A No.10 Hamilton Elementary Flying Training School (Efts) Badge And Bracelet

Badge in bronze gilt with green and white enamels, unmarked, 11 mm x 41 mm, intact enamels, on a multi-link bronze chain bracelet with clasp, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine.

Footnote: RCAF Station Hamilton was a station of the Royal Canadian Air Force located at Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada, 15 mi (24 km) south of the City of Hamilton. During the Second World War, it was a base for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, teaching pilots from allied commonwealth nations the basics of elementary flying. Schools located here were No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School (No. 10 EFTS), which flew De Havilland Tiger Moth and Fleet Finch aircraft, and No. 33 Air Navigation School (No. 33 ANS), which flew the Avro Anson. No. 10 EFTS relocated to RCAF Station Pendleton in 1942; No. 33 ANS closed in October 1944. Footnote: From the collection of the late author of Eagles Recalled, Warren Carroll.