Location/Base: Deseronto

Also known as:

• RCAF Aerodrome Mohawk

Province: Ontario

Years in Use: 1917-1918

Units:

• 1917-elements of 43 Wing–83 & 84 CRS
• 1918-elements of 42 Wing–82, 84, 85 & 89 CTS
• No.1 Instrument Flying School-
  • Opened 2 April ’43
  • Absorbed into RCAF end of BCATP
  • Aircraft flown:
    • Oxford
    • Cornell
• Also mention of the Name Instrument Navigation School.
• Acted as the primary Relief Landing Field for the Central Flying School located at Trenton, Ontario

Aircraft Types: JN-4

Commanding Officers:

Financial Impact:

Date/Reason for Closure:

Site Evolution:

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

Current Status: used as a civilian field between wars, reactivated for WWII

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