RCAF Station Calgary
(Municipal Airport)
General Information
Base / Station: Calgary (Municipal airport)
Province: Alberta
Dates of Operation or Period of Information:
Units:
- No 37 Service Flying Training School
- Formed East Kirby, UK on 18 August 1941.
- Arrived in Calgary on 20 September 1941
- Disbanded complete 8 April 1944.
- No 2 Aircrew Graduate Training School
- Moved from Quebec City Quebec in March 1944
- Disbanded January 1945
- Primary Relief Landing Field – Airdrie (R1)
- Secondary Relief Landing Field – Inverlake (R2)
Aircraft Flown:
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact: formed nucleus of present-day international airport.
Current Status: some hangers and base buildings stil exist, all civilian owned. Remnants of runways/taxiways still present. All south-east corner of airport.
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.
Location – Google Map
Station Magazine
“Calgary Wings”
Daily Diary – Links – No. 37 Service Flying Training School
Daily Diary – Links – No. 2 Aircrew Graduate Training School
1944
Formed at an unknown location at Quebec City, Quebec on 15 January 1944.
Moved to Calgary, Alberta
1945
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 37 Service Flying Training School and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Calgary, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 29 personnel.
1941-12-05
10 December 1941
14 January 1942
7 March 1942
10 August 1942
14 August 1942
5 October 1942
6 October 1942
12 October 1942
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Rowland Albert Urie
- Leading Aircraftman Hubert Cecil Cromack
- Flying Officer Anthony Irving Phelps
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Julius Warner
10 December 1942
7 January 1943
- Pilot Officer Philip Duncan Corlett
- Leading Aircraftman Alfred Leder
- Leading Aircraftman David Alexander McAuley
5 March 1943
1 August 1943
28 August 1943
- Leading Aircraftman Mostyn Vaughan Eckert
- Leading Aircraftman Jack Major
- Sergeant James Valentine Hardiman
12 October 1943
24 November 1943
31 December 1943
8 January 1944
Notable Alumni
Aircraft List
Notes
Courts Martial
The following personnel were recommended for courts martial and a file was created on the Charged Offence, not all Offences were tried. This list is not complete but I will be working my way through the reels in the upcoming months.
- Squadron Leader Richard Dingle Adams (RAF – 19127)
- Charged for fraud
- Trial – 8 April 1943
- File is 205 pages in length.
- Member was found guilty and sentenced to dismissal from His Majesties Service.
- Flying Officer Arthur St. John Price (RAF – 48312)
- Charged with flying offences.
- Trial – 2 February 1943
- File is 127 pages in length.
- Member was found guilty of at least one of the charges and sentenced to:
- A severe reprimand
- a fine of $100
- Loss of seniority.
Course List
No 37 Service Flying Training School
Course List
No 2 Aircrew Graduate Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Site Plan:
- Aerodrome Disposal File:
- https://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/bcatp/bcatp-calgary/
- http://rcafcalgary.blogspot.ca/
Thanks for posting, its nice to get more information like this. My dad served at #10 Repair Depot which I believe was close to Curry Barracks and #3 SFTS. #3 SFTS flew mostly Harvards. Mr dad was an Air Frame mechanic and Propellor tech, he worked on Harvards, Avro Ansons, Cessna Cranes, Tiger Moths, Fleet Forts and Fairchild Cornells mostly.
Thank you for the information. I do intend to expand the information (including No 10 RD) as time moves forward. Thank you again.