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No 1 Operation Training Unit
Course 25

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Photo: No. 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville (Jun 42 – Jan 45), [No. 25 COURSE, graduating class image]
© Government of Canada. Reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada (2023).
Source: Library and Archives Canada/RG24-E-7, Volume 22757, Microfilm reel C-12361, image 351

Back Row (Left to Right): F/O Stewart, F/O Heard, P/O Kany, P/O Wenz, P/O Wilhelm, F/O Bell, P/O Hardy, P/O Thiele, P/O Thompson, P/O Rudkin, P/O Savage, Sgt Patterson, Sgt Roach, P/O Cole, Sgt Bird, P/O Ford, P/O Campbell, P/O Landsborough, P/O Palmer, Sgt Summers, P/O Clark, P/O Mottershead

Middle Row (Left to Right): P/O Mullen, P/O Chapman, Sgt Bourne, P/O Hegarty, P/O Rowland, P/O Taylor, P/O Roberts, P/O MacDonald, P/O Emmerson, P/O Bailey, P/O Tuck, P/O Trail, P/O Thompson, D.J, P/O Trayhurn, Sgt Zuber, Sgt Feehan, Sgt Harrell, F/O French

Front Row (Left to Right): F/O Steele, F/O Belec, F/O Maffre, F/L Simpson, S/L Woledge, S/L Semple DFC, G/C Corbett DFC, W/C Foster, F/O Appleby, F/L Maurice, F/O Mather, F/O Gildner, F/O Grey, F/O Hunt

Students Arrived: 

Start Date: 27 March 1944

Grad Dinner:

Graduation Parade:

Graduation Date: 16 June 1944

RCAF Station Bagotville

Nominal Role

  • WENZ, Harry Francis (J42931)
    • Pilot Officer
  • HARDY, Gilbert Routledge (J42934)
    • Pilot Officer
  • KANY, Nicholas Stanley (J42935)
  • WILHELM, Clarence Alex (J42945)
    • Pilot Officer
  • FORD, Wallace David (J43046)
    • Pilot Officer
  • COLE, Cecil Clifford (J43049)
    • Pilot Officer
  • MULLEN, Vernon Willis (J42942)
    • Pilot Officer
  • FRENCH, Donald Arthur (J11035)
    • Flying Officer
  • STEWART, John Rose (J26407)
    • Flying Officer
  • HEARD, Donald John (J22976)
    • Flying Officer
  • THOMPSON, Francis Donohue (J42941)
    • Pilot Officer
  • CAMPBELL, Kenneth Duncan (J42944)
    • Pilot Officer
  • LANDSBOROUGH, James Glyndon (J42947)
    • Pilot Officer
  • CLARK, James Irwin (Jim) (J42939)
    • Pilot Officer
  • CHAPMAN, Douglas Stanley (J42936)
    • Pilot Officer
  • BELL, Wilson Edward (J21401)
    • Flying Officer
  • NEILL, Eric William (J43037)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Proceeded on temporary duty to No. 12 O.T.G. in accordance with A.F.R.O. 773/44 and on decision of board was posted to No. 31 P.D. Moncton, N.B. eff. 26-May-44.
  • MASON, K.C. (J7763)
    • Flight Lieutenant
    • Posted to No. 36 O.T.U. Greenwood, N.S. eff. 20-April-44.; Mosquito pilot with No. 418 Squadron
  • PATERSON, Gordon (R190893)
    • Sergeant
  • ROACH, Richard Joseph (J95410)
    • Sergeant
  • BIRD, James Harold (R200812)
    • Sergeant
  • TRAYHURN, Gerald (Gerry) Ernest (RAAF – AUS433402)
    • Pilot Officer
  • THOMSON, David Johnstone (RAAF – AUS436437)
    • Pilot Officer
  • EMMERSON, Edwin Allan (RAAF – AUS422939)
    • Pilot Officer
  • FEEHAN, James Gerard Albert (RAAF – AUS430692)
    • Sergeant
  • ZUBER, Cecil Joseph (RAAF – AUS424617)
    • Sergeant
  • HARRELL, Max Ambrose (RAAF – AUS437310)
    • Sergeant
  • SUMMERS, Robert Olveston (RAAF – AUS430401)
    • Sergeant
    • Proceeded on temporary duty to No. 12 O.T.G. in accordance with A.F.R.O. 773/44 and on decision of board was posted to No. 31 P.D. Moncton, N.B. eff. 26-May-44.
  • BOURNE, Donald John (RAAF – AUS437387)
    • Sergeant  
  • ORCHARD, Edwin Thomas (RAAF – AUS430713)
    • Sergeant
  • WARD, Horace Richard (RAAF – AUS434756)
    • Sergeant
    • Transferred to Course No. 26 for disciplinary reasons.
  • HEGARTY, Francis Michael (RAF – 164406)
    • Pilot Officer
  • TUCK, Sidney Horace (RAF – 164405)
    • Pilot Officer
  • SAVAGE, Leslie Keith (RAF – 164404)
    • Pilot Officer
  • ROWLAND, Grafton Elyot (RAF – 164408)
    • Pilot Officer
  • TAYLOR, Arthur John (RAF – 164410)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Convalescent at No. 4 Conv. Hospital, Montreal, P.Q., following flying accident.
  • RUSHMORE, Richard Ernest (RAF – 164409)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Convalescent at No. 4 Conv. Hospital, Montreal, P.Q., following flying accident.
  • BAILEY, Michael John (RAF – 164413)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Transferred to Course No. 26 for disciplinary reasons.
  • THIELE, Frank Desmond (RAF – 164377)
    • Pilot Officer
  • RUDKIN, Richard Charles (RAF – 164375)
    • Pilot Officer
  • MOTTERSHEAD, Clifford Harper (RAF – 164378)
    • Pilot Officer
  • ROBERTS, Seth John (RAF – 164376)
    • Pilot Officer
  • PALMER, Ronald (RAF – 164379)
    • Pilot Officer
  • MACDONALD, Robert Lindsay (RAF – 164380)
    • Pilot Officer
  • TRAIL, Leslie Sinclair (RAF – 164385)
    • Pilot Officer
  • BAGGALEY, William Neville (RAF – GB1583519)
    • Sergeant
    • Transferred to Course No. 26.

Course Strength

NO OF PERSONNEL
Original Intake45
Transferred from previous course1
Transferred to subsequent course4
Wastage5
Killed in Flying accident0
Total graduates37

Commissions

No of Personnel
Total

Postings

NO OF PERSONNEL
Eastern Air Command5
Western Air Command6
No. 31 Personnel Depot (R.A.F.)
Moncton, New Brunswick 		12
No. 1 “Y” Depot
Lachine, Quebec		14
Wastage0
Total37

Notes

  • Course No. 25 which commenced on 27th March 1944, with original intake of 45 pupils was completed today (16th June 1944). 37 pupils graduating, of whom 19 Officers and N.C.O.’s were attached to Greenwood, N.S. for advanced training and 18 Officers and N.C.O.’s were attached to Camp Borden, Ont. for advanced training.
  • Course Graduates were members of the following Air Force’s:
    • R.C.A.F.
    • R.A.F.
    • R.A.A.F.
  • Wastage remustered to:

Links

  • School Daily Diary
    • Intake
      • Canadian Héritage (RG24-E-7) Microfilm Reel Number – C-12361 Image #: 270
    • Graduation
      • Canadian Héritage (RG24-E-7) Microfilm Reel Number – C-12361 Image #: 335

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