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No 1 Operation Training Unit
Course 26

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Photo: No. 1 Operational Training Unit, Bagotville (Jun 42 – Jan 45), [No. 26 COURSE – 24 April – 14 July, 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 374

Back Row (Left to Right): P/O. Smith, P/O. Brown, P/O. Bradco, P/O. Greene, P/O. Geddes, P/O. MacDonald, P/O. Morris, P/O. Preston, P/O. Shropshire, P/O. Hutchings, P/O. Hunt, Sgt. Scott, Sgt. Regan, Sgt. Talbot, P/O. Stacey, Sgt. Remez, P/O. Martensen, Sgt. Lattimer, P/O. Wale, P/O. Masson, Sgt. Orchard.

Middle Row (Left to Right): P/O. Wilson, P/O. Anderson, P/O. Kerr DFM, P/O. Montagano, P/O. Blatherwick, P/O. Kalpakis, P/O. Sheaf, Sgt. Swanborough, P/O. Collings, P/O. Dennison, Sgt. Stewart, P/O. Jallands, P/O. Dunn, P/O. Nettleton, P/O. McManus, P/O. Holdway, P/O. Davies, P/O. Johnston, P/O. McGibbon, P/O. Prentice, P/O. Dunn, P/O. Stilwell, P/O. Johnson, P/O Webb.

Front Row (Left to Right): P/O. Smith, P/O. Brown, P/O. Bradco, P/O. Greene, P/O. Geddes, P/O. MacDonald, P/O. Morris, P/O. Preston, P/O. Shropshire, P/O. Hutchings, P/O. Hunt, Sgt. Scott, Sgt. Regan, Sgt. Talbot, P/O. Stacey, Sgt. Remez, P/O. Martensen, Sgt. Lattimer, P/O. Wale, P/O. Masson, Sgt. Orchard.

Students Arrived: 

Start Date: 24 April 1944

Grad Dinner:

Graduation Parade:

Graduation Date: 14 July 1944

RCAF Station Bagotville

Nominal Role

  • WILSON, Robert Harold (J43839)
    • Pilot Officer
  • ANDERSON, Charles Gordon (J44064)
    • Pilot Officer
  • KERR, Henry James Forster DFM (J16073)
    • Pilot Officer
  • MONTAGANO, Gordon Augustus (J44066)
    • Pilot Officer
  • BLATHERWICK, Edward Gordon (J44053)
    • Pilot Officer
  • KALPAKIS, Harry (J44044)
    • Pilot Officer
  • COLLINGS, John (J44059)
    • Pilot Officer
  • DENNISON, Frederick Robert (J44180)
    • Pilot Officer
  • DUNN, John (J44183)
    • Pilot Officer
  • NETTLETON, Thomas Gordon (J44038)
    • Killed as a result of a flying accident June 20th/44 at No. 1 O.T.U. Bagotville
  • MCMANUS, James Edmund Burke (J44043)
    • Pilot Officer
  • HOLDWAY, Charles Edward (J44051)
    • Pilot Officer
  • DAVIES, John Batchelor (J42779)
    • Pilot Officer
  • JOHNSTON, Bruce Fraser (J43831)
    • Pilot Officer
  • MCGIBBON, Donald Stewart (J43849)
    • Pilot Officer
  • PRENTICE, Edward Kenneth (J44048)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Transferred to Course No. 27 after interview at 12 O.T.G., under A.F.R.O. 773/44 subsequent to aircraft accident.
  • DUNN, Benjamin Horace (J43846)
    • Pilot Officer
  • STILWELL, Frank Sidney (J44057)
    • Pilot Officer
  • WEBB, Frank Ernest (RAF – 164844) / (RCAF – C47914)
    • Pilot Officer
  • BROWN, John Kerr (J44181)
    • Pilot Officer
  • BRADCO, George (J43832)
    • Pilot Officer
  • GREENE, Harry Alexander (J44179)
    • Pilot Officer
  • GEDDES, Charles Alexander (J44049)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Injured in flying accident on Aug 7th/44 while posted at No. 1 A.T.T.D. Greenwood, N.S.
  • MACDONALD, Ian Norman (J44054)
    • Pilot Officer
  • MORRIS, Lionel Joseph (J44035)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Killed in a flying accident on Aug 7th/44 while posted at No. 1 A.T.T.D. Greenwood, N.S.
  • PRESTON, Christopher (J44034)
    • Pilot Officer
  • SHROPSHIRE, Robert Campbell (J44065)
    • Pilot Officer
  • HUNT, Douglas Charles (J44190)
    • Pilot Officer
  • STEACY, Charles Walter (J43838)
    • Pilot Officer
  • MARTENSEN, Hans (J44178)
    • Pilot Officer
  • WALE, John Wallace (J44063)
    • Pilot Officer
  • MASSON, Joseph Noel Gerard (J44055)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Transferred to Course No. 27 after being removed from Course No. 26 subsequent to taxiing accident involving serious damage to two aircraft.
  • ROBINSON, Ralph Foster (J44033)
    • Pilot Officer
  • JOLIE, Joseph Louis (J41801)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Transferred to Course No. 27 pending decision of General Court-Martial held on May 30th/44 regarding flying offence.
  • JOHNSON, Edmond Grant (J44184)
    • Warrant Officer
  • SHEAF, William Roger (RAF – 164848)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Training interrupted as a result of hospitalization from May 4th/44 to May 20th/44 and resumed his training with Course No. 27 on May 20th/44.
  • HUTCHINGS, Percival Edgar (RAF – 164847)
    • Pilot Officer
  • BAILEY, Michael John (RAF – 164413)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Transferred to Course No. 27 pending disciplinary action subsequent to damaging aircraft on June 14th/44.
  • JALLANDS, Walter Joseph (RAF – 164846)
    • Pilot Officer
  • SMITH, Roy David Austen (RAF – 164845)
    • Pilot Officer
  • TAYLOR, Arthur John (RAF – 164410)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Transferred to Course No. 27 due to interruption in his training as a result of hospitalization subsequent to flying accident on April 16th/44.
  • RUSHMORE, Richard Ernest (RAF – 164409)
    • Pilot Officer
    • Convalescing in Convalescent Hospital, Montreal, P.Q., as a result of flying accident on May 15th/44. Pilot suffered compression fracture of the lumbar vertebrae and lacerations of the face and scalp.
  • REGAN, John (RAF – GB1566296)
    • Sergeant
  • SCOTT, Peter Frederick (RAF – GB1624619)
    • Sergeant
  • SWANBOROUGH, William Adair (RAF – GB1587772)
    • Sergeant
    • Killed in a flying accident, May 22nd/44 at No. 1 O.T.U. Bagotville
  • LATTIMER, Clifford Charles (RAF – GB1605766)
    • Sergeant
  • TALBOT, Arthur (RAF – GB1684865)
    • Sergeant
  • STEWART, William (RAF – GB1620622)
    • Sergeant
  • REMEZ, Aaron (RAF – GB1605523)
    • Sergeant
  • BAGGALEY, William Neville (RAF – GB1583519)
    • Sergeant
    • Proceeded to E.A.C. H.Q. Halifax, N.S. where the board decided to have him resume training with Course No. 27.
  • ORCHARD, Edwin Thomas (RAAF – AUS430713)
    • Sergeant
  • WARD, Horace Richard (RAAF – AUS434756)
    • Sergeant

Course Strength

NO OF PERSONNEL
Original Intake45
Transferred from previous course7
Transferred to subsequent course8
Wastage0
Killed in Flying accident2
Total graduates42

Commissions

No of Personnel
Total

Postings

NO OF PERSONNEL
Eastern Air Command4
Western Air Command7
No. 31 Personnel Depot (R.A.F.)
Moncton, New Brunswick 		9
No. 1 “Y” Depot
Lachine, Quebec		21
Wastage
Total41

Notes

  • Course No. 26 which commenced training at this Unit on April 24th, 1944, graduated today. The original intake of this course (including transfer from other courses) was 52 pupils. The number graduating was 42 of which 21 officers and N.C.O.’s were attached to Greenwood and the remaining 21 officers and N.C.O.’s were attached to Camp Borden for advanced training.
  • Course Graduates were members of the following Air Force’s:
    • R.C.A.F.
    • R.A.F.
    • R.A.A.F.
  • Post Graduation from No. 1 O.T.U. Bagotville, QC.,
    • Pilot Officer MORRIS, Lionel Joseph (J44035) was killed in flying accident while posted at No. 1 A.T.T.D. Greenwood, N.S.
    • Pilot Officer GEDDES, Charles Alexander (J44049) was injured in a flying accident while posted at No. 1 A.T.T.D. Greenwood, N.S.
  • Wastage remustered to:

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