RCAF Station St. Eugene
General Information
Location/Base: St. Eugene
Province: Ontario
Years in Use: 28 October 1940 – 19 June 1945
Units:
- No 13 Elementary Flying Training School
- sponsor – Ottawa Flying Club
- Formed 28 October 1940
- Disbanded at St Eugene, 19 June 1945
- Reformed 1 May 1945 at St John (St Jean), Quebec
- Aircraft Flown
- Fleet Finch
- Relief Landing Field – Hawkesbury
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date/Reason for Closure:
Current Status:
Image from the RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases circa 1942.
Training Area Map – No 13 Elementary Flying Training School
Location – Google Map
Daily Diary – Links – No 13 Elementary Flying Training School
1945
This school was ordered inactive effective 19 May 1945 and Disbanded 19 June 1945.
School was immediately reformed effective 1 May at St Jean (St John), Quebec
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No 13 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 Eugene, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 12 personnel.
2 May 1941
30 May 1941
20 January 1942
7 June 1942
8 November 1942
14 January 1943
1 February 1943
10 February 1944
5 February 1945
7 February 1945
Course List
No 13 Elementary Flying Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- Aerodrome Disposal File:
My dad, Raymond Peter Hypher, from Bournemouth, England, was at No 13 EFTS 5 JAN 1944 – 20 FEB 1944 56hrs 20mins. He went to 31 SFTS at Kingston starting 15 MAR 1944. He was in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as a volunteer reserve officer. He was 18 years old (DOB 25 JUL 1925). He ended up on 802 SQN FAA on Seafire XV. The war ended just as he was heading off for the invasion of Japan. My dad visited St Eugene many years ago, before the hard surfaced runways had been removed. He worked for DND for many years – mainly with Air Transport Command at CFB Trenton up to his retirement in 1986.
Also – my dad flew PT-26 Cornell at 13 EFTS. I don’t think that I have any photos – I don’t think he had a camera at the time. I do have a number of photos from his time at 31 SFTS at Kingston.
The only good story that I have from 13 EFTS from my late father is that a couple of USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt pilots from New York got lost and landed at St Eugene with tires smoking in an effort to stop on the relatively short runway…they also fit the stereotypical image of Americans: floppy flying boots, bravado, and the energetic chewing of gum! Friendly boys, of course. They did manage to take off the next morning in the cold Eastern Ontario winter air.