Assessment of RCAF Contribution to Victory

Interviewer: How would you assess the contribution of the RCAF to the Allied victory?

Oh, I think it was enormous because, well at the end of the war, we had a complete bomber group with about 6 squadrons of bombers, and we had about same number or maybe more squadrons of fighters, but in addition to that, there were people like myself who were with RAF squadrons. So we contributed an awful lot you know, and not only in air crew but we had ground crew over there, who looked after all our air craft as far as the air force, RCAF went. And the biggest thing I suppose of all, was the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. They had 100 different stations in Canada including flying fields and places for mechanics to train, wireless schools, and they train not only Canadians but they trained English, Australian, New Zealanders. A hundred thousand air crew, trained in Canada and that probably was the biggest contribution of all.