RCAF Station Hamilton
(Mount Hope)
General Information
Location/Base: Hamilton – Mount Hope
Province: Ontario
Years in Use:
Units:
- No 19 (Aux) Sqn 1935- becoming No 119
- No 119 (B) Sqn (Aux) [10 Sept ’45]
- No 33 Air Navigation School
- – 9 Jun ’41- 6 Oct ’44
- Aircraft Flown:
- Avro Anson
- No 1 Wireless School
- moved from Montreal, Quebec – 14 September 1944
- Disbanded – – 31 October 1945
- Aircraft Flown:
- Stinson 105
- Tiger Moth
- No 10 Elementary Flying Training School
- Sponsor – Hamilton Aero Club
- Formed – 14 October 1940
- moved to Pendleton, Ontario – 31 August 1942
- Aircraft Flown:
- Fleet Finch
- Tiger Moth
- Cornell
- No 424 (Aux) Sqn [MH] [1 Apr ’58]
- 16 Wing
- authorized 1 Oct ’50, disbanded 1 Apr ’64
- consisted of- 2424 AC&W Sqn (Aux)
Aircraft Types:
- No 19 Sqn
- Moths
- No 119 Sqn
- DH82A
- No 424
- Expeditor
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 “Grand Bend” – See photos on this page.
Current Status:
- Now the Hamilton International Airport
Commemoration:
- The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering recognized this facility 2003 with the installation of a plaque. Similar plaques have been installed at:
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.
(Photo Courtesy of Matt Heintz)
On Track – 1978
Location – Google Map
Station Magazine
“The Mount Hope Meteor”
Daily Diary – Links – No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School
Daily Diary – Links – No. 33 Air Navigation School
Daily Diary – Index – No 1 Wireless School
1944
School Was moved from Montreal, Quebec effective 15 September 1944
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, No 33 Air Navigation School and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Mount Hope (Hamilton), and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 17 personnel.
13 November 1941
23 June 1942
Notable Alumni
Aircraft List
Notes
Course List
No 10 Elementary Flying Training School
Course List
No 33 Air Navigation School
Course List
No 1 Wireless School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
- Site Plan:
- Aerodrome Disposal File: