RCAF Station Jarvis Belgian trainee graduated. Women were admitted to the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 as members of the Women's Division - the "WDs". The first WDs, 70 in number, arrived at Jarvis on 27 April 1942, and within six months airwomen were serving in many areas of the station including the control tower, the bomb plotting office, the kitchens, and the stores. Airwomen were not permitted to serve as aircrew. A key member of the famous "Dambusters" (No. 617 Squadron RAF) trained at Jarvis: RCAF navigator, Harlo “Terry” Taerum. In May 1943, in Operation Chastise, commonly known as the "Dambusters
RAF Tatenhill a number of frying pan dispersals were built on land to the north of the B5234 road, with hangars in this area too. The airfield remains in use as Tatenhill Airfield. A wartime Bellman hangar remains in use as of 2013. RAF Tatenhill RAF Tatenhill is a former Royal Air Force satellite airfield in Tatenhill, Staffordshire, England, west of Burton on Trent. It was originally known as "RAF Crossplains". The field was built in 1941 as a satellite for No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF (OTU) at RAF Lichfield later becoming a satellite airfield for RAF Wheaton Aston. The design