Related
No.1 Air Observer's Course, January 6, 1941
No. 3 or No. 4 Air Observer's Course, January 6, 1941
No.1 Air Observer's Course, January 16, 1941
No. 16 Sky Harbour Class, December 1941
No. 16 Sky Harbour Class, December 1941
No. 66 Sky Harbour Class, about 1940-1943
No. 61 Sky Harbour Class, September 1942
No. 5 Air Observer's Course, about 1940-1945
No. 60 Sky Harbour Class, August 1942
No. 1 or No. 4 Air Observer's Course, January 6, 1941
Summary
Photographer: J. Gordon Henderson ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/about-the-collection/j-gordon-henderson ) ..Description: .Black and white image of No. 1 or No. 4 Air Observer's Course at No. 31 Air Navigation School in Port Albert. There are two rows of men in uniform. The back row is standing and the front row is sitting on chairs inside. In all copies of the photograph the men are identified. In the negative and four of the photographs all the names appear at the bottom, a faint number 4 can be made out in the bottom right hand corner. In one picture the names are written at the top and bottom and 'No 1' is also written in the top right hand corner in red ink. Back Row (L to R): R. Hunt, N.J. Gardner, W. Doig, W.H. Goodman, A.C.A. Davis, I.L. Hughes, R.H. Hobden, B.A. Jarvis, A.W. Green, K. Haynes Front Row (L to R): R.F. Heron, V.J. Hale, C.W. Dellow, J.R. Dodd, F. Jenkins, H.H. Judge, T. Guy, W.F. Ingles, A.F. Tucker, R.A. Strachan Original negative (labelled a) accompanied by 5 black and white photographs with different exposures (labelled b - f). The photographs and negative were kept in a brown envelope with '866 Port Albert Jan. 6/41 Group 4' written on it in pencil. ..Object ID : A992.0003.090..View this item in the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol's collections database. ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/objects/A992.0003.090/A992.0003.090a ) ..Order a higher-quality version of this item (fee applies). ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/reproductions/order/A992.0003.090a )
During World War II, Goderich Airport hosted No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, providing initial pilot training for aircrews using the Fleet Finch.[3]No. 12 EFTS opened on October 14, 1940 and closed on July 14, 1944.