An EATS wireless operator undergoing night flight training in a flight simulator at No. 4 Flying Training School, Saskatoon, Canada, c. 1941. The instructor operated the wireless set in the foreground to send transmissions to the trainee. Leslie Welldon, who flew with Nos 460 and 463 Squadron RAAF, trained as a wireless operator and recalls learning the Morse Code: … and then the code singing classes where we learned our code the code is made up of a series of dots and dashes you see, about 30 blokes singing did dah A, dah did did dee B, dah dah dit C, and you would have to go through the alphabet and it's amazing how you would retain it … Oh yes, I enjoyed that and it was funny to hear all the different voices singing the bloody code. [Leslie Welldon, interview, Australians at War Film Archive; AWM P04303.004]
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