No. 7 Sky Harbour Class, about 1940-1943
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Photographer: J. Gordon Henderson ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/about-the-collection/j-gordon-henderson ) ..Description: .Black and white image of class 7 of No. 12 Elementary Flight Training School. There are two rows of men in uniform. The back row is standing and the front row is sitting on a runway with at least 2 airplanes and part of a building visible in the background. Back Row (left to right): Bent, Helmsley, Clark, McLaren, Knowles, Cuthbert, Hoar, Ollett, Falvey [?], Dudley, Loree [?], Humphreville, Johnston, Yearsley, Shanks, Padfield, Homes [?], Zee, Thompson Front Row (left to right): Mackie, Jollinseur [?], Zavitz, Walker, J. A. Wilson, Simenson [?], Rae [?], Zeal, Marshall, F. O. Gillespie, Bradley, Mikee [?], Brown, Atkins, Sharples, Wicken, Jones There are 5 black and white photographs with different exposures (labelled a-e) and 1 negative (labelled f). The photographs and negative were in a brown envelope with '874 No. 23 Sky Harbor' written in blue ink and '7' written in blue pencil. ..Object ID : A992.0003.018..View this item in the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol's collections database. ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/objects/A992.0003.018/A992.0003.018f ) ..Order a higher-quality version of this item (fee applies). ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/reproductions/order/A992.0003.018f )
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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