RCAF Station Toronto
No 1 Initial Training School
Avenue Road Detachment
Location/Base: Toronto – No 1 Initial Training School
Province: Ontario
Years in Use: –
Units:
- No 1 Initial Training School
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date/Reason for Closure:
Current Status:
Location – Google Map
The School was established at the then former site of the Eglinton Hunt Club. The Site was purchased by the federal government in 1939.
Station Magazine
“Fox-Prop”
Daily Diary – Links – No. 1 Initial Training School
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba has created a transcription of this Daily Diary.
Their web site is AirMuseum.ca
1944
Effective 8 January 1945, No 1 Initial Training School and No 1 Ground Instruction School were disbanded. The disbanded units were absorbed into 1 Composite Training School (KTS) which had been relocated from Trenton to Toronto on 9 January 1945.
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 1 Initial Training School and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Toronto – 1 Initial Training School, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains __ personnel.
Aircraft List
Course List – No 1 Initial Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth