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RCAF Station Medicine Hat



General Information

Base / Station:   Medicine Hat

Province: Alberta

Dates of Operation or Period of Information:  1941-44

Units: 

Aircraft Flown:

  • Harvard,
  • Lysander,
  • Oxford,
  • Tiger Moth

Commanding Officers: 

  • Group Captain A. ap Ellis, OBE at station opening

Financial Impact:

Date / Reason for Closure:  17 November 1944, reduced need for aircrew

RCAF Aerodrome Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.

Site Evolution

  • The Publication On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) lists the Aerodrome as “Medicine Hat” – See photos on this page.

Current Status: civilian airfield, 2 runways still active, others exist, some taxiways and ramp, some hangar foundations and 1 base building


Site Plan – 1942

Site Plan, Medicine Hat, Alberta (1942) (Source Canadiana) If you would like a higher resolution copy Please Click to Download.

On Track – 1978

On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) Medicine Hat Aerodrome (Part 1)
On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) Medicine Hat Aerodrome (Part 2)

Location – Google Map


Photo Gallery

Memorial Plaque, Medicine Hat Airport.
Facebook Photo from David Gale
Back of Memorial Plaque, Medicine Hat Airport.
Facebook Photo from David Gale

Station Magazine
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Fatalities

This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 34 Service Flying Training School and other sources.  The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Medicine Hat, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 48 personnel.


Aircraft List


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.


Course List
No 34 Service Flying Training School



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