BCATP Casualties 1939-1945

CASPIR records 1,684 airmen who died in training in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada, most of them in flying accidents. This map shows them at their schools, month by month, by the aircraft they died in: each silhouette grows with the number of men killed in that type at that school. Press Play to watch the losses build from April 1940 to August 1945, and click a school for the names.

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Each person is shown at the school he belonged to, at its main station on the date (a school that moved is shown at its new station from the date of the move); crash sites are not recorded, so a death at a relief field or elsewhere is shown at the school. Silhouette area is the number of deaths. A disc is a death with no aircraft recorded (illness, drowning, road accidents and the like). The BCATP trained men from across the Commonwealth: each man's own service (RCAF, RAF, RAFVR, RAAF, RNZAF, Fleet Air Arm ...) is shown after his name. Click the map, then scroll, to zoom. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Deaths per school
SchoolDeaths
RCAF 1 Service Flying Training School 74
RCAF 2 Service Flying Training School 50
RAF 34 Service Flying Training School 49
RCAF 3 Service Flying Training School 48
RAF 31 Service Flying Training School 47
RCAF 6 Service Flying Training School 45
RCAF 5 Bomb and Gunnery School 43
RCAF 1 Bomb and Gunnery School 40
RCAF 14 Service Flying Training School 40
RAF 32 Service Flying Training School 39
RCAF 13 Service Flying Training School 35
RCAF 10 Service Flying Training School 32
RAF 31 Air Navigation School 32
RCAF 4 Service Flying Training School 31
RCAF 9 Service Flying Training School 31
RCAF 1 Central Navigation School 30
RAF 37 Service Flying Training School 29
RAF 35 Service Flying Training School 28
RCAF 12 Service Flying Training School 27
RCAF 11 Service Flying Training School 24
RCAF 6 Bomb and Gunnery School 24
RCAF 8 Service Flying Training School 24
RAF 33 Service Flying Training School 23
RCAF 7 Bomb and Gunnery School 23
RCAF 15 Service Flying Training School 22
RCAF 16 Service Flying Training School 22
RCAF 2 Air Navigation School 22
RCAF 2 Bomb and Gunnery School 22
RAF 31 Elementary Flying Training School 22
RAF 36 Service Flying Training School 22
RCAF 5 Elementary Flying Training School 22
RCAF 7 Service Flying Training School 22
RCAF 9 Bomb and Gunnery School 22
RCAF 10 Bomb and Gunnery School 21
RAF 31 General Reconnaisance School 21
RCAF 8 Air Observer School 21
RCAF 8 Bomb and Gunnery School 21
RCAF 1 Air Observer School 20
RCAF 4 Bomb and Gunnery School 20
RAF 34 Elementary Flying Training School 19
RCAF 7 Air Observer School 18
RAF 32 Elementary Flying Training School 17
RAF 39 Service Flying Training School 17
RCAF 10 Elementary Flying Training School 16
RCAF 3 Bomb and Gunnery School 16
RCAF 5 Service Flying Training School 16
RCAF 9 Air Observer School 16
RCAF 1 General Reconnaisance School 14
RAF 41 Service Flying Training School 14
RCAF 6 Elementary Flying Training School 14
RCAF 1 Air Navigation School 13
RCAF 17 Service Flying Training School 13
RAF 33 Air Navigation School 12
RAF 38 Service Flying Training School 12
RCAF 1 Flying Instructors School 11
RCAF 13 Elementary Flying Training School 11
RCAF 18 Service Flying Training School 11
RCAF 11 Elementary Flying Training School 10
RCAF 2 Flying Instructors School 10
RCAF 23 Elementary Flying Training School 10
RAF 31 Bombing and Gunnery School 10
RAF 33 Elementary Flying Training School 10
RCAF 4 Air Observer School 10
RCAF 17 Elementary Flying Training School 9
RCAF 7 Elementary Flying Training School 9
RCAF 1 Naval Air Gunnery School 8
RCAF 15 Elementary Flying Training School 8
RCAF 19 Service Flying Training School 8
RCAF 2 Elementary Flying Training School 8
RCAF 10 Air Observer School 7
RCAF 12 Elementary Flying Training School 7
RCAF 14 Elementary Flying Training School 7
RAF 35 Elementary Flying Training School 7
RCAF 18 Elementary Flying Training School 6
RCAF 19 Elementary Flying Training School 5
RCAF 2 Air Observer School 5
RCAF 3 Manning Depot 5
RAF 36 Elementary Flying Training School 5
RCAF 5 Air Observer School 5
RCAF 9 Elementary Flying Training School 5
RCAF 1 Elementary Flying Training School 4
RCAF 20 Elementary Flying Training School 4
RCAF 3 Air Observer School 4
RCAF 3 Elementary Flying Training School 4
RCAF 3 Flying Instructors School 4
RCAF 3 Initial Training School 4
RCAF 6 Air Observer School 4
RCAF 1 Manning Depot 3
RCAF 2 Initial Training School 3
RCAF 21 Elementary Flying Training School 3
RCAF 4 Elementary Flying Training School 3
RCAF 4 Initial Training School 3
RCAF 16 Elementary Flying Training School 2
RCAF 2 Manning Depot 2
RCAF 24 Elementary Flying Training School 2
RCAF 5 Manning Depot 2
RCAF 7 Initial Training School 2
RCAF 1 Wireless School 1
RCAF 2 Training Command 1
RCAF 22 Elementary Flying Training School 1
RCAF 5 Initial Training 1
RCAF 6 Initial Training School 1
RCAF 7 Manning Depot (Women) 1
RCAF 8 Elementary Flying Training School 1
Deaths per month
MonthDeaths
April 19401
May 19403
June 19400
July 19400
August 19401
September 19403
October 19403
November 194015
December 194018
January 194117
February 194114
March 194118
April 194124
May 194128
June 194127
July 194126
August 194129
September 194117
October 194125
November 194124
December 194128
January 194243
February 194231
March 194225
April 194234
May 194225
June 194249
July 194267
August 194256
September 194250
October 194243
November 194227
December 194243
January 194345
February 194337
March 194330
April 194334
May 194333
June 194361
July 194367
August 194334
September 194329
October 194359
November 194346
December 194350
January 194434
February 194424
March 194429
April 194422
May 194441
June 194419
July 194419
August 194433
September 194415
October 194425
November 194415
December 194415
January 19459
February 194511
March 19453
April 19458
May 194512
June 19454
July 19452
August 19455