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Secret Canadian Ops. Mr. Tjanetis. British Air Training Program. Bases provided in Canada Trainees came from all over the world Courses were short and not good – lots of accidents! 500 planes lost in one month. Secret Camps. Camp X, near Whitby
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Secret Canadian Ops Mr. Tjanetis
British Air Training Program • Bases provided in Canada • Trainees came from all over the world • Courses were short and not good – lots of accidents! • 500 planes lost in one month
Secret Camps • Camp X, near Whitby • Training spot for spies, secret agents & sabotage experts • Creator of James Bond trained here • Station M – forgers, safecrackers, chemists, movie set designers provided false identities
Secret Agents • 28 Canadians sent to battle, 8 died • No one really knows what they did • Ideas: organized sabotage, blew up trains • Parachuted into Nazi territory
Merchant Navy • Can. Had 4th largest in world • 12,000 men transported cargo & soldiers • Civilians, not official sailors • 1 in 8 died, including 8 women
Famous Canadian Spies • Guy Bieler • Joe Gelleny • Henry Fung • Frank Pickersgill