C.G. White joined the RCAF as an Air Gunner he was sent to No.9 Bombing & Gunnery School, which provided Instruction to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers & Wireless Air Gunners in the Techniques of their Trades. He was then sent to No.121 Composite Squadron in Dartmouth, NS for further training. He then re-mustered to flight engineer in July 1943. He qualified as a 1st engineer in the Canso "A" and was then posted to No. 162 Squadron. No. 162 Squadron RCAF was a Royal Canadian Air Force Eastern Air Command unit. It was formed as a bomber reconnaissance squadron at RCAF Station Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 19, 1942, with Canso A aircraft. SAM.1998.58.A5