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ORIGINAL! RARE! WW1 ROYAL FLYING CORPS CANADA AIRMEN TRAINING GROUP PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC
RARE! WW1 ROYAL FLYING CORPS CANADA AIRMEN TRAINING GROUP OF FLIGHT 4 SQUADRON "B" AT CURTISS AVIATION SCHOOL LONG BRANCH / HANLAN'S POINT TORONTO ISLAND TORONTO, CANADA MAY 4, 1918.PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC
PERIOD ID'd ON THE LOWER LEFT FRONT:
Flight 4 - Company "B"
(The Royal Flying Corps Canada (RFC Canada) was a training organization of the British Royal Flying Corps located in Canada during the First World War. It began operating in 1917. As the war progressed, Great Britain found that it needed more trained aircrew and more training facilities.The British realized that thousands of Canadians and Americans had joined British flying operations and more wanted to join, so it made sense to open British air training stations in Canada. Several agreements with US Army Signal Corps and the US Aircraft Production Board. US Army’s air service, which was short of flight instructors. The RFC released five experienced American pilots to the US Army, where they became squadron commanders. The US Air Board acquiesced in the British opening a recruiting office in New York City, ostensibly to recruit British citizens, but it also solicited US citizens, of whom about 300 were successfully signed up. The RFCC would also train many US Army flight personnel: 400 pilots; 2,000 ground-crew members; and 20 equipment officers. These Americans would then collect aircraft and equipment from the UK, before coming under RFC control in France. Ten American squadrons would train in Canada during the summer of 1917, while RFCC squadrons were allowed to train during the winter in Fort Worth, Texas, providing training not only for the Canadians but also for the relatively inexperienced American pilots.)
INTERESTING PERIOD MESSAGE WITH AUTOGRAPHED NAMES CORRESPONDING TO 2 SMALL "X"s ON 2 OF THE AIRMEN IN THE IMAGE.
CANCELED: TORONTO.ONT. (CANADA) MAY 4,1918
VERY SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
POSTALLY USED.
CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 105+ YEARS.
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