Bomber Crew Training in Canada
Danny42C,
Many thanks for your answer to my rather vague question. Prompted by this I have got off my BS and started to do my own research.
I never realised that aircrew training in Canada was not restricted to pilots but included navigators, air gunners and wireless operators. Under Article XV, bomber squadrons were formed from RAF and RCAF crews trained under the Commonwealth Agreement so I can only imagine that my old friend was part of this scheme. Some of the Article XV Squadrons remained in Canada right up to the end of hostilities.