British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Headquarters No. 2 Training Command Memorial

[front/devant]

BRITISH
COMMONWEALTH
AIR
TRAINING
PLAN

HEADQUARTERS No. 2
TRAINING COMMAND

[back/arrière]

BRANDON
# 12 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

CARBERRY
# 33 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL ROYAL AIR FORCE

DAUPHIN
# 10 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

GIMLI
# 18 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

MACDONALD
# 3 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL

NEEPAWA
# 26 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL FORMERLY
# 35 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
ROYAL AIR FORCE

PAULSON
# 7 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE
# 7 AIR OBSERVER SCHOOL
# 14 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

RIVERS
# 1 CENTRAL NAVIGATION SCHOOL

SOURIS
# 17 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL # 8 MANNING DEPOT

VIRDEN
# 19 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL

WINNIPEG
# 3 WIRELESS SCHOOL
# 5 AIR OBSERVER SCHOOL

[shaft/socle]

[left plaque/plaque de gauche]

BRITISH
COMMONWEALTH AIR
TRAINING PLAN
(B.C.A.T.P.)

On 17th, Dec. 1939, Australia,
Canada, Great Britain and New
Zealand approved a plan in
which aircrew required for the
duration of the war, would be
trained in Canada. Some
131,553 airmen graduated at the
various B.C.A.T.P. schools
across the country. With over
100 schools in Canada, Manitoba
had 12 major sites and 14
satellite airfields, and was the
Headquarters of No2 Training Command.

This memorial is dedicated to not
only those who came here to
be trained, but also to the
instructors and teachers, and
the civilian population of the
Province of Manitoba who
assistaed in making these young
men welcome in their cities
towns and villagers, as well as
in their homes.

[centre plaque/plaque de centre]

(Wording is not clear in photo/le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo)

[right plaque/plaque de droite]

PLAN D'ENTRAÎNEMENT
AÉRIEN DU
COMMONWEALTH

Le 17 décembre 1939, l'Australie, le Canada, la Grande-
Bretagne et la Nouvelle-Zélande
approuvèrent un plan selon
lequel les membres des forces
aèriennes du Commonwealth
devant servir pendant la guerre
seraient entraînes au Canada.

Quelque 131 553 jeunes
hommes, répartis dans plus de
100 écoles de pilotage à travers
le pays, obtinrent leur brevet. Il y avait 12 centres
d'entraînement principaux et 14
aérodromes satellites au
Manitoba, en plus du quartier
général du 2e Commandement
d'entraînement.

Ce jardin est dédié aux aviateurs
qui ont été formés au Manitoba,
à leurs instructeurs et
enseignants, et aux habitants
de la province qui les ont
chaleuresement accueillies dans
leur ville, leur bourg, leur village et leur foyer.