Daily Diary
No. 33 Air Navigational School,
Mount Hope (Hamilton), Ontario
September 1941
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Mount Hope, Hamilton
1 September 1941
- No. 32 Course began their instruction, and No. 26 Course started on the advanced stage, thus bringing the school to the full working capacity for the first time. The astro course had a bad start in view of the cloudy weather, but completed it’s full four weeks course of flying time. On the 22nd September this same course made Station history by flying to St. Hubert, near Montreal, in the afternoon and returning by night. This operation was repeated the following night, and later in the month a similar flight was mode – this time to Uplands, Ottawa. The standard of Astro navigation was very high, and when this course finally left for R.A.F. Picton on the 29th. it was felt that, by and large, this first batch of pupils would be credit both to themselves and to Mount Hope on the other side of the Atlantic.
- Towards the end of the month 20 ceased training pilots from United States Army Air Corps Schools arrived here after a short stay at R.C.A.F. Trenton… They arrived with little or no warning, and it was only after their arrival that it was discovered that they were not here for training but for storage. Most of them told strange tales of the somewhat teutonic treatment they had received during their incredibly short trial period in flying schools in America – one or two of them stating that they had been taken off flying as being unsuitable after less than 5 hours dual, and others stated that their instructors had informed them that they might be good enough for the R.A.F. but that they were not good enough for the American Army Air Corps. The 20 however, who struck everyone as excellent. types, appeared to have retained their sense of humor and efforts were mate to give them as mush tuition as possible in the present crowded condition of the Camp. With As something like 60 surplus pupils, the accommodation was strained to the limit, and the Recreation Hall had to be used for instructional purposes.
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