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RCAF Station Mont-Joli

Base / Station: Mont-Joli

Province: Quebec

Dates of Operation or Period of Information:

  • 1939 – 1945

Integral Units:

  • No. 9 Bombing & Gunnery School
  • No. 130 (F) Squadron
  • No. 11 (BR) Squadron (Detachment from Dartmouth, NS)
  • No. 113 (BR) Squadron (Det from Yarmouth, NS)
  • No. 119 (BR) Squadron (Det from Sydney, NS)
  • No. 162 (BR) Squadron (Det from Yarmouth)
  • No. 5 (BR) Squadron (Det from Yarmouth and Gaspé)

Unit Duties / Information:

No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School was opened in Mont Joli December 15, 1941. It was opened under the BCATP and was used to train bombaimers and air gunners.

The other units were all home defence units and were used to provide convoy escorts and anti-submarine operations during the Second World War.

These units and detachments were based in Mont Joli during the following time periods:

  • No. 130: May 1 – July 13, 1942
  • No. 11: May 12 – June 11, 1942
  • No. 113:
    • July 6 – August 3, 1942
    • September 16 – December 23, 1942
  • No. 119:
    • August 2 – November 1, 1942
    • April 24 – November 30, 1943
  • No. 162:
    • October 10 – November 30, 1942
    • October 24 – November 26, 1943
  • No. 5: April 19 – May 21, 1945
RCAF Aerodrome Mont-Joli, Quebec. Image from the RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases circa 1942.

Aircraft Flown:

  • No. 9 BGS –
    • Anson,
    • Battle,
    • Bolingbroke, and
    • Lysander
  • No. 130 –
    • Kittyhawk I
  • No. 11 –
    • Hudson III
  • No. 113 –
    • Hudson III
  • No. 119 –
    • Hudson III
  • No. 162 –
    • Canso A
  • No. 5 –
    • Canso A

Commanding Officers:

Financial Impact:

Date / Reason for closure:

See Unit Duties / Information for closing dates of home defence units.

No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School was closed April 14, 1945.

Location – Google Map

Photo Gallery

PMR77-163 – Aircraft makes trip by truck, Lockheed HUDSON III of No. 113 Sqn RCAF which crashed on take off when engine failed at Mont Joli, Quebec on 14 October 1942. The crew, pilot Flight Sergeant TR Futer, navigator Sergeant JJE Mahoney, air gunners Flight Sergeant RJ Nixon and Flight Sergeant EW Smith were uninjured. No 9 Bombing & Gunnery School, Mont Joli, Quebec (National Defence Image)
PL-12913 – 11 December 1942, Christmas Chorus, No 9 Bombing & Gunnery School, Mont Joli, Quebec (National Defence Image)
PL-12919 – 11 December 1942, Christmas Chorus, No 9 Bombing & Gunnery School, Mont Joli, Quebec (National Defence Image)
PL-12914 – 11 December 1942, Christmas Chorus, No 9 Bombing & Gunnery School, Mont Joli, Quebec (National Defence Image)

Station Magazine
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Daily Diary – Links – No. 9 Bombing & Gunnery School

1941

December

1942

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1943

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1944

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1945

January

February

March

April

Fatalities

This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 9 Bombing & Gunnery School and other sources.  The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Mont-Joli, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 24 personnel.

19 May 1942

6 July 1942

14 October 1942

27 March 1943

31 May 1943

20 July 1943

27 July 1943

7 October 1943

4 November 1943

29 January 1944

9 May 1944

10 June 1944

23 April 1945

14 June 1945

Notable Alumni

Aircraft List

Notes

Course List
No 9 Bombing & Gunnery School

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