RCAF Station Mont-Joli
General Information
Base / Station: Mont-Joli
Province: Quebec
Dates of Operation or Period of Information:
- 1939 – 1945
Unit Duties / Information:
- No 9 Bombing and Gunnery School
- was opened at Mont Joli, 15 December 1941.
- closed 14 April 1945
- It was opened under the BCATP and was used to train bomb aimers and air gunners.
- Aircraft Flown:
- Anson,
- Battle,
- Bolingbroke, and
- Lysander
- No 130 (Fighter) Squadron
- Home defence unit
- Based at Mont-Joli
- 1 May 1942 – 13 July 1942
- Aircraft Flown:
- Kittyhawk I
- No. 11 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron
- Home defense unit detachment from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
- Based at Mont-Joli
- 12 May 1942 – 11 June 1942
- Aircraft Flown:
- Hudson III
- No. 113 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron
- Home defense unit detachment from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
- Aircraft Flown:
- Hudson III
- No. 119 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron
- Home defense unit detachment from Sydney, Nova Scotia)
- Based at Mont-Joli
- 2 August 1942 – 1 November 1942
- 24 April 1943 – 30 November 1943
- Aircraft Flown:
- Hudson III
- No 162 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron
- Home defense unit detachment from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
- Based at Mont-Joli
- 10 October 1942 – 30 November 1942
- 24 October 1943 – 26 November 1943
- Aircraft Flown:
- Canso A
- No 5 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron
- Home defense unit detachment from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Gaspé, Quebec
- Based at Mont-Joli
- 19 April 1945 – 21 May 1945
- Aircraft Flown:
- Canso A
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date / Reason for closure:
- No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School was closed April 14, 1945.
Location – Google Map
Photo Gallery
Thank you to Mike Anglin for sharing this photo with me (National Defence Image)
Station Magazine
“Mont Joli Target”
Ephemera
Daily Diary – Links – No. 9 Bombing & Gunnery School
1941
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
- Pilot Officer Arthur Francis Halamka
- Corporal Clarence James Rooke
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth George Weal
- Leading Aircraftman Irwin Jack Shaw
6 July 1942
14 October 1942
27 March 1943
31 May 1943
20 July 1943
27 July 1943
7 October 1943
- Flight Sergeant Ross Walker Dean
- Leading Aircraftman Kenneth McKinstry
- Leading Aircraftman Samuel George Trueman
- Leading Aircraftman Eric William Astell
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
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Site Plan:
- Aerodrome Disposal File:
- Operational Record Book
My name is Nan (Johanna) Spencer. I am the daughter in law of Ervin Eugene (Bud) Spencer RCAF R173981. Died October 20,1943 of severe head injuries a few hours after the Short Stirling “Lulu” crashed while on an air test outside the Village of Ipsden, Oxfordshire , England.
Bud attended Mont-Joli No 9 B&G School from October 11,1942 – April 16,1943. He was in Course No 48 Air Gunners, Class “22”
Graduation Banquet booklet has him listed as E.E. Spence. It should have read E.E. Spencer
I have been told that Bud was injured in a training accident. Is there a record in the Mont-Joli RCAF records saying that the accident happened while he was stationed there? If so would I be able to receive a copy?