BCATP

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BCATPBritish Commonwealth Air Training Plan (WWII pilots)
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All BCATP and "home squadron" aircraft belonged to the Canadian government, unlike many of those flown overseas by RCAF squadrons.
THE "CANADIAN" FACTOR: The importance of Canadianizing our aerial forces in WWII
Includes transportation by air-conditioned, washroom-equipped bus, morning al fresco refreshments at Camp Hughes, lunch, dinner, admission to the BCATP Museum and The Royal Canadian Artillery Museum at Shilo and all taxes and gratuities.
MHS / St, Francois Xavier historical society spring field trip: Manitoba's military legacy
But the British mostly ignored that and sent hundreds and then thousands of Canadian BCATP graduates to Royal Air Force squadrons when they arrived in Britain.
MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS IN WAR: Putting the "Canadian" in "Royal Canadian Air Force"
The first draft of BCATP pilots went overseas in March.
A century of powered flight Part 2
The BCATP would eventually train 131,533 aircrew; of them 72,835 were Canadian.
Our greatest decade: although he used a Ouija board and talked to his dead mother, Prime Minister Mackenzie King gave Canadians ..
Local citizens of a particular generation vividly recall the war effort and the daily appearance in the skies of BCATP aircraft with their distinctive yellow colour.
Building Canada's Bomber Command Memorial
At its peak, the BCATP operated 97 training schools with a staff of over 100,000.
World War II: thunderclap! Bomber command and the air offensive against Germany
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