Between 1940 and 1945, Canada trained 131,533 Commonwealth pilots and air crew under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan for the Allied war effort. In doing so, the Royal Canadian Air Force had over one hundred training schools and auxiliary fields, built in communities across the country. This research looks at the causes of training accidents at one station, #5 Bombing and Gunnery School located at Dafoe, Saskatchewan. Using the station Daily Diary, Accident Investigation Files, and Accident Crash Cards, as well as questionnaires with people stationed at #5 Bombing and Gunnery...
Between 1940 and 1945, Canada trained 131,533 Commonwealth pilots and air crew under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan for the Allied war ef...
