British Commonwealth Air Training Plan records.

[None of the above]

My father served in the Royal Navy in WW2 having been called up in the summer of 1943 shortly after his eighteenth birthday.
He was posted to Goderich, Ontario, for basic flying training under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
Dad died last month at the grand old age of ninety-seven and I intend to request a copy of his Royal Navy service record when all the administrative dust has settled.
I realise that this is something of a niche question but I was wondering if records would also be held in Canada or whether they would be included in his RN records.
Any information, no matter how sketchy, will be gratefully received.

TIA

[Asturias56]

I dug into a bit of this for an old friend a couple of years back - there are quite a few resources in Canada and there was even some sort of special research group.IIRC.

https://www.rcafassociation.ca/commonwealth-air-training-plan-museum/

would be the best place to start IMHO; it's in Brandon, Manitoba

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Air_Training_Plan

has a good bibliography

it can be a bit tough getting records of those who have died from Canadian sources - they seem to have a hundred year rule on many items.

[None of the above]

I dug into a bit of this for an old friend a couple of years back - there are quite a few resources in Canada and there was even some sort of special research group.IIRC.

https://www.rcafassociation.ca/commonwealth-air-training-plan-museum/

would be the best place to start IMHO; it's in Brandon, Manitoba

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/British_Commonwealth_Air_Training_Plan

has a good bibliography

it can be a bit tough getting records of those who have died from Canadian sources - they seem to have a hundred year rule on many items.

Many thanks for that info, A56.

The CATP Museum seems to be the first port of call.
I'll Email them to see how they maybe able to help.

There's a quite astonishing collection of BCATP photographs held by the Huron County Museum in Goderich.
The descendants of the town photographer had donated his collection to the museum which then digitised the images.
I believe that there is in excess of eight hundred images but I was able to narrow it down to Fleet Air Arm basic courses of 1943/44.
I couldn't believe it when I spotted Dad in the middle row of one course photo.
I'm just pleased that I found it before he died.

Thanks again, A56.