No. 8 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 8 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 and kneeling on a runway with 4 airplanes visible in the background. Back Row (left to right): Sinclair, Jordon, Jones, Nelson, Doherty, Newman, Cain [?], ?. Mesheaw [?]. Wynn, Bateson, Primeau, McDonald, Hughes, Chaffey, Fedigan, McIntaggart, Aikman, Naismith, Smith, Morris, Crouse Front Row (left to right): Farquharson, Cassidy, Norman (distinguished career night fighters), Burnette, Walker, Bishop, Gillespie, Marshall, Romey [?], McLellan, Pellst, Quinn, Hays, Phelan, Pruce There are 9 black and white photographs with different exposures (labelled a-i) and 2 negative (labelled j and k). The photographs and negative were in a brown envelope with '875 Sky Harbor No. 25' written in blue ink, ' A 60 sec B - 40 sec Velox 7 - 1' written in pencil and '8' written in blue pencil. ..Object ID : A992.0003.019..View this item in the Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol's collections database. ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/objects/A992.0003.019/A992.0003.019j ) ..Order a higher-quality version of this item (fee applies). ( http://digital.huroncounty.ca/reproductions/order/A992.0003.019j )
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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