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RCAF Station St Thomas

General Information

Location/Base: St Thomas

(for Relief Landing Field – St Thomas please click on link)

Province: Ontario

Years in Use:

Units:

  • No1 Technical Training School (Nov 1, 1939-

Commanding Officers:

  • Group Captain Reginald Collis
    • Feb ’40-Nov ’41

Financial Impact:

Date/Reason for Closure/Current Status:

Location – Google Map

Station Magazine
“The Aircraftman”

Station Photo Album

Information Booklet

Photo Gallery

30 October 1942 No 1 Technical Training School, St. Tomas, Ontario. Even before the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan commenced the production of aircrew who are numbered today high in the thousands, the great RCAF Technical Training School was turning out the “boys who keep ’em flying”. Recently – almost on the third anniversary of its opening, the TTS at St. Thomas, Ont., turned out its 20,000th graduate and it is only one of the schools of the RCAF which produce ground crew. Like aircrew graduates of the BCATP, ground crew graduates of TTS are serving wherever the RAF and the RCAF fly. Pictured above is the parade of airmen which marked the graduation of the 20,000th ground crewman. The rank upon rank of airmen visible in the picture represent considerably less than a twentieth of the trained men the TTS has graduated. (National Defence Image – PL-11862)

Operational Record Book – Links – RCAF Technical Training School

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Fatalities

23 April 1942

  • AC2 Samuel Kenneth Waley

Aircraft List

Course List
RCAF Technical Training School

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For More information – External Links

This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. Cherri Hurst April 14, 2025 Reply

    I have a picture of my dad’s class of 1942-43 from St. Thomas. Would you be interested in a copy? There are signatures on the back too.

    1. Mike H May 31, 2025 Reply

      I would like to see that, with the names.

      1. Cherri Hurst July 14, 2025 Reply

        Mike:
        Not sure if i sent you the picture or not.. If I did i don’t remember how.

    2. Pat M June 9, 2025 Reply

      Hi Cherri, I would like a copy of the picture with names and signatures. Thank you.

      Pat M

      1. Cherri Hurst July 14, 2025 Reply

        Pat:
        How do i send the picture? need an email?

  2. Martyn Thomas August 29, 2025 Reply

    I have a few of my dad’s photos (Jack Thomas) from the Apr to Aug 1941 class at TTS. Can I post them somewhere?

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