RCAF Station St Hubert
General Information
Base / Station: St Hubert
Province: Quebec
Period of Information: 1939 – 1994
Units:
- No 13 SFTS
- The formation order authorizing the formation of the school was issued 25 July 1941.
- was opened September 1, 1941 to train pilots who had just graduated from an Elementary Flying Training School.
- They were given advanced training on multi-engined aircraft and separated according to whether they would be flying fighters or bombers.
- The school was ordered to move to North Battleford, Saskatchewan through a Movement order issued 27 January 1944.
- moved to North Battleford, Saskatchewan, 25 February 1944.
- The school was ordered to reform as a reserve training school on 14 March 1945.
- The disbandment order closing the school was issued 4 May 1945.
- No 1 Wireless School – Flying Squadron
- a Sub unit of No 1 Wireless School, Montreal, Quebec
- No 1 Fighter Squadron
- was moved to St Hubert from Calgary August 26, 1939 to prepare for war.
- transferred to Britain November 5, 1939.
- No 124 Transport Squadron
- No 401 Squadron
- No 410 Squadron
- “Blue Devils” aerobatic team carried out its first practice in St Hubert May 4, 1949.
- No 414 Squadron
- N0 416 Squadron
- No 421 Squadron
- formed at St Hubert September 15, 1949.
- No 423 Squadron
- No 425 Squadron
- No 426 Squadron
- No 427 Squadron
- No 1 Fighter Operational Training Unit
- No 10 Tactical Air Group
- 104K / 115 & 118 / EWU / 429 Sqn. / 438 Sqn. / 441 Sqn. / 444 Sqn. and 450 Squadron. I saw ! And remember all this squadrons, except the 115 & 118, in the 1930 and 427 – 441 – 444 Squadrons in early fifties.
Unit Duties / Information:
Image frome the RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases circa 1942.
Image courtesy of Matt Heintz.
- No. 124 Transport Squadron was formed as part of No. 9 Transport Group February 5, 1945 to help handle the increase in RCAF transport of aircraft and equipment to Canada.
- On September 1, 1948 authorization was given for the formation of a fighter OTU at St Hubert.
- No. 10 TAG formed on May 29, 1973. It is placed in command of numerous air reserve from across the country and regular groups consisting of fighter aircraft and helicopter squadrons.
Aircraft Flown:
- No. 421 – Vampire
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date / Reason for closure:
- No. 421 Squadron was transferred overseas to Odiham, Britain in January 1951 becoming the first overseas post- war RCAF squadron.
- On July 31, 1957 No. 1 OTU was disbanded.
- The base was mostly closed and the aerodrome was turned over to ?. It is now being operated as the Montreal Saint-Hubert Longueuil Airport.
Site Plan – 1952
Source – 1 Canadian Air Division, RCAF
Please click on image to download a PDF copy.
Training Area Map – No 13 Service Flying Training School
Location – Google Map
Station Magazine
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Photo Gallery
Daily Diary – Links – No. 13 Service Flying Training School
1944
Effective 28 Feb 1944, No 13 Service Flying Training School was moved to North Battleford, Saskatchewan. For the Daily Diary Index of No 13 SFTS please refer to the North Battleford page.
Daily Diary – Links – No 1 Wireless School – Flying Squadron
The Daily Diary for the Flying Squadron is integrated into the Daily Diary for the main School. Please see No 1 Wireless School, Montreal for the index.
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 13 Service Flying Training School and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station St Hubert, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 27 personnel.
19 November 1941
21 December 1941
22 December 1941
30 April 1942
16 June 1942
- Warrant Officer 2nd Class Valerie David Legacy
- Pilot Officer Robert Andrew Thomson
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph Charles Hormidas Theoret
28 June 1942
12 July 1942
4 September 1942
16 September 1942
30 September 1942
9 October 1942
17 March 1942
20 March 1943
25 April 1943
12 June 1943
5 August 1943
- Second Lieutenant Raymond Lareau (collateral fatality)
- Second Lieutenant Joseph Pierre Jean Yves Paquet (collateral fatality)
17 August 1943
10 September 1943
31 October 1943
1 November 1943
18 November 1943
28 December 1943
5 January 1944
Aircraft List
Course List
No 13 Service Flying Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
First ! Thanks very much ! You made a great work ! Some Squadron based or formed at Station St-Hubert was missing? 104K / 115 & 118 / 401 Sqn. / EWU / 414 Sqn. / 416 Sqn. / 423 Sqn. / 425 Sqn. / 426 Sqn. / 427 Sqn. / 429 Sqn. / 438 Sqn. / 441 Sqn. / 444 Sqn. and 450 Squadron. I saw ! And remember all this squadrons, except the 115 & 118, in the 1930 and 427 – 441 – 444 Squadrons in early fifties.
Thank you for the additional information. I will add shortly
For your information;
115 Sqn was absorb by 1 Sqn at the beginning of the war and later became 401 Sqn renumbering during the war and given ”400” serial like all others Canadian Squadrons to tell them apart from British squadrons. Same for 118 Sqn that became 438 Sqn. 115 and 118 sqn where formely 15 and 18 Sqn in St.Hubert in the 1930.
Jean Lavoie, formely from 407 and 425 Sqn
Jean, thank you for your information… I will figure out how to integrate this into the site.
Nathan, if you need to clarified informations regarding St. Hubert, feel free to ask, as i am a St.Hubert station unofficial historian.
Hi Jean,
Unofficial historian? Wow, well, I guess it’s my lucky day! I hope you’re still checking this! I’m looking for any photos/information you may have about the training program for the Tanzanian People Defense Force. I know some cadets were sent to St. Hubert and other sites around 1970-75 at least. Please let me know if you have anything at all.
Thank you in advance!
Hello my mother and father were posted here in the late 50’s 1959-63 LAC Hacke LWAC Daly looking for some more information about their time here.
Jean,
Thank you for reaching out again. I will be honest I am highly unlikely to reach out, but if you have data that you think should be included please submit it. I will add a credit to the top of the page acknowledging your contribution. You can provide the data via email or page comment. I welcome any feedback, correction or enhancement to the site.
Thank you again,
Nathan