RCAF Station Arnprior
General Information
Location/Base: Arnprior
Province: Ontario
Years in Use:
Units:
- No 3 Flying Instructor’s School
- Formed – 3 August 1942
- Disbanded – 28 January 1944
- Aircraft Flown:
- Anson,
- Cornell,
- Crane,
- Fawn,
- Finch,
- Harvard,
- Stearman,
- Tiger Moth
- No 1 Flight Engineers School- Feb-disbanded 14 Oct ’44
- No 17 Equipment Depot
- RCAF Detachment to support National Research Council Flight Research
- 1946
- 1 July 1951 becomes Central Experimental and Proving Establishment Det
- Central Experimental and Proving Establishment Det
- working for renamed National Aeronautical Establishment and Defense Research Board
- moved to Uplands in July 1953
- Aircraft flown:
- Ansons
- Harvard
- Mustang
- Relief Landing Field – Pontiac, Quebec
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date/Reason for Closure:
Current Status:
Arnprior Aerodrome (Part 2)
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.
Arnprior Aerodrome (Part 1)
National Defence Photograph REA 134-111
Aircraft Flown:
Location – Google Map
Station Magazine
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Daily Diary – Links – No. 3 Flying Instructor School
1944
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 3 Flying Instructor School and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Arnprior, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 5 personnel.
11 October 1942
16 November 1942
6 February 1943
3 April 1943
Notable Alumni
Aircraft List
Notes
Course List
No 3 Flying Instructors School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Site Plan:
- Aerodrome Disposal File:
Here is a current satellite view link to the relief field in Pontiac, QB, just across the river.
https://satellites.pro/Canada_map#45.527787,-76.171056,16
Peter, thank you for the gentle push to continue creating the missing bases from eastern Canada. I will get Pontiac created… hopefully today.
Nathan