RCAF Station St Catharines
General Information
Location/Base: St. Catharines
Province: Ontario
Years in Use:
Units:
- No 9 Elementary Flying Training School
- sponsor
- St. Catharines Flying Club
- Formed 14 October 1940
- Disbanded 14 January 1944
- Aircraft flown:
- Fleet Finch
- Tiger Moth
- sponsor
- Used by No 4 Wireless School, Guelph starting in ’44
- Relief Landing Field – Willoughby
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 “St. Catharines/Niagara District” – See photos on this page.
Current Status:
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.
On Track – 1978
St Catharines/Niagara District Aerodrome (Part 1)
St Catharines/Niagara District Aerodrome (Part 2)
Location – Google Map
Photo Gallery
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.
Daily Diary – Links – No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba has created a transcription of this Daily Diary.
Their web site is AirMuseum.ca
1941
1944
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station St. Catharines, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 5 personnel.
23 November 1940
19 September 1941
Notable Alumni
- Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee – Author of the poem High Flight – Killed in Flying Accident – 11 Dec 1941
Aircraft List
Notes
Course List
No 9 Elementary Flying Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- http://9efts.blogspot.ca/
- Site Plan:
- Aerodrome Disposal File: