RCAF Station Guelph
Base / Station: Guelph
Province: Ontario
Years in Use:
Units:
- No 4 Wireless School – 7 Jul ’41-12 Jan ’45
- Was established by Formation order issued 8 May 1941
- The Formation order was ammended on 20 May 1941
- RCAF School of Cookery
- No. 1 Nutritional Laboratory
- No. 1 Test Kitchen Unit
- No. 15 RCAF Detachment [Radio Mechanics School]
- No. 1 Code and Cypher School
- No. 15 Pre-Aircrew Education Detachment
Aircraft Types:
- No 4 Wireless School
- De Havilland Menasco Moth
- Noorduyn Norseman
- North American Yale
- North American Harvard
There was no airfield co-located with the wireless school. All aerial training was conducted at Burtch aerodrome from 1941-1944. In 1944 the aerial training was moved to St Catharines
Commanding Officers:
- Group Captain A. H. Keith Russell – June 1941
- Group Captain D. G. Williams – May 1943
- Wing Commander J. H. Roberts – May 1944
- Wing Commander D. J. R. Cairns – October 1944
Financial Impact:
Date/Reason for Closure/Current Status:
Location – Google Map
Station Magazine
“Sparks”
Related Essays and Articles
- No. 4 Wireless School Flying Squadron (4 WSFS) Finds a New Home By J.S. Bond (2023)
- This Article discusses No 4 Wireless School, Guelph, Ontario and more specifically the Flying Squadron of the school which operated out of Burtch, Ontario and then St Catharines, Ontario.
School Daily Diary – Links – No. 4 Wireless School
1945
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 4 Wireless School and other sources. The list may not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Guelph. With input from John Bond and from other sources so far there were 12 deaths of service personnel that were stationed at Guelph.
31 October 1941
17 June 1942
2 June 1943
7 August 1943
18 September 1943
17 December 1943
10 May 1944
13 May 1944
Aircraft List
Course List – No 4 Wireless School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Aerodrome Disposal File: