No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Fort Macleod

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Photo: Cpl. D.G. Richardson, of the RCAF Women's Division, October 23, 1942 (PL12344)

Instructors

(C/83) Wing Commander Arthur Lorne James, O.C.; (C-190) R.F. Davenport

(J/9660) Joseph Pawlowski (Co. 40 3 SF), Spedden, Alta.; (J/9419) E.D. Drew - 141 Sqn.; (J/9542) Willaim Martin Peters; (J/9666) John Edwin Glover (Co. 40 3 SF); (J/9467) A.W. Pavey; William Andrew Anderson (Link), (R/71040 - C5567) Cleo Irvin Aspegren, Clinton Everett See, Gene Lawrence Young; (R/62019) Harold Ernest Whidden - AFM; (R/57851) Chester Franklin Rideout - DFC 272 Sqn., Chilliwack; +(R/56908) James White McIntosh and (J/2929) Robert Condie - KIFA April 2, 1941. Condie's wife gave birth to a son the day of the funeral.; +(J/23089) Albert Horn, Hamilton; C-12347; (J/4115) John Douglas Lamb (2 SF); (J/9539) Arthur Thompson Godfrey; (J/9541) Philip White; (C4101) J.F. Mitchell; (J/6824) Herbert Elwyn Addington; (J/14565) D.E. Sanders - 5 SF; (J/22801) Norman Henry Armstrong; (J/10364) Donald George Laidler, Hamilton

WD's: (W300226) E.L. Kordosh; (W302027) M.G. Nowell

Misc. Pilot Trainees

LaVar Halle Richardson, Clarence Bertram Simons, Ernest Alexander Star, Elmore Irwin Stevens, John Henry Stinton; James Athol Walker - PoW 11 OTU Wellington Z8807; Sabo Ralph Latinga; (R/105869) P.G. Harrow; (R/102411) A.W.M. Mudge; (R/171717) David William 'Bill' Laubman - KIFA 1952; (J/20117) John Delayne Winter

Aussies

Ken Baird trained at McLeod early in 1941. Went on to fly Lancasters with 460 Squadron.

C-12347 pg. 161

Course 29?

Course 29?
Graduates of No. 7 Service Flying Training School at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station at McLeod, Alberta. 404927 Sergeant pilot Ian Clarke Dunn, left and Sergeant pilot W J Clark,right. Dunn later served with 12 Squadron RAF and was killed whilst on operations over the Netherlands on 3 July 1942

Course 15 - Anson Pick-A-Back Landing

Course 15 - Anson Pick-A-Back Landing
On January 31, 1941 at 0930 hours, LAC's (R/54226) John Sully McKeown was practicing landings in Anson W1642 (RCAF No. 6220) when Anson W1570 pilot (R/60978) Lloyd Bolli approached the runway above and to the right of aircraft W1642. Anson W1570 came into contact with W1642 at a height of 50 feet from the ground. Both pilots throttled engines and executed forced landings. Aircraft landed in pick-a-back postion. Wing Commander Arthur James, officer commanding the school. "All they wanted to do was get on with the job. Thankful they could do it."

Course 15 - December 19, 1940 - March 4, 1941

First wings parade held at No. 7 SFTS. Due to inclement weather, the Wings parade was held in Hangar 3.

Wing Commander Arthur L. James urged the 42 graduates to wear their wings with humility and cautioned them against any action on their part which might endanger the lives of others. As each man was called forward his wings were pinned on by Wing Commander James.

Each graduate received a copy of the book, "Canada's Air Heritage" personally autographed by the C.O.

Graduates included: (J/4532) Edward William 'Teddy' Pierce - 404 Sqn.; (J/4533) John Sully McKeown; +(J/4534) Gordon Archibald McMurdy - 419 Sqn.; (J/4535) Benjamin Moore; +(J/4536) Hugh Francis Hegarty - 407 Sqn.; (J/4537) Patrick Hertslet; +(J/4538 - R/59390) Rollie Ernest Buckolz - KIFA 407 Sqn.; (J/4539) Woodward Bowers Cooper - 407 Sqn.; (J/4540) Gilbert Edward Kerley; (J/4541) John Delbert Douglas Wilder; (J/4542) Arthur Richard Race; (J/4544) John James Stephen

T.B. Lee, Mexico City; +George Cuthbert Bingley (killed with Buckolz July 30, 1941 - 407 Squadron), +William Ritchie Christison (DFC & Bar - 404 Squadron), Edward William 'Teddy' Pierce (404 Squadron), Richard Allan Forsyth, F.S. Weatley, Arthur Ryan Smith (DFC), +Russell John Majeau, S.F.C. Thompson, Herbert Ernest Hallet (DFC - 404 Squadron); +James Douglas Woodburn (DFM), G.A. McCurdy, J.D. McIsaac; E.H. McLean, Robert Alfred Schoales (DFC - 404 Squadron), Lloyd Bolli (404 Squadron), +(R/59540) Glen Elwyne Halstead, Winnipeg, +(R/69887) Thomas William Hare - 15 Sqn.; +(R/66086) John Monteith Hubbert - 9 Sqn., St. Catharines

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No. 2 EFTS, Ft. William

No. 8 EFTS (Co.8): Buckolz

Course 17: January 4 - March 26, 1941

Wing Commander James presented wings to 30 graduates. One graduate, P/O C. Bracken, hospitalized. Each graduate was presented with a copy of Canada's Air Heritage.

(J/4752) William Maynard French - DFC 228 Sqn., Fairview, Alberta; (J/4753) Alexander Headley Peck, +(J/4754) John George Dunlop - 404 Sqn., Foam Lake, Sask.; (J/4755) John Stuart Howden AFC - FI 10 SFTS; +(R/54294) Domenic Joseph Calderone - 13 OTU, Ottawa

(A4019) L.J. Quirk; (R/54499) A.H. Peck

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No. 5 EFTS: French

No. 14 EFTS (Co. 10): Howden, Calderone

French Brothers

French Brothers
Sam, Lloyd and Bill French of Fairview, Alberta

Course 19: January 28 - April 16, 1941

Wing Commander James presented wings

38 RAAF: +(402425) David Maitland Watts - 108 Sqn.

13 RCAF: Thomas Taggart Young - 56 OTU/79 Sqn. KIFA Nov. 13, 42

4th RAAF Draft - Embarked at Sydney December 28, 1940

RCAF trainees posted in from

No. 16 EFTS Edmonton (Co. 15): Young

Course 21 - February 17 - May 4, 1941

5th Draft. Embarked Sydney January 23, 1941. Disembarked Vancouver February 16, 1941

Wing Commander James presented wings to 56 RAAF graduates.

(402636) Archie Campbell - 214/99 Sqns.

(400585) +Ronald Frank Hammond (248 Sqn. - 4 e/a destr.)

DFM Citation: "In August, 1942, while serving at Malta this airman destroyed two enemy aircraft in air combat and at least two more in low level attack on an enemy airfield. Since returning to the United Kingdom he has destroyed further enemy aircraft. Flight Sergeant Hammond is an exceptionally keen and gallant pilot who has set a splendid example."

December 1, 1942 Hammond was piloting one of three Beaufighters which set out to search for another aircraft of the squadron which failed to return from a patrol flight the previous day.

(400590) Wing Commander Robert Wilson Iredale (DFC & Bar) - No. 464 Squadron
Embarked Sydney January 23, 1941. Disembarked Canada February 16, 1941.

Commenced training No. 7 SFTS, McLeod, February 17, 1941. Received pilot's flying badge May 4, 1941.

Distinguished Flying Cross

Citation: One night during July 1942 Iredale and Flying Officer John Lefroy McCaul RAF, also awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, Pilot and Navigator respectively, in aircraft detailed to attack enemy airfield. While over target area intensive searchlight activity and anti aircraft fire encountered. Iredale defied opposition and bombed aerodrome and obtained hits on runway being used. Throughout operation Iredale was greatly assisted by McCaul whose accurate navigation in face of great difficulties was of highest order. Both displayed great courage and determination.

Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross

Citation: On his first tour of operations Wing Commander Iredale was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross . This officer is now on his second tour and has led his own and other squadrons on numerous successful attacks. His fine fighting spirit and eagerness for action have raised the morale of his squadron to a very high level.

Kent, England May 9, 1944. Flight Lieutenant John Lefroy McCaul, Toronto and Wing Commander Iredale in front of their Mosquito "F For Freddie".

Course 21: May 15, 1941

Young

Course 25: April 10 - June 20, 1941

Wing Commander James presented wings to 38 graduates. Photographers from LOOK magazine covered the event.

(J/5783) William Houghton Adams - DFC; (J/5784) Harold Wilfred Izzard; (J/5785) John Richard Stewart; (J/5786) Frank Edward William Statham; (J/5787) Sidney Bigman; +(J/5788 - R/67652) Earl James McAlpine - 438 Sqn., Walkerville; (J/5789) Arthur Edward Fentiman - 424 Sqn.; +(J/5790 - R/79685) George Frederick Sanderson - 7 Sqn., Avonlea, Sask.: +(J/5791 - R/56306) James Stewart Coulter - 408 Sqn. (Op Mainz), Pointe Claire, Que.; +(J/5792) Robert Elmer Drysdale - 114 Sqn., Perth, Ont.; +(J/5793) Stanley Wilbur Matthews - 403 Sqn., (FI 11 SF) Ft. Garry, MB

+(R/74340 - J/14040) Orville Stuart Peck - 414 Sqn., Ottawa; L.J. Young

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No. 2 EFTS Ft. William (Co. 19): Drysdale; Coulter; McAlpine, Matthews

No. 6 EFTS (Co. 20): Peck

No. 5 EFTS (Co. 20): Sanderson


Course 27: May 3 - July 14, 1941

Wing Commander Arthur L. James presented wings to the 36 graduates. This was the station's first open air wings ceremony.

(J/6104) Peter L. Parkin MacDonnell; (J/6105) Basil Garfield Johnston; (J/6166) Frank Adams Roper - DFC 207 Sqn.; +(J/6167) Eric Graham Cavaghan - 419 Sqn., St. James, MB; +(J/6168) Robert Gray Joyce - 500/217/52/437/422/436/435 Sqns., Calgary; (J/6169) Ian Day MacKenzie; +(J/6170) James Lynas - KIFA 22 OTU, London, Ont.; +(J/6171) Thomas Robinette Godfrey - KIFA 1 (C) OTU, Pt. Credit; +(J/6172) Rutherford James Jackson - 57 Sqn., Creston, B.C.; (J/6173) Ronald Amos Anderson - DFC 428 Sqn., Moncton; (J/6174) Crawford Vincent Wales - PoW 432 Sqn., Portage la Prairie; (J/6175) William Joseph Keough - 97 Sqn.

(J/15123) William John Dierkes - DFC 61 Sqn.; +(J/15248) Gordon Bennett - DSO, DFC 405 Sqn., Winnipeg; (J/18736) Wallace Delos Harrington, +(R/75527) Roy Earnest Farnham, Pickering, Ont.; +(R/75725) Stanley George Brockington - 404 Sqn., Simcoe, Ont.; John Wesley Brown, +(R/80544) Kenneth Marshall Miller - 200 Sqn., Orillia; +(R/78383) William Freborne Colville - 11 Sqn. Gander, Bowmanville; Ian Day Mackenzie; +(R/67911) William Ingalls Hoese - 22 OTU; Basil Johnson, +(R/78480) Roland Walter Lemere - 2 (C) OTU; Peter MacDonnell, +(R/67931) Donald Joseph Maskill - 115 Sqn.; +(J/15249) Charles Leonard Murray - 434 Sqn., Ft. William; +(R/60617) William Johnston Peggie - 2 AOS, Calgary; +(R/80033) William Maurice Popplestone - 114 Sqn., Pilot Mound, MB; +(R/76634) Godfrey Hyde Stewart Ross - 419 Sqn., Edmonton; +Irwin Clarence Ross, Roderick Alexander Scott, +William Alfred Sneath, Gordon Grant Sutherland (DFC, DFM), Murray Lawrence Swanson (DFM), +William George Weeks, Emile Paul Buhler, Norman Kenneth Hubbard, Chance Arthur Hudson, Lethbridge; William Maurice Peplestone

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No. 5 EFTS Lethbridge (Co. 23): Roper, Joyce, Anderson, Dierkes, Keough

No. 14 EFTS Portage La Prairie (Co. 23): Lemere



Course 29: From Queensland, Australia these eight young airmen were sent to Canada as part of Australia’s contribution to the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Left to Right: C.M. Dean, (404728) Colin Glaud Storry, J.N. Surgeon, +(404823) Keith Alexander Andrew, +(404820) Royal George Heron, A.B. Boyle, (404861) Geoffrey Thomas Beames, +(404887) Karl Hugo Eklund (AWM/Gordon)

Course 29 New South Wales Graduates. Back Row Left to Right: Leading Aircraftmen +(404707) Eric John Gleeson, +(402910) Solomon Levitus, +(402858) Trevor Leslie Gibson, P.A. Day, +(402990) Henry Charles Weeks, +(403069) Arthur Lennox McDonald, +(402941) Clarence William Woods (DFM), R.C. Wiseman. Centre Row: +(403126) Ross Walker Davidson?, +(403152) John Frederick Summers, +(402869) Barrington Armitage Knyvett, B.W. Coyle, +(403083) Dudley Ronald McLeod, W.H.S. Martin, +(402993) David Gray, L.V. Johnston. Front Row: +(402944) Edward Francis Collaery, +(403045) Edmund Daniel Fogden, A.W. Proctor, R.H. Hornby, +(403129) Bruce Lyndon Buls, +(403104) Argyle Donald Beatty, +(402967) Russel Allen Pera Jones?, +(403044) Peter Field

Course 28: May 15 – August 8, 1941

Embarked at Sydney April 22, 1941. Disembarked Canada May
14, 1941.

Wing Commander James presented wings to 43 RAAF personnel

+(403129) Bruce Lyndon Buls - 461 Sqn.

Course 31: June 14 - August 30, 1941

Embarked at Sydney May 20, 1941. Disembarked Vancouver June 13, 1941

Wing Commander R.C. Mair presented wings to graduates

34 RAAF: +(403380) James Alexander Saint-Smith - DFC, DFM; (404944) John George Pax Weatherlake, Toowang; (403374) James Thomson; (403403) Jack Napier Davenport - DSO, DFC and Bar, GM, MID - 455 Sqn.; (403323) Bruce Cunynghame Daymond - DSO, DFC 240 Sqn.; +(403297) Allan Fletcher Ada - 58 Sqn.; +(404867) Arthur Hugh Steyning Brown - 51 Sqn., Maryborough, Qsl.; +(403314) Charles Sydney Butcher - 51 Sqn., Turramura; W.H.R. Campbell, Wahroonga; +(403041) Bernard Bradley Connell - KIFA 23 OTU, Ashfield, NSW; +(404844) Alexander Frederick Whittick - 460 Sqn., Cairns, Queensland; W.A. Wheeler, Homebush, NSW; W.J. Wheeldon, Oakey, Queensland; G.B. Littlejohn, Melbourgh; R.G. Gordon, Brisbane; +(404927) Ian Clarke Dunn - 12 Sqn., Laidley, Queensland; T. Blackley, Mackay, Queensland; R.D. Cullen, Wagga Wagga; A.R. Downie, Essendon, Vic.; J.A. Finlay, Scone, NSW; H. M. Fuller; (403331) Leonard Campbell Glenwright; I.E. Parsons; +(403373) Vincent Peter Ratchcliffe - 456 Sqn.; H.E. Rothwell; P.E. Wright; R.G. Canning; +(407719) Vincent William James Mansell - 149 Sqn. pic; (407724) Mortimer John Croft Muirhead; S.A. Adelaide; (403346) John Richard Jordon; J.N. Reeve, Gelong, Vic; +(403079) Sidney Arthur Solomons - 460 Sqn., Sydney; (402940) Anthony Vincent Willis - DFC, DFM 460 Sqn., Graman;

RAF: 9 from Singapore: +(108140) Anthony Philip 'Tony' Webb; L.R. Lord - 455 Sqn., Singapore; (785042 - 108148) Brian Francis Ball; L.F. Talalla, Malaya; J. Blackman-Shaw; (124271) George Dudley Stewart Boole - AFC, Glamorgan, U.K.; +(785945 - 108149) Frederick Buchanan - 35 Sqn., Kirkwall; R. Matthews, London; K. McAsland, Hull;
Distinguished Flying Medal

Citation

Flight Sergeant Saint-Smith has displayed outstanding determination in pressing home his attacks on enemy targets during numerous operational sorties.

Early in March 1943, he participated in a raid on Berlin and obtained an excellent photograph after the bombs had been released.

He has at all times taken great care to identify the target and has, as pilot, done all in his power to ensure accurate bombing. His high courage, skill and initiative have set a magnificient example to his crew.

Course 33: July 15 - September 25, 1941

11th Draft - Embarked at Sydney June 13, 1941. Disembarked at Vancouver July 3, 1941

51 RAAF graduates presented with their wings by Wing Commander A.L. James

(401339) Thomas Eric Turnley, +(407794) Gilbert Carrington Keats, W.W. Evans, (407269) John Michael Cronin, +(406600) Harry Lincoln Lethbridge, (406545) John Herington, +(406560) James Morphett Henderson, (406595) Harold Vincent Horner (DFC); E.S. Kingsford; +(403619) Alastair Kennedy - died as a navigator

RAF: (785048 - 130674) Cyril Lionel Francis 'Jimmy' Talalla - 118 Sqn. Dieppe - DFC & Bar; Blackman-Sheve

July 19, 1941: 2359 hours Anson 6434 pilot LAC Talalla RAF night flying, landed and taxied back to hangar, whilst so doing aircraft ran into compressor causing damage to starboard airscrew, engine cowling and starboard wing. Injuries to occupant nil.

Course 33 New South Wales Graduates. Back Row Left to Right: +(403388) Robert Douglas Wells, +(403663) Richard Douglas Elrington, J.B. Fitzgerald, (403330) Gordon Francis Gatenby, K.F. Dickson, (403636) John Montague Evershed, +(403385) Peter Richard Vincent Sullivan, J. Wells, (403605) Stanley George Sismey, +(403485) Samuel Albert Gaston Priestley. Centre Row: E.T. Rutherford, S.W. Wilson, +(403480) Karl Morris Miegel, S.A. Vincent, A.H. Gibson, +(403586) Esmond Peter Heinrich, (403583) Geoffrey Ian Gunton, +(403673) John Stewart Mackie, I.J.W. Edwards. Front Row: +(403585) Kenneth John Hanson, B.S. Tait, R.B. Patrick, +(14243) William Marcel Spongberg, +(403327) Alan Richard Frazer, (403316) Joseph Cantor, J.N. Murray, (403339) Darcy Murray Horselman (POW), +(403408) Archibald William James Hunter, +(403389) William Murray Wendon (AWM)

Course 33 Victoria graduates of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Left to Right: I.A.F. Clarke, +(401339) Thomas Eric Turnley, J.M. Williams, A.W. Wales, +(401302) Elliot Livesey Cole, +(401079) Roy George Peverill, E.M. Nelson, D.R. Parkinson. (AWM/Gordon)

Course 33 RAAF Graduates: Left to Right: +(406600) Harry Lincoln Lethbridge, (406545) John Herington, +(406560) James Morphett Henderson, (406595) Harold Vincent Horner (DFC) (AWM/Gordon)

Course 33 RAAF Graduates: +(407794) Gilbert Carrington Keats, W.W. Evans, (407269) John Michael Cronin (Gordon/AWM)

Course 35: August 8 - October 23, 1941

Group Captain D.A. Greig, of No. 3 SFTS Calgary, presented wings.

(J/8193) John Negley Ritter; (J/8194) Robert Hall Buckham, Brandon; (J/8195) Alvin Edmund Hannah; (J/8196) Harold Alleyne Dodd; (J/8197) Raymond Leslie Hinton; (J/8198) Ross Gutherie Campbell, Consort, AB; (J/8199) William Clews; (J/8200) Claude Donald Aurel Bourque, Ensign, AB; +(J/8201) Ronald Norman Wyeherley, Saskatoon; (J/8202) Ronald Clark East; +(J/8203) Harry Woodward Donkersley - DFC 69 Sqn., Powell River, B.C.; (J/8204) Richard Wallace Ferguson, Vancouver; (J/8205) Joseph Butcher; (J/8206) Paul Victor Hennell; +(J/8207) William Wilson Colledge - DFC 405 Sqn., Vancouver; (J/8208) Arthur Donald Gilbertson; (J/8209) Fred Wihak; +(J/8210) Victor Thomas Robinson - 404 Sqn., Nova Scotia; (J/8211) William Struan Robertson - DFC 436 Sqn.; (J/8212) Drummond Sutton Mussett; (J/8213) Donald Scott Morgan

(R/97584) Joseph John Makarewicz (POW), Kittredge Hamlin, J.C. Cooper, Winnipeg; +(R/95411) James Cecil Colter - 418 Sqn., Crystal City, Man.; R.C. East, Rapid City, Man.; (R/95287 - J/85492) Franklin Kay Collins - DFC 409 Sqn., Inwood, Man.; H.M. Barr, Starbuck, Man.; R.H. Buckham, Brandon; Paul Victor Hennell, Victoria; (J19991) Clinton (Warren) Chown - DFC 515 Sqn., Mirror, AB; H.A.H. North, Edmonton; R.C. Dunn, Cheadle, AB; J.T. Edwards, Lethbridge; (R/92556) Jack Robert O'Leary - 138 Sqn., Calgary; Fredrick Arthur Levitt, Lethbridge; D.J. Boyer, Lethbridge; Benjamin Ignatius 'Ben' Gruenwald, Lethbridge; +(R/87409) John Evans Cosford - 244 Sqn., Simpson, SK; +(J17063 - R87381) Lawrence Harry Gleason - 458 Sqn., Canora, SK

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No. 5 EFTS High River (Co. 31): Colledge, Chown

Course 37: November 20, 1941

Group Captain A.L. James presented wings to 54 RAAF graduates.

Course 39 Saskatchewan Graduates

Course 39 Saskatchewan Graduates
Front Row L to R: LAC's +(R102011) Alexander Cameron Gibson, Saskatoon; J.M. Dunlop, Abbey; E.A. Thompson, Moose Jaw; +(J19151) Arthur George Stein - 415 Sqn., Regina; W.B. Gower, Craik; +(J16215) Thomas Simpson Briggs - 409 Sqn., Venn; (R98909) Cameron Kent 'Fritz' Chrysler - PoW 109 Sqn., Kerrobert; +(J9369) Richard Alvin 'Dick' Campbell - 45 Sqn., Assiniboia; Second row: LAC's +(R102319) Archie William Lefurgey - 2 (C) OTU, Regina; (R102063) Robert Jones - 2 AFU, Abbey; A.G. Jones, Saskatoon; +(J17038) Maurice Campbell Pryce Jones - 53 OTU, Moose Jaw; R.D. Cook, Drinkwater; (J22971) Arthur John Edward 'Jack' Carter - 428 Sqn., Wadena; +(J17135) John Patrick Kavanagh - 166 Sqn., Lake Lenore; G.R. Kilburn, Shaunovan Back row: LAC's +(J16865) Ray Lloyd Clearwater - 12 Sqn., Welwyn; Arthur Leland Brown, Hawarden; Leslie Cyril Gosling, North Battleford; A.F. Chilis, Regina; Desmond Bracken Clements, Swift Current

Course 39: September 25 - December 18, 1941

Wings Ceremony held in No. 3 Hangar. Group Captain A.L. James presented wings to 58 graduates.

+(J/9350 - R/97566) Gerald 'Gerry' Bennett Latimer - 408 Sqn., Vancouver top in class

+(J/9351) Lloyd George Burke; (J/9352) John Arthur Cooke - AFC; +(J/9353) Harry Lyle Heimbecker FI 15 SF - 429 Sqn., (J/9354) Arthur Leland Brown - DFC 216 Sqn.; +(J/9355) George Milne - 426 Sqn., his brother (J/5968) Harry David Milne also killed - Calgary; (J/9356) Arthur Frederick Childs - DFC 429 Sqn.; +(J/9358 - R/93945) Douglas Russell Manley - 132/401 Sqns., Wetaskiwin, Alta; (J/9359) Leslie Cyril Gosling, 222 Sqn. Dieppe - KIA 229 Sqns. Malta DFC, North Battleford, Sask.; (J/9360) Geoffrey 'Geoff' Slocombe - DFC 427 Sqn., Vancouver; +(J/9361) Donald Hugh John Chapman - KIFA 3 SF; (J9363) E.A. Thompson; +(J/9364) Francis Herbert 'Frank' Carr, Okotoks, Alberta; +(J/9365) Howard Elsey - 14 Sqn., Oyster River, B.C.; +(J/9366) Desmond Bracken Clements - 22 OTU, Swift Current, SK; (J/9367) Larry Robertson Van Kleeck - DFC 427 Sqn., Vancouver; +(J9368 - R101513) John Traquair Creighton - 31 OTU, Winnipeg; +(J9369) Richard Alvin 'Dick' Campbell - 45 Sqn., Assiniboia

(R/101477 - J/17313) Robert Orin Blackhall - 408 Sqn., m b. MI, Vancouver; +(J/16865) Ray Lloyd Clearwater - 12 Sqn., McAuley, Manitoba; +(R106393 - J.17326) George Pierre Cornelius Vandekerckhove DFC 427 Sqn., Stony Mountain, Man.; (J16536) Alexander 'Al' Strelchuk (Strel) - 433 Sqn., Winnipeg; W.J. Jennings, Ft. Garry; C.A. George, Winnipeg; G.P. Johnston, Winnipeg; +(J18919) Ned Jordan DFC 622 Sqn., Winnipeg; +(R105553) Donald Thomas Marler - 102 Sqn., Edmonton; (J22947) Alex McDonald - 438 Sqn., Vancouver; R.G. Peel, Vancouver; C.F. Green, Port Alberni, B.C.; Thomas C. 'Tommy' McGowan, Vancouver; G.S.C. "Stew' MacLean, Vancouver; +(R92341) Philip Hayne Chapman, Kelowna

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No. 5 EFTS High River (Co. 35): Gosling; Manley, Chapman, Blackhall, Clearwater, Brown, Vandekerckhove, Marler, Van Kleeck, Slocombe, Strelchuk, McDonald

Course 41: January 15, 1942

45 RAAF graduates

Course 43: November 28 - March 13, 1942

49 graduates received their wings at the hands of Group Captain James. 19 granted commissions Sherman 6th in class

(J/10583) Henry Jean Chateau; (J/10584) R.A.J. Burton - FI 4 SF; +(J/10591 - R/106716) Lawrence Sherman - DFC 162 Sqn. sank U-980 - KIA two days later attacking U-480, Vancouver; (J/10594) Eric Trelawny Batchelor - DFC 224 Sqn.; (J/10595) Francis Morris 'Mo' Sawyer - MiD 418 Sqn., Hatzie, B.C.

D.J. Linklater, Edmonton; H.B. Mathews, Edmonton; H.B. Bristow, Edmonton; A.W. Speer, Edmonton; (J16226) Charles Richardson Blumenauer - DFC 103 Sqn., Enderby, B.C.

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No. 18 EFTS (Co. 38): Sherman, Blumenauer, Sawyer

Course 45: December 21, 1941 - April 9, 1942

Wings Parade held on the parade ground. Group Captain A.L. James presented wings to 47 graduates

19 commissions

+(J/11086) Lawrence Harmon Kiscaddon, (J/11087) Merrill Edwin Wolfe, Edmonton; (J/11088) Thomas Joseph Flynn, Edson, AB; (J/11089) Reginald Herbert Jarvis; (J/11090) Stanley Reesor Kaufman, Edmonton; (J/11091) Cecil Oakley Naftel, Calgary; (J/11092) Arthur Robert Smith; (J/11093) Victor Cecil Schultz, Vegreville, AB; (J/11094) Gordon Towell, Prince Albert; (J/11095) Louis Archibald Crowe, Rossland; (J/11096) Frederick Spurgeon Saunders, Vancouver; (J/11097) Harold James Darkes, Edmonton; +(J/11098) Donald Forest Caldwell - 168 Sqn., Edmonton; +(J/11101) George Herbert Finch - DFC 13 Sqn., Birtle, MB

A.C. Grout, Vancouver; +(R/110155) Humphrey Owen Blake Payne - 406 Sqn., Vancouver; J.P. Mathieson, Vancouver; G.I. Morrison, Vancouver; W.G. Clarke, Naramota; G.F. Seldon, Vancouver; K.F. Fighter, Victoria; J.D. Later, Vancouver; H.S.C. Dow, Nanaimo; K.E. Radcliffe, Chemanis; R.H. Jarvis, Nobleford; G.G. Mill, Wainright; G.H. Brumacombe, Vermilion, AB; G.R. Baker, Medicine Hat; J. McIntosh, Medicine Hat; T.J. Flynn, Edson; R.H. Riddell, Cluny, AB; A.R. Smith, Deburne, AB; (J/85437) Dale Martin Hildebrand, Vermilion, AB; L.A. Browning - 432 Sqn., Edmonton; R.H. Simmerman, Edmonton; +(J85715) Ronald Victor McDougall - 166 Sqn., Calgary; S.M. Moore, Moose Jaw; G.H. Kruesel, Kerrobert; W.D. Hunter, Saskatoon; (R/116264 - J87309) Lawrence David 'Lofty' Brune, Winnipeg; (J/27043) Eli Rosenbaum - AFC, Winnipeg; +(J/27009) Ivor Bruce Benson - 429 Sqn., La Riviere, MB

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No. 8 EFTS (Co. 40): Payne, Finch

Course 47: January 3 - May 7, 1942

Wings Parade was held on the tarmac. W/C R.F. Davenport presented wings to 47 graduates.

8 commissions

(J/11576) William Frank Stone, Ottawa top in class

(J/11577) William Harold Johnson, Gore Bay, Ont.; (J/11578) Thomas William Higgins; +(J/11579) Robert James Land - 401 Sqn., Luseland, Sask.; (J/11580) Albert William Smirl Jones, Victoria, B.C.; (J/11581) Claybourne Waldrop - 59 Sqn.; +(J/11583) Darl Neilson Turner - 404 Sqn., Magrath, Alta.

(R/92684) Sabo Ralph 'Ting' Lantinga - 14 Sqn., Macleod; (R/105869) Peter Gordon Harrow, Clive, Alta.; Harry MacWilliam Pickard, Calgary; Bobby Lewis Bilby; John Russell Bilby; Harold Albert Edward Burgess, St. John, N.B.; Howard Elwood Etherington, Grimsby; +(J/27801) Robert George Hodge - KIFA 3 SF, Calgary; Arnold Simon Hogan, Edmonton; Harlan Francis Hurd, Minneapolis; Alfred Acourt Hyam, Claydon, Sask.; Frederick Norman McFarlane,Ottawa; +(J/18842) Veikko Victor Miettinen - 282 Sqn., Cobalt; (J/23377) Reginald Philip 'Reg' Paterson - DFC 101 Sqn., Regina; James Howard Reid, Sydney, N.S.

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No. 15 EFTS: Johnson

No. 16 EFTS Edmonton: Turner


Course 49 - January 31 - June 5, 1942

(J/12030) James Henry 'Harry' Cartmell - DFC 140 Sqn., Chilliwack, B.C.; (J/12031) G. Bishop; (J/12032) Donald Leslie Bennett - 212 Sqn.; (J/12034) Douglas Waitt Whitehurst Cormack; (J/12036) G.H. Cockburn; (J/12037) F.L. Smart?

W.D. Alexander, Vancouver; G. Scott, Vancouver; V.G. Bugslag, Victoria; J.B. Bond, Kelowna; Thomas A. Causey, Natal, B.C.; Thompson, Chilliwack; A.M. Harradence, Prince Albert; L.S. Hoar, Prince Albert; C.D. McIvor, Regina; D.J. McKillop, Regina; Ralph Leroy Arrison (FI 11 SF), Bassano, AB; Ronda Mark Dahl, Raymond, AB; R.E. Marshall, Vulcan, AB; N.W. Paul, Fairview, AB;

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No. 5 EFTS: Cartmell

Course 51: March 14 - July 3, 1942

41 graduates

(J/20124) Frederick Hastings - AFC; (J/20130) Harold Vernon Bryant

+(J/12491) Lewis E. Park, (J/12492) William Ernest Edmondson; (J/12493) Henry Cecil Briggs; (J/12494) Elmer Edward Knechtel; (J/12495) William Walter Perkins; +(J/12496) Denis Clement Farmer Perkins 45 GRP, Vancouver; (J/12497) George Ponech FI 9 SF; +(J/12498 - R/122374) James Raymond Lippi - KIFA 2 FIS; H.W. Pettigrew, Hamilton

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No. 5 EFTS (Co. 45): Perkins

No. 16 EFTS Edmonton (Co. 44): Lippi


Course 53: April 13 - July 30, 1942

Wings Parade held in the evening on the Parade Square. Large number of New Zealanders in the class. A Maori Dance was performed by the New Zealand graduates after the Wings parade.

(J/13017 - R118125) Robert Harry Ridgway - 524 Sqn., Burnaby - leading student

(J13018) Douglas Dalton Shuttleworth - DFC 426 Sqn., Regina; +(J/13019) David Jack Robertson, Vancouver; +(J/13020) Arnold Belden Shives - 1659 CU, Vancouver; +(J/13021 - R121619) Wilfred Lawrence Shaw - 426 Sqn., Edmonton; (J/13022) Cleon Blake Feight - MiD; (J/13023) A. Shukis; (J/13024) J.H. Dunphy; (J/13025) F.J. Roberts

+(J/21939) Ralph Perry Davies - 429 Squadron; (J/21940) George Stuart Reid; (J/21942) Martin Sattler - DFC & Bar 405 Sqn.; J.R. Gilmore, Prince Albert; M. Sattler, Regina; +(J/21941) Bruce Angus Grant - 420 Sqn., Regina; G.B. Schott; C.E.S. Partington; D.J. Robertson; B.E. Emerson; F.H. Cameron; R.J. Reay; F.P. Fisher; R.F. Wilkins; S.T. Reilly; A. Evans, Calgary; L.S.C. Johnston, Edmonton; W. Latchman, Edmonton; James W. Goin, Millet, AB; G.S. Reid, Edmonton; J. Roxburgh, Edmonton; +(J20114) Gordon Foster Trudgeon - 27 Sqn., Edmonton; +(R113437) Gabriel Emile Joseph Le Bihan - 405 Sqn., Edmonton; G.H. Whittaker, Edmonton; +(R130533) Steve Tomyn - 427 Sqn., Edmonton; R.P. Davie, Edmonton; G.L. Weber, Edmonton

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No. 5 EFTS High River: Shuttleworth, Feight

Course 55: May 10 - August 27, 1942

Wings Parade was held in the Parade Square. After an appropriate speech by Wing Commander R.F. Davenport, 61 graduates received their wings. Two minutes of silence was observed in memory of the three airmen killed in the crash on August 8 - P/O W.J. Rannie, (R/128205) LAC Kotelmach and (R/107399) LAC Todd. Two Ansons collided during final approach.

+(J/13741 - R/133134) James Rudolph "Jim" Rumbel - 404 Sqn.; (J/13742) K.H. Davies

+(R/131714) Ernest Alexander Star - 429 Sqn., Alberta; +(R/133390) John Campbell Leckie DFM 150 Sqn.

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No. 5 EFTS High River (Co. 50): Star

No. 18 EFTS Boundary Bay (Co. 49): Rumbel, Leckie


Course 57: June 8 - September 25, 1942

46 graduates

(J/14444) D.A. Willows; +(J/14447 - R/130678) Francis Maxwell Webber - 120 Sqn. Liberator FL.923, Castor, Alberta; (J/14448) J.C. McNabb; +(J/14449 - 4139) Albert Frederick 'Fred' Hague - 254 Sqn., Regina; +(J/14450 - R/131717) George Nickolas (Lanser) Goodwin - 200 Sqn U-468, b. St. Louis, MO r. Erikson, B.C. 8th

(J/21269 - R/125411) Joseph Erwin Godwin - 407 Sqn.; (J/21274) Thomas Joseph Mullin

Remustered graduates included: A.F. Hague, (clerk) Regina; N.R. Price, Windsor; J.F. McMahon, Edmonton

J.H. Robertson, Cobourg; J.D. O'Neil, Ottawa

August 28, 1942 ceased training: +(R/128976) Richard Warren Wolfe

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No. 5 EFTS (Co. 52): Godwin, Goodwin

No. 16 EFTS Edmonton (Co. 51): Wolfe; Hague

No. 18 EFTS Boundary Bay (Co. 49): Webber

Course 59: July 11 - October 22, 1942

Wings Parade held in the Drill Hall at 2000 hours. Wings were presented by G/C A.L. James to 54 graduates.

(J/20053) Raymond James Eugene Barichello - AFC, Murrayville, B.C.; (J/20055) Clarence Bolger - DFC 407 Sqn., Renfrew; (J/20057 - R/126562) George Edwin Dyslin; +(J/20058) D.J. Cameron - 299 Sqn.; (J/20060 - R/131947) LaVar Halle Richardson; +(J/20061) Joseph Arthur Leo Couture - 578 Sqn.; (J/20062) W.S. Gardner; (J/20064) Francis Robert Harris - DFC & Bar 78 Sqn., Victoria, B.C.; (J/20065) Ralph Lloyd Boe - DFC 419 Sqn., Mannville, AB

(R/134899) Marcus Rice Humphrey - 408 Sqn.; +(R/131551) David Henderson Bates - b. Can. to U.S. parents - 428 Sqn., Diamond City, Alta.; A. Sutherland, Pt. Moody; J.L. Sills, Victoria; D.O. Clarck, Vancouver; K.G. Nichols, Vancouver; S. Metka, Moose Jaw; +(R/131523) John Sirovyak - 640 Sqn., Lethbridge; F.R. Harris, Victoria; D.G. Marshall, Calgary; G.W. Walton, Calgary; J.D. Brechin, Calgary; +(J/87377) Robert Leslie Crooks - 600 Sqn., Mannville; T.R. Bradshaw, Edmonton; H.P. Boness, Edmonton; W.J. Brecken, Calgary; L.J. or L.G. Slipp or Shipp, Trochu, Alberta; J.C. Brady, Edmonton; +(J/18863) Kenneth Lloyd Brager - 408 Sqn.; G.M. Gauthier, Edmonton; W.C. Short, Portage la Prairie; Gib E. Goucher - 299 Sqn., Nelson, B.C.; (R138015) Edmund Joseph White

William Stuart Gardner, Ottawa


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No. 5 EFTS High River: Harris, Barichello, White

No. 6 EFTS (Co. 49): Boe; Bates

Course 61: August 3 - November 19, 1942

Wings Parade held in the Drill Hall. After an appropriate speech by Wing Commander R.F. Davenport the graduates received their wings.

+(J/20993) Edward Arthur Thomas Taylor - 252 Sqn., Victoria; (20998) William F. Veitch, (FI 9 SF) Victoria; (J/20999 - R/140780) Edward Sexton 'Scotty' Bannerman; (J/21000) R.H.M. Cockroft; (J/21110) J.E. Hogg

+(R/101156 - J/43176) Harold Perry Nelson - KIFA; Ken Graves; +(R/130973 - J.18274) James Milford Lewis - 61 Sqn.; M. Brown, Prince Rupert; J.D. Anderson, Quesnel; G.E. Brown, Rossland; William F. Veitch, Victoria; Laurier Poissant, Edmonton; +(R.130783 - J/19399) Edward Philip Devaney - 434 Sqn., Edmonton; E.H.S. Klatt, Edmonton; Laurie Douglas Kellaway, Edmonton; J.S. Sober, Winnipeg; +(R/110879) Sydney Aubrey Minter - 427 Sqn., Winnipeg; R.W. Ritchie, Winnipeg; +(R/109235) Cecil John Edgar Kindt - 626 Sqn., Calgary; R.M. Noble, Saskatoon; C.L. Perch, Kipling, Sask.; C.P. Buttar, Rosetown, SK; R.F. Hanus, Southey, SK; R.S. Thorne, Centralia; R.J. Cardinal, Ft. William;

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No. 5 EFTS High River (Co. 57): Nelson, Lewis

No. 16 EFTS Edmonton (Co. 56): Kindt

Course 63: August 29 - December 18, 1942

50 graduates

(J/21490) Roy McIntosh Borthwick - DFC


+(R142702 - J.93048) Roald Fredrik Sollie


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No. 6 EFTS Prince Albert (Co. 59): Sollie

Course 65: September 27, 1942 – January 21, 1943

Wings Parade held at 2000 hours.

55 graduates - 18 commissions

52 RAAF, 3 RCAF graduates

+(AUS.421312) John Costello

Course 67: Oct. 26, 1942 - February 18, 1943

55 graduates


(J/23531) Frank Griffin Marvin



+(R147536) Richard James Gregory, Biggar, Sask.



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No. 5 EFTS (Co. 63): Gregory

Course 69: November 23 - March 18, 1943

Wings Parade held in the Drill Hall.

54 graduates - 23 commissions

(J/26220) Lynwood Sewell Bell

+(R/157864) Charles Robert Long - KIFA 23 OTU, Cdn. r. CA

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No. 15 EFTS (Co. 65): Long

Course 71: December 29, 1942 - April 15, 1943

58 graduates

+(J/25428 - R/54524) Arthur Bawker Smith McElroy - No. 4 (C) OTU, Sutton Junction, Que.; (J/25438) James Seymour Beard - DFC 57 Sqn.; (J/25443) Allan Edwin Heber

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No. 5 EFTS High River: McElroy

Course 73: January 25 - May 12, 1943

Wings Parade held at 1600 hours in downtown Macleod. The New Zealand graduates did their Maori Dance.

49 graduates - 16 commissions

+(NZ428793) Cyril Desmond Mulcahy; Roy Francis; +(NZ424460) John Moore Hart, +(NZ422057) Neil Douglas Davidson

Course 75: Feb. 22 - June 10, 1943

66 graduates 1930 hours


Course 77

Course 77
L to R: Jim Osbourne, Alex Porter, Ken Robertson, (423361) Donald Grant Uther - 462 Sqn.

Course 77: March 24 - July 8, 1943

Wings Parade held in the Drill Hall

55 RAAF graduates - 20 commissions

2 killed in flying accident

Course 79: April 19 - August 5, 1943

Wings Parade held at 2000 hours in the Drill Hall.

45 graduates - 25 commissions

Course 81: May 18 - September 3, 1943

Arthur Jung, Vancouver top in class

+(R/166833 - J/29216) Ian Rene Gordon White; C.T. Heckbert, Vermillion; W.D. Johnstone; F.G.H. Jones; R.L. McKay

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No. 6 EFTS Prince Albert: White

Course 83: June 13 - October 15, 1943

+(J.36138 - R189490) Arne Paul Jensen - 408 Sqn., op Hamburg, Vancouver

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No. 5 EFTS High River: Jensen

September 5, 1943 - February 11, 1944

(J/41123) Robert Arthur Andrew (DFC)

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Marcus Rice Humphrey - Course 59

Marcus Rice Humphrey - Course 59
American RCAF volunteer. Completed tour with 408 Squadron.

(RAAF403104) Argyle Donald Beatty - Co. 29

(RAAF403104) Argyle Donald Beatty - Co. 29
PoW No. 50 Sqn. June 6, 1942 - ops Emden. Died from meningitis Sept. 10, 1942.(Photo via Tim Hill, a relative)

Edward Sexton 'Scotty' Bannerman U.S. Volunteer

Edward Sexton 'Scotty' Bannerman U.S. Volunteer

+(J.36138 - R189490) Arne Paul Jensen - Co. 83

+(J.36138 - R189490) Arne Paul Jensen - Co. 83
KIA 408 Sqn.

Jensen

Jensen
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James Milford Lewis - Co. 61

James Milford Lewis - Co. 61
KIA 61 Sqn.

+(R/133390) John Campbell Leckie DFM 150 Sqn. - Co. 55

+(R/133390) John Campbell Leckie DFM 150 Sqn. - Co. 55
KIFA 150 Squadron

George Nikolas Goodwin - Course 57

George Nikolas Goodwin - Course 57
KIA 200 Sqn.

David Henderson Bates - Co. 59

David Henderson Bates - Co. 59
KIA 428 Sqn., Diamond City, Alberta

Francis Maxwell Webber - Course 57

Francis Maxwell Webber - Course 57
KIA 120 Squadron

Jimmy Talalla - Course 33

Jimmy Talalla - Course 33
Flight Lieutenant C L F "Jimmy" Talalla of No. 122 Squadron RAF, standing in front of his North American Mustang Mark III at B12/ Ellon, Normandy. Born of Singhalese parents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, Talalla joined the RAF in 1941 and served as a sergeant pilot with No. 118 Squadron RAF, flying Supermarine Spitfires, before being commissioned in 1942. He joined 122 Squadron as a flight commander in 1944 and finished the war having shot down 5 enemy aircraft. His brother, Warrant Officer H C B Talalla, a Hawker Typhoon pilot serving with No. 182 Squadron RAF, was killed in action, over the Falaise area on 25 July 1944. (IWM)
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