Norwegian Student pilots being briefed at "Little Norway" in 1942. The makeshift roadsign points to Berlin, 3676 miles away.
The Royal Family paid several visits to "Little Norway" during the war. In the caption above Prince Harald visits the camp in Toronto together with his mother, Crown Princess Märtha. Behind the Prince is Major Odd Bull (later Lt.Gen.). On the right is General C.G. Fleischer, former Commander-In-Chief of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
Prince Harald unveils one of the Fairchild elementary trainers of the Royal Norwegian Air Force, while his mother and sister watch the ceremony.
Camp Little Norway in Toronto as seen from a nearby rooftop. The building in the left foreground next to the Maple Leaf Stadium is the Haraldshallen Gymnasium. Behind the camp is the Harbor Channel, and beyond it Centre Island where flight training took place.
"The Major" Ole Reistad, who with Balchen organized (and initially paid for) the Norwegian flying school on Toronto Island and later in Muskoka.
Credits:
Photo Archives of the Royal Norwegian Air Force
Vanguard 6.2000 / Victor Pittman and Mark Romanov
Vintage Muskoka winter 00-01/ Al Bacon