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Old 25-09-04, 08:56
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Default BCATP or EATS

An AWM search finds no reference to BCATP. There are plenty of references to EATS in records and photos like:

006470
Place made: Amberley
Date made: 3 March 1941
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Group portrait of RAAF members of Canada 8, Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), prior to their embarkation. Left to right, back row: Alexander (Blue) Herschel; unidentified; Les Chippendall of Brisbane, Qld; unidentified; Nugent Walsh of Brisbane, Qld; Ted Holloway (missing in action, lost off Malta). Middle row: Edmund McCormack of Merino Downs, Roma (killed on active service near Cairo); unidentified; Terrance Knot (Paddy) Archer of Rockhampton, Qld; George Wood of Tarragindi, Qld; unidentified. Front row: Noel Cowan of Brisbane, Qld; unidentified; Andy (camp Cassanova) Taylor of NSW; unidentified; unidentified; 404106 Flight Sergeant Murray James Lavery of Brisbane, Qld

Even major temporary displays at the AWM in Canberra such as one a while ago on Bomber Command, plainly describe the programme of training as the "Empire Air Training Scheme".
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