Photo: Maritimers Sterling David Banks (right) of Prince Edward Island and Donald Gordon Thompson (left) of Florence, Nova Scotia, posing in front of a Harvard after receiving their wings December 19, 1941 with Course 39. Banks was killed in action August 19, 1942 when his Hawker Hurricane was brought down by flak during the Dieppe Raid. Thompson died of injuries in a flying accident January 17, 1943. (DND PL-6467)
