert Edward Langdon, Binghampton, New York - killed in flying accident October 21, 1942. Mid-air collision between Harvard 3774 and Anson 8381

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No. 22 EFTS (Co. 54): Langdon; Brady

Course 62: August 15 - December 3, 1942

Wings Parade held in the Drill Hall at 1630 hours. Wing Commander J.C. Huggard presented Wings to 44 members of the Graduating Class.

(J/21398) LAC Gordon Frederick Ockenden - 127/443 Sqns., of Edmonton, top in class.

This was the last class to graduate from the school to train on Harvards.

21 commissions. (J/21399) Harold J. Owens, Portage la Prairie; ; (J/21400 - R/139010) James Robert "Bob" Harrison - KIA 427 Sqn.; (J/21401) W.E. Bell; (J/21402 - R/53561) Arthur William Appleby - BEM, DFC 684 Sqn., Sand Point; (J/21404 - R/122714) Charles Keever Arnold - DFC 541 Sqn.; (J/21405 - R/139006) Geoffrey McBride Weaver; (J/21406) Gordon Lloyd Gibson, Thornbury; (J/21407) Frank H. McManes - 175 Sqn., Alexander, Manitoba; (J/21408) Ivan Clair Stairs, Saint Johns; (J/21409) E.W. McConnell, Calgary; (J/21410) John George Christison, New Glasgow; +(J/21411) Joe Douglas Hogan - 57 Sqn., Amherst; +(J/21413 - R/137423) Arthur James Horrell - 129/443 Sqns., Windsor; +(J/21414) Eugene Deverle Brown - 21 Sqn.; (J/21415) Joseph Willie L'abbe - PoW 425 Sqn., Edmunston, N.B.; +(J/21417 - R/143367) Lloyd G. Kingham; (J/21418) Everett Saunders De Bow - 424 Sqn., Moncton; (J/21420?) Richard Jarvis McCloskey, Woodstock, N.B.

Ellis Eugene Frady; Emil James Squillante; Wilbert Lee Miller - 406 Sqn., Hamilton; Richard P. Woywitka, Edmonton; William Warren Shanks; Allan Joseph Ogle; Robert William Moses; Daniel Lawrence Richards; Stephen Cooper Ayres; Oscar Day Churchman; Anderson; Gordon Bradford Gardiner, Woodstock, N.B.; Marcisse Alban Goulet, Dalhousie; Lawton Boardman Isherwood, Sydney; (J88835) Paul Nazaire Poirier - DFC 425 Sqn., Miscouche, P.E.I.; Ralph Willard Rader, W.J.E. Fawcett, Chesterville; +(10616 - J/48237) Gordon Francis Edwards, South River; (J88527) Arthur Elmer Seller - PoW 412 Sqn., New Westminster; A.B. Gardner - 434 Sqn.?, Toronto; William Ernest Bell, Toronto; (R102774 - J89136) Edward Theodore Flanagan - 440 Sqn., Toronto; W.L. Ribble, Toronto; Raymond E. Amey - 79 Sqn., Winnipeg; L.B. Isherwood, Sydney, N.S.; C.W. Morrice ; H.W. Brandon, London, Eng.

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No. 21 EFTS Chatham (Co. 57): Harrison, Vogt, Ockenden, Appleby, Brown, Edwards

September 1, 1942: +(R/137415) John Richard Vogt killed in flying accident

Course 64: Sept. 11 - December 29, 1942

Air Vice Marshal Albert de Niverville presented Wings to 64 graduates - 26 Aussies.

Top student in the class was (421041) LAC Frank Edmund Pascoe - 190 Sqn., of North Sydney

(J/22464) Leonard George Thacker, St. John, N.B.; (J/22466) William George White; +(J/22468) John Henry Wilson, Victoria, B.C.; +(J/22470) Arthur Lewis Warren - 419 Sqn., Brockville

John Deacon Bradley, Brockville; Alvin Edward Cosgrove, Eastview, Ottawa; (R131253) Joseph Lawrence Keighan - PoW 428 Sqn., Niagara Falls; (R139373) Alvin Ray Noyes, Fort Erie; (R141088) Bruce Roy Roden; (R141113) Arthur Lewis Sedgewick; Murray Chowen Zapfe, Toronto; Richard Miller 'Dick' Seage - DFC 21 Sqn.; Vernon Oliver Enders; Tillinghast; (R/73100) Herbert Roland Larlee, Edmundston; (R138367) R.E. Greenwold, Ft. Langley, B.C.; (R138349) L.W. Bryant, Hatzic, B.C.; (R141150) W.G. White, Toronto; (R143308) J.A. Wilson, Edmonton; (4372) W.C. Walls, Calgary

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Course 66: October 10, 1942 - March 4, 1943

Wings presented by Group Captain Carleton, AFC, C.O. of No. 31 PD. 56 graduates

(J/23418) Douglas Roy Gillon; (J/23419) Geoffrey Lawrence Powell - 1 GRS; (J/23420) A. Paruk; (J/23421) Mayo James Reece - FI 16 SF; (J/23423) Robert Frederick Schalit - 295 Sqn.; (J/23424) J.J.R. Soper; (J/23425) D.D. Morrison; (J/23426) D.V. Grills; (J/23427) J.M. Ketcheson; (J/23428) W.R. Johnson; (J/23430) J.C. Olson; (J/23431) William Duncan Stewart, (J/23432) G.A. Rowland; +(J/23433) John Askew Chartres Dixon - 404 Sqn., Grimshaw, AB; +(J/23434) Archibald Neville Book - 304 FTU, Montreal; (J/23437) Donald Button - 1 GRS; (J/23438) A.W. LeRoy; (J23440) Carl Elmo 'Cal' Calloway - 1 GRS; (J/23446) Frank (Ronald) Spafford - his brother John graduated the same day at No. 6 SFTS Dunnville

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No. 17 EFTS Stanley, N.S. (Co. 62): Schalit

Course 70: December 12, 1942 - April 2, 1943

Course 80: May 1 - August 20, 1943

Group Captain J.C. Huggard, the Station C.O. presented wings to 42 graduates and 28 commissions

John R. P. Wintle, Liverpool, England led the class

RCAF: (J/29277) Arnold H. Stephens, Truro; (J/29280) Wallace J. Mazerall; (J/29281) Melvin G. Feener, Bridgewater; (J/29283) Harry H. Lively, Sheet Harbor; (J/29285) Clyde K. Allen, Summerville; +(J/29287) Walter (Gerald) Asbell, St. John; (J/29288) L.A. Lang; (J/29291) J.R. Haines?; (J/29296) W.R. Murray; (J/29297) J.F. Elliott, Ontario

Charles B. Duffield, Ontario; John B. Goodwin, Fredericton; Murray F. Humes, Moncton; George A. Lawrence, Chamcook; Walter J. Long, Hopewell Hill; James R. Plant, Bathurst; Hunter J. White, Sussex; Robert H. Young, West Bathurst; Wendell W. Meldrum, Bridgewater; Clayton R. Puch, Westport; John MacM. Wilkes, New Glasgow

RAF: R.E. James-Robertson, Wales

Course 82: May 28 - September 17, 1943

Lt. Col. C.M.P. Fisher presented wings to the graduates at 16:30 hours

Canada, England, Scotland and Brazil

(J/35850) H.B. Moreland, Orillia, top in Course

(J/35851) A.L. Morrison; (J/35852) W.E. Gale, Caledonia; (J/35853) M.L. Garland, Port Dalhousie; (J/35854) K.G. Wells; (J/35855) W.J. Tughan; (J/35858) Garnet Alexander Sherwood - DFC 115 Squadron, Hampton, N.B.; ; (J/35860) W.H. Murray; (J/35861) F.A. Nixon; (J/35862) R.J. Noonan, Ottawa; (J/35863) E.R. Wildfong, Hespeler; (J/35864) F.L. Wilson, Cobourg; +(J/35865) Edward Thomas Coles - 166 Sqn., Toronto; +(J/35867) Jean Joseph Donnelly Bellanger - 20 OTU, Quebec City; (J/35869) George Ernest Reynolds - DFC 424 Sqn., London

K.E. Baldwin, Toronto; W.D.G. Ellis, Pt. Colborne; E.W. Gale, Caledonia; A.W. Joynt, Bancroft; E.R. Kent, Guelph; Raymond McKee, Long Branch; C.L. McKinsry, Peterborough; Leonard Moore, Niagara Falls; H.K. Patterson, Hamilton; K.F. Shepard, Toronto

(J/36537) F.C. Phillips; (J/36525) D.W. McRae

(J/36538) Bernard Charles 'Buck' Kirlin - 438 Sqn.

(J/36540) T.B. Goodhope

(J/36547) H.A.M. Humphries - 429 Sqn.

Course 84: June 28 - October 15, 43

Wing Commander Molson presented wings to the first course of graduates since he took command of the Station.

John Hyde Villiers, Montreal top in class

Sgt. William C. Heine of Norton, N.B., was presented his wings by his father, a former Royal Flying Corps pilot. He first enlisted in the Canadian Dental Corps on the outbreak of the war.

(J/37107) A.I. McKay; (J/37108) J.T.D. Holmes, Toronto; (J/37110) H.W. Foss, Brockville; (J/37111) H.S. Watts; (J/37112) W.R. Whetham, Hamilton; (J/37115) Earl George Price - DFM 158 Sqn., Canterbury, N.B.; (J/37117) D.L. Jack; (J/37118) W.W.B. Hyndham; (J/37121) D.J. Stewart; (J/37123) J.B. Cameron, Toronto; (J/37124) D. Henry Hardie, Westchester, N.S.; (J/37126) G.B. Slemin; (J/37129) T.H.A. Wright, Galt; (J/37130) John Gilmour, Hamilton; (J/37132) J.R. McBain; (J/37133) F.B. Bolton, Westboro; (J/37134) J.J. Davidson, Leamington; (J/37136) B.B. Glazer; (J/37137) D.G. Hill, Humberstone; (J/37138) John Hamilton 'Jack' Johnston - DFC 619 Sqn., Naskwaakis; (J/37139) A.N. Campbell; (J/37140) Ralph Elmer Prime, West St. John

John D. Flinthoff - 440 Sqn., Westmount; George Allan Bellevue, St. John; I.S. Van Wart, Toronto; Samuel Angeline, Hamilton; R.E. Carter, Hamilton; W.A. Randall, Hamilton; J.D. Duncan, McDonald's Corners; P.S. Lawrence, Sarnia

Course 86: July 26 - November 12, 1943

Wing Commander Hartland de Montarville Molson presented wings.

Leslie Stead Lutes, Montreal Leader of the class

(J/38056) J.D. Leach; +(J/38058) Douglas Arthur Magrath - 431 Sqn., Roseland;

W.W.E. Anderson, Pointe Anne; John Fetter, Tecumseh; B.C. Campbell, Toronto; Kenneth M. Freebairn, Windsor; R.J. Heslop, Delhi; L.R.J. Keeley, Kingston; D.J. Kerrigan, Toronto; M.C. MacLean, Barrie; Glenn Murray 'Sandy' McTavish, Exeter; J.P. Murphy, St. Catharines; Elmer Ronald Parcher - 426 Sqn., Cobalt; R.H. Pearson, Whitefish Falls; W.G. Roberts, Toronto; L.J. Rondot, Windsor; F. Ken Schmearer, Kitchener; E.A. Scott, Toronto; J.A. Vogt, Hamilton; James Ross Ayer, Fredericton; John Lorraine Bent, Halifax; Harold Frederick Curry, Windsor, N.S.; Frederick Reginald Feltus, Morna, N.B.; Donald Hartley Kirkpartick, Halifax; Frank Bernard Little, Tusket, N.S.; Robert Irvine Rush, Fredericton; Joseph Edouard Lionel Vienneau, West Bathurst

No. 8 Service Flying Training School Moncton

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Original wartime buildings today

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