42°49′44″N 080°02′39″W / 42.82889°N 80.04417°W
| RCAF Station Jarvis | |
|---|---|
 The site of No. 1 B&GS in 2014. | |
| Active | 19 August 1940 – 17 February 1945 |
| Country | Canada .svg){kind=small}  |
| Branch | Royal Canadian Air Force .svg){kind=small} |
| Role | British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Aircrew training |
| Part of | No. 1 Training Command |
| Schools | No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School |
| Station Magazine | The Fly Paper |
| Commanders | |
| G/C | G. E. Wait – 1940 |
| W/C | W. F. Hanna – 1942 |
| G/C | A. D. Bell-Irving, MC – 1942 |
| W/C | W. Peace, DFC – 1943 |
| G/C | W. J. McFarlane – 1944 |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Trainer | Avro Anson Fairey Battle Westland Lysander Bristol Bolingbroke North American Yale North American Harvard |
Royal Canadian Air Force Station Jarvis was a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) station located near Jarvis, Ontario. The station was home to No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School and is usually known by that name.[note 1] Bombing and Gunnery schools trained Air Gunners, Wireless Air Gunners, Air Observers, Air Bombers, and Navigator-Bomb Aimers. These airmen served as aircrew on bombers and maritime patrol aircraft.
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.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ Hatch, F. J. (1983). The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945. Ottawa: Directorate of History, Department of National Defence. ISBN 0660114437.
- ^ Schweyer, R. (1978). Wheeler, W. J. (ed.). "Jarvis: The First Three Years". The CAHS Journal. 16 (4). Willowdale, Ontario: Canadian Aviation Historical Society: 105–110.
- ^ Schweyer, R. (2003). Sights On Jarvis. Nanticoke, Ontario: Heronwood Enterprises. ISBN 0969489633.
- ^ Hewer, H. (2000). In for a penny, in for a pound: the adventures and misadventures of a wireless operator in Bomber command. Toronto: Stoddart. ISBN 077373273X.