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20 Dollars In the name of George V, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Composition | Silver (.9999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | CANADA 2016 |
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The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, established by agreement in December 1939, trained over 131,000 aircrew from Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand before the program concluded in 1945. Canada bore the bulk of the administrative and financial burden — Prime Minister King had initially resisted the scheme as a drain on Canadian resources, only agreeing after considerable pressure from Churchill and the dominion governments. At its peak, the BCATP operated more than 100 schools and flying clubs across Canada, deliberately chosen for its distance from combat zones and its open skies.
The invocation of George V in the coin's title is ceremonial — he died in January 1936, years before the plan existed.