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Royal Flying Corps (RFC) begins Training at Camp Borden in Ontario – 30-March-1917

30 Mar 1917 – Royal Flying Corps (RFC) begins Training at Camp Borden in Ontario
The RFC begins flight training at Camp Borden. In 1917. the American, British, and Canadian Governments agreed to join forces for training. Between April 1917 and January 1919, Camp Borden in Ontario hosted instruction on flying, wireless, air gunnery and photography, training 1,812 RFC Canada pilots and 72 for the United States.

First Air Force graduating class at Camp Borden, 1917.