British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School- Oshawa

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National Historic Civil Engineering

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Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 30, 2026

1. British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Marker

A tribute to Canada's civil engineers who, between 1940 and 1943, were responsible for the design and construction of 88 airfields and 88 relief fields, together with all the requisite infrastructure.

The airfields were required by the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan which trained more than 250,000 personnel of whom 131,000 were aircrew, for the allied war effort. This field, Oshawa Municipal Airport, was the site of No. 20 Elementary Flying School.

Hommage aux ingénieures civiles du canada, que entre les années 1940 et 1943, étaient responsables pour la conception et l'établissement de 88 terrains d'aviations et de 88 terrains supplémentaires, ainsi que toute l'infrastructure requise.

Les terrains d'aviation étaient requis plan, qui a entraine au-delà de 250,000 par le British Commonwealth Air Training Plan personnels, desquels 131,000 fassaient partie du pilotage pour lapulallie de municipal d'Oshawa, était le site de la guerre. Ce terrain, l'aéroport l'ecole de vol de base, No. 20 Elementary Flying School.
 
Erected 1999 by Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.
 
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This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940.
 
Location. 43° 55.022′ N, 78° 53.644′ W. Marker is in Oshawa, Ontario, in Durham Region. It is in Northglen. It is on Stevenson Road North 0.1 kilometers north of Fairglen Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1200 Stevenson Road N, Oshawa ON L1J 5P5, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto, specifically on the Golden Horseshoe, in the York, Durham and Headwaters Area, and in the Toronto Metropolitan Area. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in 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 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named The British Commonwealth

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 30, 2026

2. British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Marker

Air Training Plan (within shouting distance of this marker); Robert Samuel McLaughlin (approx. 2.5 kilometers away); Parkwood (approx. 2.5 kilometers away); R.S. "Sam" McLaughlin, C.C., 1871-1972 (approx. 2.6 kilometers away); Full Steam Ahead (approx. 3.1 kilometers away); The John Bolase Warren Flour Mill (approx. 3.1 kilometers away); In Honoured Memory of the Men of the Ontario Regiment (approx. 3.1 kilometers away); General Motors of Canada (approx. 3.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oshawa.

 

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 30, 2026

3. Airmen’s Park, Oshawa

The marker is affixed to the stone at the far left

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 30, 2026

4. Preserved buildings from No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School in 2026

In the foreground is the Canteen

 

 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2026, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 7, 2026, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.