Civil Engineers Memorial

• NATIONAL HISTORIC
  CIVIL ENGINEERING
• SITE HISTORIQUE
  NATIONAL

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN
No. 20 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL - OSHAWA

• A TRIBUTE TO CANADA'S CIVIL
  ENGINEERS WHO, BETWEEN 1940 AND
  1943, WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
  DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF 88
  AIRFIELDS AND 88 RELIEF FIELDS,
  TOGETHER WITH ALL THE REQUISITE
  INFRASTRUCTURE.
• THE AIRFIELDS WERE REQUIRED BY
  THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR
  TRAINING PLAN WHICH TRAINED MORE
  THAN 250,000 PERSONNEL, OF WHOM
  131,000 WERE AIRCREW, FOR THE
  ALLIED WAR EFFORT. THIS FIELD,
  OSHAWA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WAS THE
  SITE OF NO. 20 ELEMENTARY FLYING
  SCHOOL.
• CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR
  CIVIL ENGINEERING
  1999
• HOMMAGE AUX INGÈNIEURES CIVILES DU
  CANADA, QUI ENTRE LES ANNÉES 1940 ET 1943,
  ÉTAIENT RÉSPONSABLES POUR LA
  CONCEPTION ET L'ÉTABLISSMENT DE 88
  TERRAINS D'AVIATIONS ET DE 88 TERRAINS
  SUPPLÉMENTAIRES, AINSI QUE TOUTE
  L'INFRASTRUCTURE REQUISE.
• LES TERRAINS D'AVIATION ÉTAIENT REQUIS
  PAR LE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING
  PLAN, QUI A ENTRAINÉ AU-DELÀ DE 250,000
  PERSONNELS, DÈSQUELS 131,000 FASSAIENT
  PARTIE DU PILOTAGE POUR L'APPUI ALLIÉ DE
  LA GUERRE. CE TERRAIN, L'AÉROPORT
  MUNICIPAL D'OSHAWA, ÉTAIT LE SITE DE
  L'ÉCOLE DE VOL DE BASE, No. 20 ELEMENTARY
  FLYING SCHOOL.
• SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE
  DE GÉNIE CIVIL