RCAF Station Brandon was a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) station located near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. It was operated...
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Cessna AT-17 Bobcat (section RCAF designations)
Yorkton No. 12 SFTS — RCAF Station Brandon No. 15 SFTS — RCAF Station Claresholm No. 1 Flying Instructor School — RCAF Station Trenton No. 2 Flying Instructor...
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conjunction with the end of the Second World War. Portions of the former RCAF Station Brandon are now classified as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Commonwealth...
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This is a list of stations operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), or stations where RCAF units existed, from 1924 until unification into the...
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RCAF Station Virden was a Second World War, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) station. It was a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) flying training...
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CFB Winnipeg (redirect from RCAF Station Winnipeg)
the RCAF base, becoming Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg (South). Kapyong Barracks closed in June 2004 and 2PPCLI re-located to CFB Shilo near Brandon. The...
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04417 (RCAF Station Jarvis) Royal Canadian Air Force Station Jarvis was a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) station located...
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CFB Rivers (redirect from RCAF Station Rivers)
northwest of Brandon), Canada, at the junction of Manitoba Highway 25 (PTH 25) and Manitoba Provincial Road 259 (PR 259). RCAF Station Rivers was opened...
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No. 428 Squadron RCAF, also known as 428 Bomber Squadron, and 428 Ghost Squadron, was first a night bomber squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force engaged...
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Lethbridge Airport (category Royal Canadian Air Force stations)
Training Plan (BCATP). The station was operated and administered by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and called RCAF Station Lethbridge. Beginning in...
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when he decided to return home to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). He financed his trip back east by shovelling coal into the boiler of the...
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Establishment (HWE): No. 8 Squadron RCAF - Used Bolingbroke Mk I and Mk IV (Dec 40 – Aug 43) No. 115 Squadron RCAF - Used Bolingbroke Mk I (Aug 41 to Dec...
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major Canadian Forces installations, Camp Hughes and RCAF Station Carberry. Camp Hughes RCAF Station Carberry "Manitoba's Municipal History: Rural Municipalities...
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(5). RCAF Station Winnipeg: 21. 13 April 1956. Friesen, L.C. (March 1960). "Judo" (PDF). Voxair: An Airforce Newsmagazine (PDF). 9 (3). RCAF Station Winnipeg:...
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Carberry, Manitoba (section RCAF Station Carberry)
and established the Service Flying Training School Number 33 (known as RCAF Station Carberry) just south of the town, to train military pilots as part of...
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40806 (RCAF Chandler) Chater, Manitoba – R1 for No. 12 SFTS Brandon 49°54′25″N 099°47′53″W / 49.90694°N 99.79806°W / 49.90694; -99.79806 (RCAF Chater)...
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Arm (FAA), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the war. Trainees from many...
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HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705) HMCS Yellowknife (MM 706) HMCS Saskatoon (MM 709) HMCS Brandon (MM 710) Victoria-class patrol submarines HMCS Victoria (SSK 876) HMCS Corner...
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miles (3 km) northeast of Invergordon railway station where all 11 of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) crew were killed. The crew are buried in the...
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Canadian women in the world wars (section Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force and RCAF Women's Division)
War brought the closure of military and station hospitals across Canada. A total of 80 nurses, 30 RCAMC, 30 RCAF and 20 RCN sisters joined the permanent...
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training base of the Canadian Armed Forces, located 35 km (22 mi) east of Brandon, Manitoba and adjacent to Sprucewoods. During the 1990s, Canadian Forces...
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in for an RCAF Douglas A-20 Havoc, although none were stationed in Canada during the war years. The actual premiere took place in Brandon shortly after...
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(painted as "YO-J", No. 401 Squadron RCAF markings) on display at The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.[citation needed] Hurricane...
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Section Aldergrove Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges The RCAF unit 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron is part of 12 Wing Shearwater but is...
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the Royal Air Force (RAF), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Royal Australian Air Force and numerous other air forces before, during...
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experimental test pilot and a fighter pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in Cold Lake, Alberta, where he led the unit responsible for flight-testing...
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Second World War broke out. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) from 1941 to 1946 and trained as a wireless air gunner. Posted to England...
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August 1939, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) received its first batch of eight Battles at RCAF Station Borden, Ontario, Canada. A total of 802 Battles...
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Force (RCAF) and a Strategic Air Command facility. Following the demolition of the base it was repurposed into the town's airport. Naval Radio Station Churchill...
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especially the Pacific coast. Possibly aid Newfoundland and the West Indies. The RCAF should be the first to serve overseas. Canada can "most effective[ly]" serve...
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