BCATP Air Station Researchers Network

BCATP Air Station Network

"They Shall Grow Not Old"

In an effort to bring together researchers of WWII BCATP air stations in Canada, the "BCATP Air Station Network" has been established. The network allows researchers to share ideas, research tips/hints and suggestions for gathering material on specific BCATP air station history. Below is a list BCATP stations and their repected researcher with his/her contact information:

Air Station	Researcher	Contact Info
No. 5 OTU Boundary Bay, BC No. 8 EFTS Sea Island, BC No. 18 EFTS Boundary Bay, BC No. 33 EFTS (RAF) Caron, SK No. 24 EFTS Abbotsford, BC	Michael DesMazes	5513 Patterson Ave., Burnaby, BC, Canada V5H 2M6 Tel: 604-341-0972 Email: rcaf5otu@hotmail.com
No. 34 OTU Pennfield Ridge, NB No. 2 ANS Pennfield Ridge, NB + Camp Utopia (Army CITC A-30)	G. Christian Larsen	309 Mealey Road Pennfield, NB E5H 1T5 Member of 250 RCAF (Saint John) Wing, AFAC Tel: Email: pennfieldparish@yahoo.com Web: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbpennfi/
No. 9 SFTS Centralia, ON + Americans who served in RCAF & RAF	Wally Fydenchuk	RR.1 Crediton, ON, Canada N0M 1M0 Tel: 519-234-6487 Email: wpf13@hotmail.com Web: http://www.fydenchuk.ca/
No. 34 SFTS Medicine Hat, AB No. 39 SFTS Swift Current, SK + POW Camps	David J. Carter	Box 39 Elkwater, AB, Canada T0J 1C0 Email: djcarter@memlane.com Web: http://members.memlane.com/djcarter/
No. 10 EFTS Mount Hope, ON No. 33 ANS Mount Hope, ON No. 1 WS Mount Hope, ON	Ken Keegan	127 Grant Blvd. Dundas, ON, Canada L9H 4L9 Email: keegan.plas@sympatico.ca
No. 2 ANS Charlottetown, PE No. 32 ANS Charlottetown, PE No. 31 GRS Charlottetown, PE + aviation artist	Sydney W. Clay	37 Kensington Rd. Charlottetown, PE, C1A 5H6 Tele: 902-894-5695
No. 17 EFTS Stanley, NS	Peter E. Lawson	287 Lacewood Drive Unit 103, Suite 211 Halifax, NS, B3M 3Y7 Tele: ?

The BCATP in Canada
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Aircraft of the BCATP
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Air Force Abbreviations/Acronyms
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RCAF Charts

Mailing List
BCATP-CAN at Rootsweb. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), a program for the training of air and ground crews, using Canadian facilities, for use in a combined Commonwealth effort to defeat the Axis Powers (Germany and Italy) during WWII. To subscribe send "subscribe" to bcatp-can-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or bcatp-can-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode). Further info, please visit the list page at Rootsweb.com

For Sale! BCATP Memorabilia
From time to time network members may be parting with BCATP Memorabilia. Be sure to check out our Classified Section

Recommended Links
   ·Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum (C.A.T.P.)
   ·Ventura Memorial Flight Association (V.M.F.A.)
   ·The Nanton Lancaster Society Air Museum
   ·Canadian Aviation Historical Society (C.A.H.S.)
   ·Air Force Association Web Site (Canada)
   ·RAF Commands
   ·Records & Collections - Veterans Affairs Canada

Created: December 17, 2006 | Updated: December 11, 2010 ~Heritage Charlotte Productions