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• 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

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THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN
29 APRIL 1940 - 31 MARCH 1945

ON 17 DECEMBER, 1939, CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA AND
NEW ZEALAND, SIGNED AN AGREEMENT RELATING TO "TRAINING OF PILOTS,
AND AIRCRAFT CREWS IN CANADA AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT SERVICE".

THIS AGREEMENT INAUGURATED THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING
PLAN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE.

CANADA BECAME THE MAIN CENTRE OF AIRCREW TRAINING FOR THE
COMMONWEALTH, AND THOSE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, FIGHTING IN
EXILE. OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, 131,553 AIRMEN WERE TRAINED,
AND GRADUATED, TO WINGS STANDARD.

IN 1941, MR. A.G. STORIE, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF FITTINGS
LTD., OSHAWA, AND EIGHT PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN, FORMED A SPECIAL
COMPANY, UNDER THE DOMINION COMPANIES ACT, KNOWN AS ONTARIO COUNTY
FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL LIMITED. IN THIS MANNER, NO. 20 ELEMENTARY
FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE "PLAN".

THE ADJACENT PARCEL OF FARMLAND, CONSISTING OF 492.12 ACRES,
SITUATED TO THE WEST OF THIS SITE WAS CONVERTED INTO AN AIRFIELD IN
EARLY 1941. FROM JUNE 1941, UNTIL OCTOBER 1944, APPROXIMATELY 2400
TO 2500 AB INITIO PILOTS GRADUATED FROM NO. 20 EFTS, TO PROCEED TO
ADVANCED SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOLS, AND OPERATIONAL TRAINING
UNITS, OVERSEAS.

THIS ARGUS AIRCRAFT PROPELLER BLADE IS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THOSE
R.C.A.F. PERSONNEL, AND MEMBERS OF THE ALLIED COUNTRIES WHO TRAINED
AT THIS AIRPORT.

THEY FLEW IN HARMS WAY, IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY, AND THE
CAUSE OF GLOBAL FREEDOM.

ERECTED BY
THE CITY OF OSHAWA
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND
DEDICATED
BY THE MEMBERS
OF
420 (CITY OF OSHAWA) WING
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION
1992

C.T.H. CD

SABRE 23047
THIS CANADAIR MARK V SABRE JET,
PAINTED IN THE COLOURS OF THE
416 "CITY OF OSHAWA" SQN., IS
DEDICATED, BY GRATEFUL CITIZENS
OF OSHAWA AND DISTRICT, TO ALL
ALLIED AIRMEN WHO SERVED THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM.

I have fought the good fight. I have
finished the race. I have kept the faith.-
PAUL 4:6-8

1939 - 1945

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THE ONTARIO REGIMENT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT
LIBERTY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS SHOULD LIVE.

CAPT. A.W. HAWKINS
CAPT. A.T. MC NABB
CAPT. A.F. TONGS
LIEUT. S.C. CAMPBELL
LIEUT. C.S. DICKSON
LIEUT. W. [?] ECCELSTONE
LIEUT. O.R. HOPKINS
LIEUT. A.R. MC CURDY
LIEUT. H. POUPORE
LIEUT. C. [?] SPEERS
S/SGT. H.M. PAIGE
SGT. H.F. BROWN
SGT. J. LAWSON
SGT. [?] MC MILLAN
SGT. [?] C. REID
SGT. [?] TARLING
L/SGT. M. MILLER
CPL. A. DAVIDSON
CPL. J.H. DICKSON
CPL. [?] J. HILL
CPL. C.L. JONES, M.M.
CPL. C.J. MANN
CPL. F.W. MAY
CPL. [?] ROGERS
CPL. H. [?] SMITH
CPL. W.A. SMITH
CPL. L.J. TOTE
CPL. [?] J. WELLS

L/CPL. H. [?]
L/CPL. W. [?]
L/CPL. W.J. GRAHAM
L/CPL. C.L. SHEPPARD
L/CPL. N.F. WELCH
TPR. M. AHRENS
TPR. B.E. ASHBY
TPR. W.J. BEAMISH
TPR. R.C. BODDINGTON
TPR. K. BOHONIS
TPR. R.A. BURRY
TPR. T.V.M. CLARINGBOLD
TPR. F.A. DAVIEUX
TPR. M.C. DEHMEL
TPR. W.H. DUNSTAN
TPR. H.R. ERICKSON
TPR. W.W. FOREMAN
TPR. A.N.G.C. GREY
TPR. H.R. HAMMOND
TPR. S.R. HARDIN
TPR. W.R. HEMMING
TPR. L.A. HISEY
TPR. A.R. HURST
TPR. J.R. HURST
TPR. J.R. IRWIN
TPR. F.S. JARVIS
TPR. W.W. KERR
TPR. M. KRASUTSKY

TPR. W.J. [?]
TPR. W.K. [?]
TPR. O.A. [?]
TPR. J. MANION
TPR. [?] MARTIN
TPR. [?] J. MELANSON
PTE. J. MERSON
TPR. J. MILLER
TPR. H.C. MILLER
TPR. [?] MILLER
TPR. [?] R. POLLARD
TPR. J. PORTUGESE
TPR. L.N. [?]
TPR. A.W. [?]
TPR. H.J. SHAW
TPR. W.J. [?]
TPR. [?]
TPR. J. STEWART
TPR [?] THOMAS
TPR. W.S. VEITCH
TPR. F. WARE
TPR. J.W. WATSON
TPR. J.A. WHITAKER
TPR. [?] WHITE
TPR. [?]H. WIDLAKE
TPR. M. WILDING
TPR. A.E. WILSON
TPR. W.J. WRIGHT
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

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DEDICATED TO
THE HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF OSHAWA
WHO GAVE ALL THAT
MAN CAN GIVE, LIFE ITSELF
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914 — 1918
1939 — 1945
1950 KOREA 1953

KNOW YE WHO PASS THIS WAY
THAT THOUGH WE FELL
AND OTHER LANDS NOW CLAIM OUR DUST
WE SLEEP CONTENT

THE GARDEN OF THE UNFORGOTTEN

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1914   OUR HONOURED DEAD   1918

ANDERSON W.
ATTERSLEY E.M.
BAILEY W.O.
BARR R.P.
BAYNES E.J.
BELL J.T.
BENNETT R.
BENSON E.O.
BLOCKLEY F.
BOND J.
BOOTH W.
BRANCH B.W.
BRITTON W.A.
BRITTON E.W.
BUCKLEY J.
BURGESS H.V.
BURR C.S.
BURTON W.
BUTLER W.
BRAUND W.
CAMPBELL S.F.
COOPER J.A.

CARPENTER J.
CHAPMAN C.
CHEESEWRIGHT J.P.
CLARKE E.G.
CLEMENTS J.C.
COULTER W.H.
COYSTON R.H.
CRAIG J.
CRAIG G.
CROWLE D.W.
CUNNINGHAM F.
DART C.
DAVIES C.S.
DRINKLE E.
DICKIE C.
DIONNE A.
DIONNE G.
DOOKING W.H.
FRENCH W.E.
FARROW B.
FARROW W.T.
FISHER M.
FOSTER C.
FOSTER W.H.

FUDGE W.J.
GARBUTT S.E.
GARROW J.W.
GARROW W.J.
GIBBIE C.
GIBBS R.
GILSON J.
GOULD E.M.
GRAHAM P.
GOWER V.E.
GRANT J.W.
GRIFFITHS J.H.
GYATTO.J.
HERRINGTON K.
HALL A.M.
HARDING C.
HAYNES H.J.
HAZARD A.J.
HAZARD R.
HESTER W.
HOGARTH A.E.
HOREN S.
HOMES T.
HORSLEY J.

HART C.
HOWARD A.G.
HULL W.H.
HUNKING H.H.H.
JEFFRIES A.E.
KEVES R.
LAW A.
LIVESEY G.
LOWE W.H.
LUCAS A.G.
LUXON C.N.
MOORE H.
MEATH J.
MORRIS A.T.
MORRIS W.A.
McCRIMMON N.
McCULLOCH G.
McGRAIL F.J.
McINALLY C.
McJARROW R.
McRAE J.
McMULLEN J.W.
NEWMAN T.E.
OLSON W.

OWEN J.
PARKS K.A.
PATTERSON A.
PELLOLIO H.
PERCY T.J.
PHILLIPS C.E.
PHILLIPS P.J.
POGSON V.O.
PURVIS J.
POWELL A.H.
PARKER E.
REECE T.
SAYERS J.
SCHOOLING J.
SCOTT J.
SLADE P.
SMITH E.J.
SMITH C.J.
SMITH R.
SOLOMAN J.A.
STAINTON E.S.
STONE H.
TAYLOR C.H.
TAYLOR C.W.

THOMAS A.
TRAVAIL E.
TRICK I.J.
TROTT A.J.
TUTTON A.N.
WRIGHT E.
WAITE C.
WALKER W.H.
WALKER F.J.
WALLIG J.A.
WALLIS A.E.
WALNSLEY J.W.
WARING E.
WARD R.
WEST H.C.
WHITE C.L.
WHITE J.R.
WILLITTS A.
WILSON R.H.
WOOD L.
WOOD T.

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1939   OUR HONOURED DEAD   1945

ADAMS E.
ARCHER J.F.
ARMSTRONG J.C.
ASHBY B.E.
BADGLEY V.D.
BANNER J.
BARNES M.
BIRKS R.
BOURNE E.W.
BOVIN E.J.
BROCK C.
BROWN A.J.
BROWN N.E.
BROWN W.R.
BULLEN G.
BURDEN R.T.
BURKE P.D.
CALFORD R.J.
CALLAGHAN J.J.
CAMERON B.
CAMERON D.M.
CARSON H.O.
CARSON L.B.
CARSCADDEN C.H.
CARTER J.T.
CHAPMAN J.

CHEETHAM E.
COCKIN A.
COOKE C.W.
CORDICK J.
CORNELIUS F.
CRAWLEY E.G.
CRONK R.G.
CROUSE R.B.
DUNCAN W.A.
EATON J.E.
EDMONSON G.H.
EDWARDS F.
ELLIOTT J.W.
FETCHISON M.
FAIR W.R.
FARRER J.
FIRTH P.S.
FOOTE R.E.
FINKLE N.
FOSTER W.F.
FRANKLIN E.F.
FRIEND E.D.
FROLIS J.
GILLETTE R.O.
GINGERESKI J.
GOLDSMITH H.F.
GRAY N.C.
GUSCOTT R.B.
HALL S.N.
HANMORE J.A.
HATCH W.
HARTNETT E.H.

HAYTON E.M.
HART T.G.
HEARD D.L.
HINTON H.F.
HOLLAND R.S.
HORTON I.M.
JOHNSON D.J.
JOLLOW W.R.
JONES C.
KELLY J.
KEMP J.
KIMMERLEY G.M.
KENNEDY G.
KIRBY J.H.
KIRBY M.C.
KITCHEN G.H.E.
KRASUTSKY M.A.
KRAWCHUK P.
LANCASTER G.K.
LANGLEY F.R.
LANGLEY F.A.
LEACOCK W.M.
LINDSAY G.F.C.
LEAHY T.W.
LORENO W.T.
LUPLE G.
MADDEN W.G.
MADDOCK F.D.
MAHAFFY H.
MARKS E.
MARKS M.
MATTHEWS J.

MATTHEWS P.J.
MAY D.
MAYNE R.
MECHIN R.
MILLS C.E.
MISSOM F.C.
MITCHELL F.J.
MOON J.W.
MOORE G.L.
MOREHOUSE W.H.
MORRISON J.T.
MORRISON R.L.
MORROW C.K.
MORPHY E.E.J.
MOWBRAY J.R.
MURRAY F.
MURRAY W.G.
MURPHY R.J.
MacFARLANE J.
McBRIEN N.
McCABE B.
McCABE D.G.
McCANN W.D.
McCUE R.
McCONKEY M.L.
McGAHEY R.D.
McINTYRE G.A.
McKIBBIN H.D.
McROBERTS S.H.
NEWELL E.F.
NORMOYLE P.
PAGET W.R.

PARTRIDGE J.
PATTERSON C.E.
PENNELL H.A.
PERKINS J.R.
PHILLIPS E.G.
PINDAR I.R.
PYM B.D.
RABY W.K.
RAE G.
RAIKE J.
RENNIE W.A.
REYNARD H.M.
ROBERTS W.
ROBINSON A.H.
ROBINSON D.
ROBINSON W.
RODGERS C.F.
ROGERS T.
RORISON R.J.
ROSS K.D.
ROUT G.H.
SLAMERS E.
SCOTT I.E.
SHORTT G.H.
SHORTT H.W.
SLOAN T.W.S.
SMITH R.F.
SMITH T.
SMITH W.A.
SOULES M.E.
SPENCELY M.
STAPLE D.

STILES B.
STIRE G.E.
SWEENEY W.G.
TAGGART R.W.
TAILLON A.S.
TAYLOR W.C.
TENNANT A.E.
THOMAS E.G.
TILSON A.
TOOLEY R.S.
VANCE W.
WALLACE G.A.
WANNAMAKER J.
WANNAMAKER R.
WATSON L.
WEISS J.W.
WHITELAW G.
WHITING D.
WILSON E.K.
WILSON J.M.
WILSON E.
WILSON J.K.
WILLOUGHBY O.
WINTERS G.V.
WOODHOUSE W.
WORSLEY S.
ZAVITSKY P.

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LEGEND

THE BRITISH EMPIRE STONE
WAS DONATED BY THE DEAN & CHAPTER
OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY  1924

ENGLAND
BY H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT
FROM THE FRONTAGE OF BAGSHAW PARK

THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE
SENT A STONE FROM
THE CATHEDRAL OF RHEIMS

THE CITY OF CAMBRAI
FROM PEACE HALL

YPRES
FROM THE RUINS OF OLD CLOTH HALL

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LEGEND

VIMY STONE
SELECTED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD BY
HIS EXCELLENCY LORD BYNG OF VIMY
GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STONE DONATED BY
EX-PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
FROM HIS NATIVE STATE, VIRGINIA

BELGIUM, JAPAN, EGYPT
RUINED UNIVERSITIES
LOUVAIN BY WAR, JAPAN BY EARTHQUAKE
AND THE INNER TEMPLE OF THE
SECOND PYRAMID OF EGYPT
EACH CONTRIBUTED A STONE

[Stone in the Park poem]

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We'll Never Let the Old Flag Fall.
United Empire. God Save the King.
In God We Trust.
Roll of Honour.
Members of LOL No. 165 Hornby

1914-1918
L.E. Bradley- Wounded
T E Robinson- Wounded
S Stout- Wounded
E J Bradley
G F Thompson
G Alwray
J D Lindsay
* H Robinson - Killed
Wm. H Horton
Roy Mc Millan
C E Cantelon
H S. Price
Wm. Devlin
Geo. Bailey

1939
Frank Lawson
John Kay- Killed
Roy Bradley
Wellington Wilson
Harry Jenkinson
Robert Wallwork