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RCAF Station Brantford

General Information

Location/Base: Brantford

Province: Ontario

Years in Use:

Units:

No 5 Service Flying Training School
- Formed – 11 Nov 1940
- Disbanded – 3 Nov 1944 [17 Nov?]
- Aircraft flown:
  - Anson
No 4 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit
- Formed – 18 November 1944
- Disbanded – April 1946
- controlled REM Satellites in Hamilton, Dunnville, Jarvis and Port Albert

Commanding Officers:

G/C Johnson

Financial Impact:

Date/Reason for Closure/Current Status:

Site Evolution

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

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

Training Area Map – No 5 Service Flying Training School

On Track – 1978

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

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

Location – Google Map

Station Magazine
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Photo Gallery

PL-3307 – 10 April 1941 – Guard house at No 5 Service Flying Training School, Brantford, Ontario. (National Defense Image)

PL-3310 – 10 April 1941 – Orderly room in guard house Showing tag system of checking airmen in and out. Above desk is file of crime sheets ect. at No 5 Service Flying Training School, Brantford, Ontario. (National Defense Image)

PL-3314 – 10 April 1941 – Guards sleeping quarters, guard house at No 5 Service Flying Training School, Brantford, Ontario. (National Defense Image)

PL-3315 – 10 April 1941 – Post Office, guard house, at No 5 Service Flying Training School, Brantford, Ontario. (National Defense Image)

School Daily Diary – Links – No. 5 Service Flying Training School

Fatalities

This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 5 Service Flying Training School and other sources. The list may not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Brantford. With input from various sources, so far there were 16 deaths of service personnel that were stationed at Brantford.

23 March 1941