CANADIAN AIRMEN

Grey River Argus, 30 July 1940, Page 9

CANADIAN AIRMEN

First Squadron Ready

[British Official Wireless] RUGBY, July 27,

The first Royal Canadian Air Force lighter squadron to reach this country will soon be in action, using Can-adian-built Hurricanes. The squad-ron-leader is a veteran with more than two thousand hours to his credit, and ten of the pilots are from the orig nal No. 1 fighter squadron. Other pilots are auxiliaries from Montreal, while eighty-three of the ground staff were trained under the Empire training scheme. When the squadron arrived in Britain it was a complete unit —complete with Hurricanes built in Canada and a motor transport section. Auxiliaries from Montreal, like English and Scottish auxiliaries, have come from all jobs and every province in the dominion—from Vancouver to Halifax and Nova Scotia. They were fully trained on Hurricanes before they left Canada, and their present period of final refresher training is to make doubly sure that, when they meet, the enemy, they will definitely be on top.