RCAF Station Hagersville
General Information
Location/Base: Hagersville
Province: Ontario
Years in Use: opened Nov 1940-
Units:
- Was Originally Primary Relief Landing Field (R1) to No 5 SFTS Brantford.
- No 16 Service Flying Training School
- Formation order issued 14 June 1941
- School formed 8 Aug 1941
- Disbandment order issued 28 August 1945
- Unit disbanded 21 September 1945
- No 4 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit (REMU)-controlled REM Satellites in Hamilton, Dunnville, Jarvis and Port Arthur-disbanded Apr ’46
- Primary Relief Landing Field – Kohler (Cayuga)
- Secondary Relief Landing Field – Dufferin
Facility Discription:
- as at Feb 1941:
- No buildings
- Single Runways
Aircraft Types:
- No 16 SFTS
- Anson,
- Harvard
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date/Reason for Closure: transferred to Department of Transport 21 September 1945
Current Status:
Training Area Map – No 16 Service Flying Training School
Location – Google Map
Photo Gallery
Station Magazine
“Albatross”
Station Magazine
“16th Oracle”
Daily Diary – Links – No. 16 Service Flying Training School
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 16 Service Flying Training School and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Hagersville, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 22 personnel.
7 November 1941
20 November 1941
4 December 1941
17 December 1941
7 March 1942
22 March 1942
11 April 1942
13 April 1942
6 January 1943
21 January 1943
14 June 1943
7 December 1943
1 January 1944
19 March 1944
22 November 1944
1 June 1945
14 July 1945
Notable Alumni
Aircraft List
Courts Martial
The following personnel were recommended for courts marshal and a file was created on the Charged Offence, not all Offences were tried. This list is not complete but I will be working my way through the reels in the upcoming months.
- Squadron Leader Frederick Joseph Aldridge (RAF-42381)
- Member was charged with Alcohol related offences
- Member was not tried on these charges.
- File is 30 pages in length.
Notes
Related documents:
- Memo from Robert Leckie 12 Feb 1941 debating the assignment of a training aerodrome for No 4 Wireless School in Guelph.
Course List
No 16 Service Flying Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Site Plan:
- Aerodrome Disposal File:
Years a go one day working fields around Hagersville airport Site# 16. We had a veteran stopped by saying he trained at Hagersville airport site #16. but after the war they buried tons of equipment wooden crates packed with grease some were on that site #16.
My great uncle Marshall Machell worked at this site in the 1950’s. The air base was closed and it was called Hagersville Army Camp at the time as I understand. If anyone has any information at all about Marshall Machell please contact me. Thanks!