Remembering the Telegraphist Air Gunners
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A Tribute to
Telegraphists Air
Gunners
Yarmouth,
Nova
Scotia,
has
a
unique
connection
to
the
Telegraphist
Air
Gunners
(TAGs)
Fleet
Air
Arm,
Royal
Navy
of
WW
II.
Of
the
three
thousand
TAGs
trained,
five
hundred
seventy
completed
their
training
in
Yarmouth
at
RCAF
Station
Yarmouth
-
East
Camp
Telegraphist
Air
Gunners,
(TAGS)
of
the
Fleet
Air
Arm,
Royal
Navy
were
trained
in
Gosport,
England
and
Yarmouth,
Nova
Scotia,
during
World
War
II.
Courses
45A
to
71A
began
in
Yarmouth,
Nova
Scotia
however,
in
early
1945
when
it
became
apparent
the
war
was
coming
to
a
close,
courses
were
discontinued.
The
Telegraphist
Air
Gunner
provided
communications
by
Morse
code
and
manned
the
rear
gun
of the aircraft. 495 Telegraphist Air Gunners were lost through enemy action and/or flying accidents. 69 became Prisoners of War.
