Summer 2013 - Country Roads

Back RoadsFlying To The Finish LineMen in athletic attire arriving at the finish line of a race, likely during one of the sports daysorganized by the Royal Flying Corps for men of the Deseronto Wing.The first two competitors have a skull and crossbone insignia on their shirts, the symbol used by 90C.T.S. (Canadian Training Squadron), based at Camp Rathbun, one of the Royal Flying Corps’ pilottraining camps near Deseronto. Spectators include men in uniform, women, and children. We knownothing about the creator of these photographs, but we can surmise that he was possibly a member of90 C.T.S. who left his photographs behind when he left the area.This is from a set of photographs taken in Deseronto during the First World War, which came into thepossession of the Stapley family and were donated to the Deseronto Archives in February, 2013.Photo courtesy Deseronto Archives46 I Country Roads • Summer 2013