RCAF Station Malton
General Information
Location/Base: Malton
Province: Ontario
Years in Use: –
Units:
- No 1 Air Observer School
- sponsor- Dominion Skyways (Training) Ltd, CP Airlines
- 27 May 1940 – 30 April 1945
- No 1 Elementary Flying Training School
- sponsor- Toronto Flying Club
- 24 June 1940 – 3 July 1942
- AID Inspector School
Aircraft Types:
- No 1 AOS
- Anson
- No 1 EFTS
- Finch,
- Tiger Moth
Commanding Officers:
- Squadron Leader Woods ’40
- Squadron Leader Stapely ’40
- Squadron Leader Jacobi ’41-’42
- Squadron Leader Kent ’42-’43
- Squadron Leader Laxdal ’43
- Wing Commander Thomas ’43-’44
- Wing Commander Opie ’44
- Wing Commander Foss ’44-45
General Managers D.S.(T.)L.:
- Mr. C.R. Troup, OBE, ’40-’41
- Mr. W. Woollett, ’41-’42
- Mr. W.A. McLeod ’42-’45
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 “Toronto Itnl” – See photos on this page.
Current Status: Now the Toronto Pearson International Airport
On Track – 1978
Location – Google Map
Station Magazine
“The Navigator”
Station Magazine
“Star Shooter”
Daily Diary – Links – No 1 Elementary Flying Training School
Daily Diary – Links – No 1 Air Observer School
1944
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School and No 1 Air Observer School and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Malton, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 26 personnel.
5 December 1940
21 December 1940
20 June 1941
8 January 1942
14 January 1943
- F/Sgt Joseph Roy Barnett
- LAC Gordon Charles Bricker
- Sgt Robert Hearne Cochran
- LAC Kenneth Norman Miller
25 October 1943
5 November 1943
- WO2 Harvey Chambers Freeman
- Porucznick Emil Styrski
- Sgt Patrick Maurice Butler
- LAC Edward Godfrey Carter
22 January 1944
- LAC Basil George Ragdale Allen
- Sgt Bruce Edward Lehman
- Sgt William Charles Isted
- LAC Clifford Wolden
20 March 1944
7 August 1944
21 August 1944
18 September 1944
Aircraft List
Course List
No 1 Air Observer School
Course List
No 1 Elementary Flying Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Operational Record Book
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