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RCAF Station Centralia

General Information

Location/Base: Centralia

Province: Ontario

Years in Use:

8 July 1942 – Fall 1966

Units:

No 9 Service Flying Training School
- Formed – January 1941 at Summerside, Prince Edward Island
- relocated – from Summerside, Prince Edward Island on 6 July 1942
- Disbanded – June 1945
- Aircraft Flown:
  - Anson,
  - Harvard
No 1 Aircrew Conditioning Unit-
No 1 Flying Training School ’45-? Jan ’46 reactivated 1 Sept ’47
No 1 Radar and Communications School
- school was at RCAF Station Clinton, but required accommodations and facilities at Centralia
- Jan ’47-Apr’47
No 2 Radar & Communications School [R&CS Flight provided a/c]
- The support mentioned under No 1 Radar and Communications School, above, became this school
- Apr’47-
No 1 Instrument Flying School
- relocated from Trenton Spring
Medical Selection Unit
School of English
Primary Training School
Primary Relief Landing Field – Grand Bend
Secondary Relief Landing Field – St Joseph

Aircraft Types:

No 1 FTS
- Anson,
- Harvard
No 1 IFS
- Expeditor

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

Commanding Officers:

Group Captain Fullerton
Group Captain A.G. Kenyon ’59

Financial Impact:

Date/Reason for Closure/

closed due to a consolidation throughout Training Command schools at time of closure
primary flying school moved to Borden
part of central officers school moved to fleet school at Esquimalt
technical administration and non-flying list specialist training course moved to CFB Clinton,ON

Site Evolution:

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

Current Status:

Training Site Map – No 9 Service Flying Training School

Training Area Map – No 9 Service Flying Training School, Centrailia, Ontario Source Canadiana.ca

On Track – 1978

On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) Centralis/Huron Airpark (Part 1)

On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) Centralis/Huron Airpark (Part 2)

Location – Google Map

Station Magazine
“No 9 Flyer”

Station Magazine
“Coronet”

Operational Record Book – Links – No. 9 Service Flying Training School

1942

School moved from Summerside, Prince Edward Island effective 6 July 1942. Please refer to Summerside for additional daily diary index.

Fatalities

This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 9 Service Flying Training School, and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Centralia, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 17 personnel.

1 October 1942