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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.

RCAF Aerodrome Neepawa, Manitoba. Image from the RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases circa 1942.

On Track – 1978

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

Location – Google Map

The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba has created a transcription of this Daily Diary.
Their web site is AirMuseum.ca


1943

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August (Found mixed with the Daily Diary of No 33 EFTS, Caron)

September

October

November

December

1944

January

The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba has created a transcription of this Daily Diary.
Their web site is AirMuseum.ca


Fatalities

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


Other Sources:

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