Near Fingal in Elgin County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

RCAF No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 27, 2024

1. RCAF No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School Marker

Inscription. No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School was a unit of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The Plan, from April 29, 1940 to March 15, 1945, graduated over 130,000 air crew, of which 73,000 were Canadians. No. 4 B&GS consisted of the main station at Fingal; bombing ranges at Dutton, Melbourne, Frome and Tempo; a Marine Section at Port Stanley; and bombing and gunnery ranges on Lake Erie. No. 4 B&GS operated from November 25, 1940 to February 17, 1945, during which time over 6,000 non-pilot aircrew members graduated from the School. This memorial is dedicated to all who served at No. 4 B&GS, especially to those named on the back of this plaque, who lost their lives in the course of the duty at Fingal.

Erected by Kettle Creek Conservation Authority, Province of Ontario.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is November 25, 1940.

Location. 42° 41.349′ N, 81° 19.968′ W. Memorial is near Fingal, Ontario, in Elgin County. It is on Fingal Line 3 kilometers west of Union Road, on the left when traveling west. Marker is on the property of of Fingal

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Wildlife Management Area. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 34469 Fingal Line, Fingal ON N0L 1K0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Southwest Ontario Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Southwold Earthworks/Les Fortifications en Terre de Southwold (approx. 2.8 kilometers away); Southwold: The remains of an indian village/Southwold: Les vestiges d’un village amérindien (approx. 3.1 kilometers away); Burwell’s Corners (approx. 3.4 kilometers away); Col. Mahlon Burwell (approx. 3.4 kilometers away); The Talbot Settlement / La Colonie de Talbot (approx. 6.1 kilometers away); Col. Thomas Talbot (approx. 6.1 kilometers away); John Kenneth Galbraith (approx. 9.9 kilometers

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 27, 2024

2. RCAF No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School Marker

away); Col. John Bostwick (approx. 10 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fingal.

Also see . . . Junobeach.org- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was an ambitious programme. The 1939 agreement stated that the training was to be similar to that of the RAF: three Initial Training Schools, thirteen Elementary Flying Training Schools, sixteen Service Flying Training Schools, ten Air Observer Schools, ten Bombing and Gunnery Schools, two Air Navigation Schools and four Wireless Schools were to be created.

(Submitted on August 5, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

1941

3. RCAF No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School site plan, 1941

Source: RCAF Info (public domain)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 285 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 5, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.