jeffb, your father's: "...It was an agricultural and livestock exhibition grounds taken over for the duration. The livestock was evicted...."
Not in late July '41, it hadn't been. I can remember the pong even now ! Luckily we went down to the Fort York Armoury for drills and lectures, it was cool and refreshing down there by the Lake Toronto.
"...No 5 Initial Training School in Belleville, for 8 weeks. It was at the School for the Blind, taken over again by the RCAF for the duration..."
This recalls the old definitions: GCA = The Blind Leading the Blind: GCA School, RAF Sleap = The Blind Leading the Blind Leading the Blind !
"... There he washed out after writing off a Tiger Moth following an engine failure while solo..."
Bit hard, that, I would have thought. The fact that he walked away from it at all should be enough to declare it a success !
Keep it coming, Jeff, this is exactly the stuff we want on this Thread, it stirs old memories,
Goodnight, Danny.