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Summary
Photographer: J. Gordon Henderson ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/about-the-collection/j-gordon-henderson ) ..Description: .Black and white image of class 17 of No. 12 Elementary Flight Training School. There are four rows of men in uniform. The two back rows are standing, a row is sitting and the front row is kneeling or crouching outside on a runway covered in snow with an airplane visible in the background. Back Row (left to right): Davidson, A.H., Colwill, F.E., Rathe, D.S., Turnbull, W.W., Veenis, R.M., Ballantyne, T.R., Fradgley, L.F., Morris, H.P., Webb, I.W., Reid, A.L. Third Row (left to right): Priestman, J.J.M., Martin, J., Davis, A.H., Corston, A.R., Solomon, F.B., Renton, A., Zabek, J.Z., Allen, E.J., Scott, K.F., Ratchford, C.E., Fairles, M.L., Hyder, F.W., Sgt. Elliott, A.R. Second Row (left to right): Sweeney, G.E., Lotimer, H.A., Gaudet, J.L., Wilson, J.T., Smith, J.H., Woodman, M.M., Coombs, J.D., Downs, J.W., Bell, C.N., Lumby, G.W.N., Daws, F.J., Lipsett, G.M., MacCulloch, C.H. Front Row: Ritchie, J.W., Hutchinson, J.H., Sutherland, E.B., Ough, G.B., Ashleigh, D.D., Nixon, G.R., Rutledge, H.B., Barton, R., Stout, T.L. There are 9 black and white photographs with different exposures (labelled a-i) and 1 negative (labelled j). The photographs and negative were in a brown envelope with '913 17 Sky Harbour Dec 21 - 41' written in blue pencil. ..Object ID : A992.0003.026..View this item in the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol's collections database. ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/objects/A992.0003.026/A992.0003.026j ) ..Order a higher-quality version of this item (fee applies). ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/reproductions/order/A992.0003.026j )
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.
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