Au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, de nombreux jeunes hommes se portèrent volontaires avec enthousiasme pour servir dans l'armée canadienne. En 1940, le Programme d'entraînement aérien du Commonwealth britannique (PEACB) avait pris une ampleur croissante et comptait des installations dans de nombreuses collectivités du pays.
Le plus grand défi du tout jeune PEACB était d'orienter la multitude de recrues enthousiastes vers un programme d'entraînement adapté à leurs aptitudes physiques et à leur capacité d'apprentissage. Le programme devait inculquer une discipline stricte et des normes élevées sans pour autant entraver l'enthousiasme ni la détermination des stagiaires. Il y avait beaucoup à apprendre pour maîtriser des avions puissants et mener des missions complexes et à haut risque. Les recrues devaient maîtriser les réflexes, les connaissances et la prévoyance nécessaires pour protéger leur vie et celle de leurs camarades d'équipage.
Le PEACB suivait en grande partie le système d'entraînement ciblé mis au point par la RAF. Après des tests rigoureux, les instructeurs assignaient les recrues aux écoles correspondant le mieux à leurs compétences.
Les recrues ayant réussi la sélection du Bureau des recrues étaient envoyées à un dépôt de dotation, puis à l'École de formation initiale (EFI) du PEACB. Après un programme de dix semaines d'entraînement physique et de formation, les recrues étaient évaluées et envoyées dans des écoles de formation spécialisées.
Bases by Province
Alberta
- No 8 Bombing & Gunnery School
- No 7 Service Flying Training School
- No 2 Flying Instructor School
- No 3 Air Observer School
- No 34 Service Flying Training School
- No 15 Service Flying Training School
- No 34 Service Flying Training School
- No 19 Service Flying Training School
- No 2 Flying Instructor School
- No 19 Service Flying Training School
- No 5 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 31 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 31 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 3 Service Flying Training School
- No 2 Wireless School
- No 2 Aircrew Graduate Training School
- No 32 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 36 Service Flying Training School
- No 2a Manning Depot
- No 36 Service Flying Training School
- No 4 Initial Training School
- No 3 Manning Depot
- No 2 Air Observer School
Colombie-Britannique
Manitoba
- No 17 Service Flying Training School
- No 17 Service Flying Training School
- No 8 Manning Depot
- No 2 Manning Depot
- No 3 Wireless School
- No 5 Air Observer School
- No 5 Air Observer School
- No 12 Service Flying Training School
- No 7 Air Observer School
- No 12 Service Flying Training School
- No 33 Service Flying Training School
- No 33 Service Flying Training School
- No 3 Bombing & Gunnery School
- No 18 Service Flying Training School
- No 15 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 7 Bombing & Gunnery School
- No 10 Service Flying Training School
- No 10 Service Flying Training School
Nouveau-Brunswick
- No 8 Service Flying Training School
- No 8 Service Flying Training School
- No 10 Air Observer School
Nouvelle-Écosse
- No 8 Operational Training Unit
- No 31 Operational Training Unit
- No 1 Aircrew Graduate Training School
- No 31 Operational Training Unit
- No 7 Operational Training Unit
Ontario
- No 4 Bombing & Gunnery School
- No 1 Bombing & Gunnery School
- No 16 Service Flying Training School
- No 16 Service Flying Training School
- No 9 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 4 Air Observer School
- No 4 Wireless School
- No 5 Service Flying Training School
- No 9 Service Flying Training School
- No 4 Wireless School
- No 1 Manning Depot
- No 1 Air Observer School
- No 12 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 1 Initial Training School
- No 20 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 1a Manning Depot
- No 31 Bombing & Gunnery School
- No 6 Bombing & Gunnery School
- Central Flying School
- No 1 Flying Instructor School
- No 1 Service Flying Training School
- No 5 Initial Training School
- No 31 Service Flying Training School
- No 31 Service Flying Training School
- No 13 Service Flying Training School
- No 2 Service Flying Training School
- No 10 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 3 Flying Instructor School
- No 7 Manning Depot
- No 13 Elementary Flying Training School
Île-du-Prince-Édouard
- No 1 General Reconaisaince School
- No 10 Bombing & Gunnery School
- No 9 Service Flying Training School
Québec
- No 9 Air Observer School
- No 5 Manning Depot
- No 3 Flying Instructors School
- No 1 Wireless School
- No 3 Initial Training School
- No 11 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 8 Air Observer School
- No 1 Operatonal Training Unit
- No 1 Operational Training Unit
- No 9 Bombing & Gunnery School
Saskatchewan
- No 38 Service Flying Training School
- No 38 Service Flying Training School
- No 41 Service Flying Training School
- No 41 Service Flying Training School
- No 2 Bombing & Gunnery School
- No 32 Service Flying Training School
- No 2 Manning Depot
- No 33 Elementary Flying Training School
- No 39 Service Flying Training School
- No 2 Initial Training School
- No 11 Service Flying Training School
- No 11 Service Flying Training School
- No 5 Bombing & Gunnery School
- No 4 Service Flying Training School
- No 3 Air Observer School
- No 7 Initial Training School
- No 4 Service Flying Training School
- No 35 Service Flying Training School
- No 6 Air Observer School
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