The original post has been updated on November 12, 2020 when I learned Flight Lieutenant Ken Williams was taken on strength at No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School on March 7th 1943.
This is the information shared by John Engelsted about Flight Lieutenant Williams a Spitfire pilot with 416 Squadron.
5 ITS December 28th 1942
20 EFTS March 7th 1943
6 SFTS May 1943
1 OTU August 27th 1943
3 PRC February 1st 1944
61 OTU March 21st 1944
3 TEU June 2nd 1944
1690 Flight June 6th 1944
83 GSU December 10th 1944
416 Squadron December 25th 1944
Rodolphe Lafrenière was in the same course as Ken Williams.
This ended the update, but there is more at the end of the original post.
It has been a long time since I have written a post on this blog. I had one on the back burner and I had forgotten to post it.
I only write when I have something to share. I have something that might be of interest to someone who was stationed at No. 20 E.F.T.S., Oshawa or a relative. (broken link)
These are two pages taken from this logbook.
This is Rodolphe Lafrenière, a Handley Page Halifax pilot with 425 Alouette Squadron during WWII.
His son André shared his father’s logbook and several photos with me.
None were taken at No. 20 EFTS Oshawa. These are two I found on the Internet.
Oshawa Public Libraries’ online image collection
Oshawa Public Libraries’ online image collection
These logbook pages are interesting artefacts because we have the name of Rodolphe Lafrenière’s instructor: WO2 J. P. Lumsden.
Maybe someone knew this instructor, and maybe he or she has pictures to share. This is why I am writing this post on this blog about the BCATP.
There were also others names.
Flight Sergeant John Mac Keller, instructor, and Bert Pearson, engineer in charge.
End of the original post
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