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RCAF Station Jarvis

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In November 1941 night aerial instruction was introduced and on some occasions aerial training took place 24 hours per day. By 1943 bombing and gunnery courses had been lengthened. Air Bomber trainee LAC Edmon Ryerse spent 36 hours in the air in 1943 during which time he dropped 86 practice bombs and
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erected a historical plaque dedicated to the personnel who served at the station, with the reverse side of the plaque commemorating the thirty-eight Commonwealth airmen and one civilian who died while serving at No. 1 B&GS. Another memorial to those who died serving at Jarvis, this one in stone,
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The same pattern of instruction was used for both bombing and gunnery skills: ground-based classroom and simulator training followed by aerial exercises. The amount of time spent in the air was low, especially between 1940 and 1942. During this early period air observers received 20 hours of aerial
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Most trades required access to both bombing and gunnery training, but the time spent in each section of the school varied depending on the trade. Air Gunners advanced from basic training at a Manning Depot to a 12-week gunnery course at Bombing and Gunnery School. After basic training Wireless Air
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Five different aircrew trades were trained at No. 1 B&GS. The original trades in 1940 were Air Observer, Air Gunner, and Wireless Air Gunner. By 1942 Commonwealth aircraft, their missions, and their crews had changed, and so did the trades. The Air Bomber and Navigator "B" (Bomb Aimer) trades
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A large number of American volunteers served as staff pilots at the school. Staff pilots flew a target tow aircraft, or flew a bomber for trainee gunners and bomb aimers. In January 1941, 55 of the 70 staff pilots at Jarvis were Americans. On 19 May 1942, 23 American staff pilots and 11 other
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had scrapped the airplanes, dismantled the hangars and other buildings and sold them off, and cleared the site. For eight years it was leased to local farmers and then sold to Russell and Larry Hare, whose farm adjoined the airfield. In 1955 the site was turned into an automobile
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The school's facilities included an airfield and camp, marine units at Port Dover and the mouth of Nanticoke Creek, and a 29-kilometer-long bombing and gunnery range over Lake Erie. Individual bombing targets were located along the shoreline at Evans' Point, Peacock Point,
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Construction of the airfield and facilities was overlapped with the start up of training operations. Contractors arrived on the site on 11 April 1940, followed by an advance party of airmen on 25 July 1940. The first six aircraft,
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The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was a temporary wartime measure that ended on 29 March 1945. No. 1 B&GS opened 19 August 1940 and closed on 17 February 1945. During this time 6,500 airmen were trained at Jarvis.
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Gunners went to Wireless School for 28 weeks and then came to Bombing and Gunnery School for a 4-week gunnery course. Air Gunners and Wireless Air Gunners were sent to Operational Training Units after their gunnery course.
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Like most of the BCATP airfields, the station at Jarvis was located in a sparsely populated rural area close to rail lines and highways. Like the other Bombing and Gunnery Schools, a body of water was nearby, in this case
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Gunnery students learned how to load, aim, fire, and clean Commonwealth .303 machine guns. They started by hand firing live ammunition on the 25 yard range and moved on to firing the ground-based
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Dave Birrell, "My Son 'A First Class Man' - Honouring Terry Taerum" (Originally published in the Spring 2003 Edition of Airforce Magazine), reproduced at website of Bomber Command Museum, Nanton
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Two years later 93 officers, 977 airmen, 244 trainees, 14 others and 121 civilians, a total of 1,449 people, were on the books. The station was home to a fleet of 99 aircraft: 35
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When a person joined the staff at Jarvis or a piece of equipment was delivered an entry was made in the station's records. The person or equipment had been officially
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for his actions. Other airmen in this party were Sgt. R. Picard, L. Mayhew, Leading Aircraftman P.H. Gibson and (RAF) J. Turnstall. Picard received the
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John Williams spotted a train on fire near Jarvis. He landed at Jarvis and organized a work party to put out the fire. Williams was awarded the
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built an emergency landing strip six kilometres southeast of Jarvis. This airstrip included a beacon light, radio range, and radio operator. The
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Air Observers, Air Bombers, and Navigator–Bomb Aimers spent 8 weeks at bombing and gunnery school before moving on to Air Navigation School.
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called Harewood Acres by the British Empire Motor Club of Toronto. Other uses were made until the property was sold in 1974 to
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at Hoover's Point. The final step was air-to-ground and air-to-air firing from Fairey Battles at ground targets or airborne
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At the peak of training activity in December 1943 1,857 men and women, including 147 civilians, were on strength at Jarvis.
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By 31 December 1940, 70 officers, 556 airmen, 97 trainees, 18 attachments, and 115 civilians, a total of 856 people, were
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Robert Schweyer collected material about No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School for many years. His book about the school,
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Bombing and gunnery trainees were required to master other skills as well. For example, to meet the standard for the
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with a magnetic variation of 6 degrees west and elevation of 635 ft (194 m). There were three runways:
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The first trainees at Jarvis were Canadians, followed by Australians, British, Newfoundlanders, New Zealanders,
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A gunnery range featuring a gun turret mounted on rails was installed on leased property at Hoover's Point.
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The airfield, marine units, and bombing and gunnery ranges were connected by a private telephone network.
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In for a penny, in for a pound: the adventures and misadventures of a wireless operator in Bomber command
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1944 Navigation chart showing RCAF Jarvis and surrounding area. North is up, Lake Erie at bottom.
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The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945
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the standard short form is No. 1 B.&G.S. also shortened as No. 1 B&GS or 1 B&G'.
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16 August 1944 – 6,000 people attend an open house called "Jamboree and Sports Day"
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American airmen stationed at Jarvis resigned from the RCAF and left to join the
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Women were admitted to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 as members of the
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2 February 1945 – last class of Wireless Air Gunners and Air Bombers graduate
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skill they had to learn to visually identify 72 different types of aircraft.
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Schweyer, R. (1978). Wheeler, W. J. (ed.). "Jarvis: The First Three Years".
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Tyre, Robert, ed. (November 1942). "R.C.A.F. Sequence of Training Chart".
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In 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Jarvis, Ontario at
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towed by Lysanders. Equipment for gunnery training included:
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fired 1,600 rounds of .303 ammunition from a Bolingbroke.
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1940s Universal Newsreel about Gunnery training at Jarvis
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Stierman, L.A.C. Hy., ed. (April 1942). "Grad. Letters".
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29 September 1940 – first class of Air Observers graduate
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Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1
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Armourers loading practice bombs at Jarvis in July 1941
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Airports of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
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in early 1941. In 1942 a Belgian trainee graduated.
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On 21 August 1993, Imperial Oil and 412 Wing of the
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Corporal checking ammunition at Jarvis in July 1941
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42°49′44″N 080°02′39″W / 42.82889°N 80.04417°W / 42.82889; -80.04417 (RCAF Station Jarvis)
side view of university residence


Royal Canadian Air Force

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
G/C
W/C
G/C
W/C
G/C
Trainer
Avro Anson
Fairey Battle
Westland Lysander
Bristol Bolingbroke
North American Yale
North American Harvard
Second World War
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Jarvis, Ontario

Lake Erie
American Airlines
Royal Canadian Air Force
Fairey Battles

bombsights
aircraft gun turret

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