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    Captain Earl godfrey, centre with can, was commanding Officer until closing of war.

    Dining Room, Officers' Mess

    Trap shooting was used to teach pilots/gunners to 'lead the target' when aiming their machine guns.

    Several uniformed men stand around a crashed biplane to have their picture taken.

    This is a German Maxium Machine Gun. Many were brought back as 'war trophies' after the First World War, and used as veterans' memorials. This item has since been replaced with a larger field piece f

    A building with a verandah around at least 2 sides. Two military officers are stand on the verandah looking at the camera. Based on how flat the land is, this building is probably near the hangars.

    Armouries School of Aerial Gunnery: vickers on top bench, camerguns below, shotguns on walls.

    An exterior view of the officers' mess.

    The hangar in the background behind the trees on the right is the only one remaining.

    Leonard Arthur Weston RASC / RFC / RAF is in the back row second from the right in this photo. The small drum in the front of the picture is still intact and in the possession of Gary Shepherd of Mid

    Base Hospital with dentist office on left side of photo. Plank sidewalk in lower left runs parallel to roadway. A motorcycle, possibly with a sidecar, sits in front of main entrance. Several people c

    The barracks for enlisted men were not ready until October 1918, so the men lived in tents from April until October.

    Base Commander Captain Earl Godfrey stands in front of a biplane with his friend Lieut. George Trimm.

    After winter training in Texas, the planes were dismantled, crated, and shipped back to Canada.

    Six people, including two women, stand on top of an armoured boat used for target practice.

    Officers of the air base. Identities currently unknown. The building in the upper left is part of a machine gun range.

    Biplane number C202 crashed nose first into the roof of an unidentified building.

    This was towed offshore on Lake Ontario and used by pilots for gunnery practice. We don't know whether they used live ammunition on this target or just their photo-gun.

    These were the Headquarters buildings of the Royal Air Corp. They were located on the Beamsville bench, south of the Regional Rd. 81 (old Highway 8) and west of Quarry Rd.

    A biplane comes in for a landing. Hangars and other buildings can be seend in the right in the background.