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1 BCATP ( British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ) Asteria

2 Canada made a major contribution to Allied air superiority during World War II.

3 Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia signed an agreement creating the BCATP. December 17, 1939

4 On the southern parts of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, farmer's fields were transformed in a matter of a few months into operational schools.

5 The governments used propaganda to get young men to join the war effort.

6 - Pilots - Navigators - bomb aimers - wireless operators - air gunners - flight engineers train in Canada Training was offered for all of these jobs in the air force.

7 Thousands of pilots were trained here (Ottawa during WWII)

8 (After training) They are ready to go to the war.

9 Although, some of them dead in the war.

10 People know that it is a right idea to have BCATP, because it trained 131,553 pilots, navigators, bomb aimers, wireless operators, air gunners, and flight engineers. (During WW2)

11 (And Now) People thanks Canada that contributed a lot to BCATP.

12 (PIC. 1) Air Supremacy. N.d. Wikipedia. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. (PIC. 2) Flying Training School. August 1, 1940. Photograph. Uplands. Urbsite: UPLANDS AIRPORT. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. (PIC. 3) Farm and Airplanes. N.d. Canada. Activerain.com. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. (PIC. 4 ) Royal Canadian Air Force. 1939. Photograph. Canada. British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. (PIC. 5 ) Pilot Trainees with Curtiss. apr 1941. Photograph. CANADA, Toronto. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. (PIC. 6 ) Uplands Pilots Training School. 1939. Photograph. Canada, Ottawa. Urbsite: UPLANDS AIRPORT. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. (PIC. 7 ) Pilots in WW2. june 1944. Photograph. Canada. WW2 Profile - Pilot Officer S D Thyagarajan. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. (PIC. 8 ) Pilots One Way Charlies. N.d. Photograph. America. Untold Stories of World War II. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. (PIC. 9) BCATP School. N.d. Canada. About.com Canada Online. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. (PIC. 10 ) BCATP Memorial Gates at 8 Wing. N.d. Photograph. Trenton, Ontario. British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. Citation of BCATP

13 THANK YOU!


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