L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec (No. 8 AOS BCATP) No. 9 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec No. 10 Chatham, New Brunswick Bombing and Gunnery Schools The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools. No. 1 Jarvis, Ontario No. 2 Mossbank, Saskatchewan No. 3 Macdonald, Manitoba No. 4 Fingal, Ontario No. 5 Dafoe, Saskatchewan No. 6 Mountain View, Ontario No. 7 Paulson, Manitoba No. 8 Lethbridge, Alberta No. 9 Mont-Joli, Quebec No. 10 Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island No. 31 Picton, Ontario Air Navigation Schools Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers. The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools. No. 1 Trenton, Ontario moved to Rivers, Manitoba and redesignated Central Navigation School No. 2 Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick (Anson) No. 31 Port Albert, Ontario (Anson) No. 32 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island No. 33 Hamilton, Ontario (Anson) No. 2 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Wireless Schools Trainees in the "Wireless Air Gunner" (WAG) stream spent 24 weeks at a Wireless School learning the theory and application of wireless communications. This included signalling with lights and flags as well as radio. Their "WAG" training was completed with four weeks at a Bombing & Gunnery School. No. 1 Montreal, Quebec moved to Mount Hope, Ontario (Norseman, Moth, Stinson 105) No. 2 Calgary, Alberta (Harvard and Fort) No. 3 Winnipeg, Manitoba (Moth, Stinson 105) No. 4 Guelph, Ontario (Moth) Naval Air Gunner School No. 1 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (Swordfish) Flight Engineers' School The flight engineer was the member of a heavy bomber aircrew responsible for monitoring the fuel, electrical systems and the engines. He also controlled the throttle settings and was the pilot's "assistant". Flight engineers were not co-pilots but they had some flying training and were expected to be able to take over the controls in the event the pilot was killed or disabled. No. 1 Aylmer, Ontario (Halifax) General Reconnaissance Schools The General Reconnaissance School trained pilots and air observers in the techniques required for ocean patrol. It was the equivalent to an