was offered to bring 17- and 18-year-old trainees up to the RCAF academic level. There was also a standard aptitude test: the RCAF Classification Test. After four or five weeks, a selection committee decided whether the trainee would be placed in the aircrew or groundcrew stream. Aircrew "Wireless Air Gunner" candidates went directly to a Wireless School. "Air Observer" and "Pilot" aircrew candidates went to an Initial Training School. Trainees were often assigned "tarmac duty" to keep busy. Some were sent to factories to count nuts and bolts; others were sent to flying schools and other RCAF facilities to guard things, clean things, paint things, and polish things. Tarmac duty could last several months or more. The No. 1 Manning Depot in Toronto was the Coliseum Building on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, which accommodated up to 5,000 personnel. No. 1 Toronto, Ontario No 1a Picton, Ontario No. 2 Brandon, Manitoba, moved to Swift Current, Saskatchewan No. 2a Penhold, Alberta No. 3 Edmonton, Alberta No. 4 Quebec City, Quebec No. 5 Lachine, Quebec No. 6 Toronto, Ontario, (Women's Division, October 1941 – May 1942) No. 7 Rockcliffe, Ontario (Women's Division, Fall 1942) No. 8 Souris, Manitoba (4 January 1943-1 June 1943) Aircrew training facilities Initial Training Schools Pilot and Air Observer candidates began their 26- or 28-week training program with four weeks at an Initial Training School (ITS). They studied theoretical subjects and were subjected to a variety of tests. Theoretical studies included navigation, theory of flight, meteorology, duties of an officer, air force administration, algebra, and trigonometry. Tests included an interview with a psychiatrist, the 4 hour long M2 physical examination, a session in a decompression chamber, and a "test flight" in a Link Trainer as well as academics. At the end of the course the postings were announced. Occasionally candidates were re-routed to the Wireless Air Gunner stream at the end of ITS. No. 1 Eglinton Hunt Club, Toronto, Ontario No. 2 Regina College & Regina Normal School, Regina, Saskatchewan No. 3 Sacred Heart College, Victoriaville, Quebec No. 4 Edmonton Normal School, Edmonton, Alberta No. 5 Ontario Provincial School for the Deaf, Belleville, Ontario No. 6 Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario No. 7 Saskatoon Normal School & Bedford Road Collegiate, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Elementary Flying Training Schools An Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) gave a trainee 50 hours of basic flying instruction on a simple trainer like the