RCAF Station Macleod
Note: On this page and others on RCAF.info you will find that the spelling for “Macleod” is often “MacLeod” this has been pointed out as being incorrect. Implementing this change will take time, and will likely never be fully implemented. Sorry for any confusion this may cause.
Nathan
General Information
Base / Station: MacLeod
Province: Alberta
Dates of Operation or Period of Information: December 1940 – November 17, 1944
Units:
- No. 7 Service Flying Training School
- Formed – December 1940
- Disbanded – November 1944
- Aircraft flown:
- Avro Anson
- No. 1 Repair Equipment and Maintenance Unit (1 REMU)
- Relief Landing Field – Granum, was likely the primary relief landing field for the station.
- Relief Landing Field – Standoff, was likely the secondary relief landing field for the station
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date / Reason for Closure:
- 17 December 1944 – reduced requirement for aircrew
Site Evolution
- The Publication On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) lists the Aerodrome as “Fort MacLeod” – See photos on this page.
Current Status: Industrial area, Aerodrome status unknown
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.
Site Plan – 1941
Source – 1 Canadian Air Division, RCAF
Please Click to download a PDF Copy
On Track – 1978
Fort MacLeod Aerodrome (Part 1)
Fort MacLeod Aerodrome (Part 2)
Location – Google Map
Photo Gallery
Thank you to Mike Anglin for sharing this photo with me (National Defence Image)
Station Magazine
“The Slipstream”
Daily Diary – Links – No. 7 Service Flying Training School
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 7 Service Flying Training School and other sources. The list may not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station MacLeod. With input from various sources, so far there were 22 deaths of service personnel that were stationed at MacLeod.
2 April 1941
13 May 1941
8 August 1941
21 September 1941
1 October 1941
3 May 1942
15 June 1942
7 August 1942
14 November 1942
22 April 1943
15 June 1943
31 March 1944
12 June 1944
19 October 1944
Aircraft List
Notable Alumni
Course List
No 7 Service Flying Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Aerodrome Disposal File:
This is a nitpick for your info; MacLeod is actually spelt with a lower case “l” Macleod.
Well this one is an issue. I am not sure if the time it will take to correct it is truly worth the effort, search engines are normally blind to capitalization. I will have to think about this one. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Nathan
My husband’s maternal grandfather, Ingvi Johnson, a warrant officer in the RCAF, (according to Family tradition was the Superintendant of Construction for the RCAF aerodromes in southern Alberta). We have no formal records of this. If anyone can tell us where we should search, we’d greatly appreciate it.