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1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
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A group portrait of recruits, including Cameron Hill, enrolled in the 10th Observer Course at the No. 1 Air Observer School in Malton, Ontario. The course was part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). The group is posed in front of an aircraft.
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Donated by the Hill Family in 2019.
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Photograph scanned as TIF file October 2025.
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The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) was a joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand during the Second World War.
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Between 1940 and 1941, Cameron Hill was stationed at three different airbases and received specialized training in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP).
He was certified as a Bomb Aimer & Air Gunner at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station Jarvis in the No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School. Royal Canadian Air Force Station Jarvis was located near Simcoe, Ontario.
He was also certified as an Astronomical Navigator at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station Rivers (later renamed CFB Rivers) in the No. 1 Air Navigation School. Royal Canadian Air Force Station Rivers was located in Rivers, Manitoba.
In addition, he was certified as an Observer at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station Malton in the No. 1 Air Observer School. Royal Canadian Air Force Station Malton was located at the Malton Airport (now the Toronto Pearson International Airport) near Toronto, Ontario.
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The names of the recruits in the portrait are embossed on the photograph mount and are listed as follows:
Front row (seated), left to right: Oldham, R.; Main, F.C.; Tomlin, J.C.; Darley, H.F.; Taerum, H.T.; Jacobs, M.; Bishop, R.; Ferguson, D.C.; Weir, F.J.; Moody, A.H.; Peterson, R.B.; Brophy, B.A.; Hannah, W.J.; Robertson, G.M.; Smith, R.B.; Dreyer, R.W.; Cooper, G.W.; The, L.J.; Turnhull, H.B.
Back row (standing), left to right: Hagel, F.E.; Quinlan, D.J.; Meyer, S.O.; Clements, R.B.; Wernham, J.C.; Bell, J.K.; Smith, B.M.; Cosoff, J.; Convey, L.J.; Robertson, D.P.; McMillan, K.B.; Marshall, W.J.; Smith-Windsor, G.; Tait, W.; Irwin, W.D.; Gilson, E.W.J.; Stalker, L.O.; Heggie, R.; McCarthy, W.F.; Hill, C.C.; Rosenfeld, E.
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- North America » Canada » Ontario » Malton
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- Hill, Cameron Clare (Subject)
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Described by NM in May 2019.
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Information about material in this file was, in part, gathered from the following sources:
Hill, Barbara Jean. From Kitchener to Cairo : One Airman's Story as a WWII Prisoner of War. [Publisher Not Identified], 2017. p. 10.
Call Number: G24433