RCAF Station Penhold was a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) station located near Penhold, Alberta, Canada. In 1939, farmland...
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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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Air Cadet Summer Training Centre (PACSTC). The PACSTC was formerly RCAF Station Penhold. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada...
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Penhold is a town in central Alberta, Canada. Penhold is surrounded by Red Deer County, 16 km (9.9 mi) south of Red Deer at the junction of Highway 2A...
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– Received 11 T-34A and Bs from Uruguay in 2000. RCAF Cpurses 5409 and 5411, RCAF Station, Penhold, Alberta Canada Royal Canadian Air Force - 25 T-34A...
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5 OTU left the airfield on 31 October 1945, and the RCAF decommissioned the station in 1946. RCAF Boundary Bay's last official function of the war was...
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CFB Borden (redirect from RCAF Station Borden)
French: Base des Forces canadiennes Borden or BFC Borden), formerly RCAF Station Camp Borden, is a large Canadian Forces base located in Ontario. The...
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Canadian Forces base (redirect from Canadian Forces Station)
Chibougamau CFS Moisie CFS Mont Apica CFS Lac St. Denis CFS Senneterre RCAF Station Parent CFS Val-d'Or Saskatchewan: CFS Alsask CFS Dana CFS Yorkton Yukon:...
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CFS Debert (redirect from RCAF Station Debert)
September. RCAF Station Debert closed soon after but was still owned and maintained by the RCAF. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome...
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joined the RCAF and trained at the RCAF Officer Selection Unit (Ontario) and Course 5411, 4 Flying Training School (RCAF Station Penhold, Alberta). During...
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CFB Moose Jaw (redirect from RCAF Station Moose Jaw)
tensions, the aerodrome was reactivated by the RCAF in 1953 as the site of military pilot training. RCAF Station Moose Jaw undertook additional construction...
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out the services provided. During World War II, the airport was RCAF Station Penhold. The airbase was home to the Royal Air Force, No. 36 Service Flying...
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CFB Shearwater (redirect from RCAF Station Dartmouth)
granted the royal prefix effective 13 March 1923, becoming RCAF Unit Dartmouth, then RCAF Station Dartmouth in early October. None of these changes, nor the...
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CFB Edmonton (redirect from RCAF Station Namao)
World War, Blatchford Field became a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) training station under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. No. 16 Elementary...
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RCAF Station Parent was a Canadian early warning radar station and formed part of the Pinetree Line air defence network. Ground was broken in 1951, and...
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CFB Summerside (redirect from RCAF Station Summerside)
Canadian Air Force (RCAF) between 1940–1941 and was named RCAF Station Summerside. It was home to No. 9 Service Flying Training School RCAF, a flight school...
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Commander-in-Chief, US Atlantic Fleet at Naval Station Norfolk, and from 1966 to 1968 concluded his RCAF career as Base Operations Officer for two squadrons...
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CFB Winnipeg (redirect from RCAF Station Winnipeg)
RCAF Station Winnipeg also became an important supply and repair depot and base to ferry and inspect units for the air force. Following the war, RCAF...
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CFB Bagotville (redirect from RCAF Station Bagotville)
continued through the winter and following spring on RCAF Station St-Honoré near Chicoutimi and RCAF Station Bagotville in La Baie. The base at St-Honoré opened...
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CFB Greenwood (redirect from RCAF Station Greenwood)
1944, RAF Station Greenwood transitioned to the RCAF, becoming RCAF Station Greenwood with No. 36 OTU (RAF) disbanding and No. 8 OTU (RCAF) forming in...
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with the aircraft being flown to Elmendorf Field, near Anchorage from RCAF Station Whitehorse upon their arrival. Three main types of combat aircraft were...
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RCAF Station St. Margarets is a former Royal Canadian Air Force station and later a Canadian Forces detachment located in the community of St. Margarets...
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CFB Toronto (redirect from RCAF Station Downsview)
as RCAF Station Downsview and became part of the Canadian military's front-line defence of the region. The February 1, 1968, unification of the RCAF, Royal...
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CFB Trenton (redirect from RCAF Station Trenton)
Forces Base Trenton (IATA: YTR, ICAO: CYTR) (also CFB Trenton), formerly RCAF Station Trenton, is a Canadian Forces base located within the city of Quinte...
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repairing FM213. This ultimately led to Clifford Doan's farm near RCAF Station Penhold where KB895 "Lady Orchid" was in terrible condition. The centre section...
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Canadian Forces Base Lahr (redirect from RCAF Station Lahr)
NATO. RCAF personnel, aircraft and equipment were transferred to the new RCAF Station Lahr by March 1967 with dependents to follow later. The RCAF moved...
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CFB North Bay (redirect from RCAF Station North Bay)
Crew and Braham also commanded RCAF Station North Bay for brief periods. No. 3 AW(F)OTU transferred to RCAF Station Cold Lake in mid-1955. Among No....
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CFB Goose Bay (redirect from RCAF Station Goose Bay)
and infrastructure. The Canadian and American bases were built as an RCAF station and later a United States Air Force base known as Goose AB, housing units...
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CFB Gander (redirect from RCAF Station Gander)
convoys in the North Atlantic from enemy U-boats. The airfield was renamed RCAF Station Gander in 1941 and it became heavily used by Ferry Command for transporting...
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CFS Alert (redirect from Canadian Forces Station Alert)
expansion of the station with a correspondingly greater number of personnel stationed there. The 1 February 1968 unification of the RCN, RCAF, and army to...
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