Wings Over Claresholm: The RCAF Service Flying Training School No. 15 in World War II
3 airmen and 6 mechanics in front of airplane and hanger.

Wings Over Claresholm: The RCAF Service Flying Training School No. 15 in World War II

Claresholm & District Museum 2022
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History, Military

Explore the Second World War home front contributions of a small Alberta farming community as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) — the largest training program of its kind in modern history. As the site of Service Flying Training School No. 15, Claresholm set aloft hundreds of Allied pilots able to navigate everything from the wide open, windswept prairies to treacherous mountain terrain.


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English writers

Claresholm & District Museum

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Claresholm & District Museum

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French translator

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Shadowlight Productions

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