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Re: Flight Instructor - Lancasters - Alberta, Canada
Just to add to Norman's info: there were no BCATP facilities in Nanton that I'm aware of. There were several facilities nearby, however.
Vulcan, Alberta (about 20 miles east) had 19 SFTS and 2 FIS early in the war. Claresholm (25 miles south) had 15 SFTS. Calgary (50 miles north) had 4 TC headquarters from October 1941, a large repair depot, a supply depot, plus several schools, including 37 SFTS, a mostly RAF unit. The rest of Alberta had several other units, and Saskatchewan isn't far away (by Canadian standards), with quite a few more.
Your man could have served at any of these BCATP schools, as even the nominally Canadian units usually had some RAF staff and students.
As Norm said, all these bases were used to store surplus aircraft for several years after the war. I think Vulcan recieved quite a few Lancasters.
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