F/O Binks, 1944 - Public domain portrait print
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Photographer: J. Gordon Henderson ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/about-the-collection/j-gordon-henderson ) ..Description: .Black and white medium close up portrait of F/O Hugh Binks in a Royal Canadian Air Force uniform. He is wearing a hat with an RCAF Officer Hat Badge. F/O Binks was an instructor at No. 12 EFTS in 1943. The negative (labelled a) was accompanied by one black and white print (labelled b) and one proof (labelled c). Written on the back of the proof in pencil is '2 Easel 1 for 5 x 7 frame 3 Binks Sat 27/44'. The negative, print and proof were stored in a brown paper bag with '5937 F/O Binks 1 Pr glossy' written on it in blue ink. ..Object ID : A992.0003.363..View this item in the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol's collections database. ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/objects/A992.0003.363/A992.0003.363a ) ..Order a higher-quality version of this item (fee applies). ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/reproductions/order/A992.0003.363a )
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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