RCAF Stationed at
Marville, France
The Military Communications and Electronics Museum of Canada – now hosts the website marville.org that was created by Captian (RET’D) Reynald (REN) George Joseph L’Ecuyer, CD. This website though hard to navigate is an excellent resource for those researching Marville. It can be accessed here. I will work on creating better links at time moves on. His digital collection of Station Magazines have been pdf’ed and add to this website.
General Information
Base / Station: Marville, France
Province: Overseas
Dates of Operation or Period of Information:
- – 1967
Units:
- 1 (Fighter) Wing, RCAF
- 410 Squadron
- Moved from North Luffenham, England, November 1954.
- Deactivated 1 October 1956, moved back to Canada.
- 439 Squadron
- 441 Squadron
Commanding Officers:
- Group Captain EB “Ed” Hale
- November 1951 – August 1953
- Group Captain JD “Red” Somerville
- August 1953 – July 1956
- Group Captain DJ “Blackie” Williams
- July 1956 – June 1959
- Group Captain DP Hall
- June 1959 – August 1963
- Group Captain AF Avant
- August 1963 – August 1966
- Group Captain RG Christie
- August 1966 – April 1967
* Information sourced from this link
Financial Impact:
Date / Reason for Closure:
Current Status:
Location – Google Map
Photo Gallery
YouTube
Station Magazine
“Arrowhead Tribune”
Ephemera
Fatalities
The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at Marville, France, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains __ personnel.
Notable Alumni
Aircraft List
Notes
Related documents:
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Military Communications and Electronics Museum of Canada – now hosts the website marville.org that was created by Captian (RET’D) Reynald (REN) George Joseph L’Ecuyer, CD. This website though hard to navigate is an excellent resource for those researching Marville. It can be accessed here. I will work on creating better links at time moves on. His digital collection of Station Magazines have been pdf’ed and add to this website.
- Site Plan:
- Aerodrome Disposal File: