RCAF Station Neepawa
General Information
Location/Base: Neepawa
Base / Station: Neepawa
Province: Manitoba
Dates of Operation: 1942 – 1944
Units:
- No. 35 Elementary Flying Training School
- Formed – 30 March 1942
- School was taken over by the Moncton Flying Club on 24 August 1942
- school was redesignated “No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School on 30 January 1944
- No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School
- redesignated from No 35 Elementary Flying Training School on 30 January 1944.
- disbanded – 25 August 1944
- Primary Relief Landing Field – Eden
Aircraft Flown: Tiger Moth, Cornell
Financial Impact:
Commanding Officers:
Date / Reason for closure: well in advance of the expiration of BCATP but in response to the reduced requirement for new pilots.
Site Evolution
- The Publication On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) lists the Aerodrome as “Neepawa” – See photos on this page.
Current Status: civilian airfield, most runways/taxiways still exist, possibly one or 2 buildings remain.
On Track – 1978
Location – Google Map
Daily Diary – Links – No. 35 Elementary Flying Training School
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba has created a transcription of this Daily Diary.
Their web site is AirMuseum.ca
1943
August (Found mixed with the Daily Diary of No 33 EFTS, Caron)
1944
Daily Diary – Links – No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba has created a transcription of this Daily Diary.
Their web site is AirMuseum.ca
Fatalities
15 July 1942
2 August 1942
30 April 1943
12 May 1943
18 May 1943
11 January 1944
Aircraft List
Tiger Moth
1242
1266
1268
3856
4001
Course List
No 26 Elementary Flying Training School
Course List
No 35 Elementary Flying Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Manitoba Historical Society
- Site Plan:
Other Sources: