HC Deb 24 October 1945 vol 414 c2159W
Mr. Viant

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether the training period for aircrews in Canada is counted towards the three years' maximum period overseas.

Mr. Strachey

A training period spent overseas counts towards completing an overseas tour provided that further service overseas follows after less than six months in this country. The overseas tour of three years applies only to married men. For single men the tour is at present four years, but it is being reduced to 3½ years, starting on 1st December, 1945.