Those Who Fell Here
World War Two – Prince Albert, Remembering Those Who Fell Here
Several of the aircraft at the Centennial of Flight Airshow last August were the types used in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan training schools during World War 2. Prince Albert had two of those schools; the No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School and the No. 6 Air Observer School.
Two thousand, four hundred and sixty seven aircrew came to Prince Albert to do their elementary flying training and six hundred and fifteen to do their air observer training.
They were from all over Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Not all of them left. Those who died during training operations are sometimes overlooked in the light of those who died overseas and in combat. These people are commemorated in a monument in front of the main terminal building at Glass Field, Prince Albert Airport. Here are the details behind those names.