Pilot Officer J. Donegani commenced flight training at No. 13 Elementary Flight Training School (E.F.T.S.) in St. Eugene, Ontario from November 14, 1943, to January 4, 1944. He then proceeded to No. 31 Service Flying Training School (S.F.T.S.) in Kingston, Ontario. Following this, P/O Donegani attended the Naval Air Instrument Flying School, Hinstock (N.A.I.F.S) and then moved on to No. 9 Advanced Flying Unit RAF Errol, near the village of Errol in Perth & Kinross, Scotland. Subsequently, P/O Donegani was posted to 717 Squadron at HMS Owl, which housed the Royal Navy’s Barracuda Operational Training Unit, No. 1 Barracuda Servicing Unit, No. 3 Barracuda Servicing Unit, and No. 1 Avenger Servicing Unit. He was then transferred to 769 Squadron at Royal Naval Air Station East Haven (RNAS East Haven, also known as HMS Peewit), a former Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm station, located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. This facility was specifically built as an airfield for a Deck Landing Training school. Donegani then proceeded to No. 1 Naval Air Gunners School (NAGS) in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. From there, he was stationed at HMS Goshawk, a Royal Naval Air Station in Trinidad, British West Indies. SAM.1998.87.6