RCAF Station Stanley
General Information
Base / Station: Stanley
Province: Nova Scotia
Dates of Operation or Period of Information:
- March 1941 – Jan 1944
Integral Units:
- No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School
- Opened March 1941 to train pilots in basic aircraft operation as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
- This school ran up to four x 30-student classes simultaneously for six weeks of flight training before graduates passed on to advanced training at other bases.
- Aircraft Flown:
- Finch,
- Tiger Moth
- school closed in January 1944
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date / Reason for closure:
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.
Training Area Map – No 17 Elementary Flying Training School
Location – Google Map
Photo Gallery
(photo courtesy of David Pollard)
Station Magazine
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School Daily Diary – Links – No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School
1942
April (found in the Daily Diary of No 16 EFTS, Edmonton)
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School and other sources. The list may not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Stanley. With input from various sources, so far there were 9 deaths of service personnel that were stationed at Stanley.
6 March 1942
- F/Sgt James MacKay
- LAC George William Edward Power
24 July 1942
- WO2 Lionel Lodowick Burks
- LAC William Eric Barker
23 November 1942
- LAC Thomas John Blundell
3 February 1943
- P/O Joseph Lester Dominic White
- LAC Thomas Dickie Colquhoun
21 March 1943
- LAC James Jack William Bennett
3 August 1943
- Sgt Norman Leo Lauzon
Aircraft List
Course List
No 17 Elementary Flying Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Aerodrome Disposal File:
Hello, I have a picture of the 1942 hockey team from the Stanley Flying School (your air field). Would you be interested in persevering this picture? Honorary Patron W.H. Stuart and Manager Andy Speziale. They team won Windsor Town League and Citizen’s Trophy. It is in good shape. My Great Grandfather Commander George Ascar Cowling passed it down to his son Captain George Oscar Cowling. I found it and hung on to not realizing that my Great grandfather had a picture taken with the two gentlemen mentioned above.
Absolutely. I will send you an email.
Nathan
Hello, I am the President of the Stanley Sport Aviation Association located on the Stanley Airport.
We have many historical pictures, etc. from the time when the base was active.
Would you, consider donating the poster for our clubhouse display?
Many thanks.
My dad was Andy Speziale