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RCAF Station Assiniboia



General Information

Base / Station: Assiniboia

Province: Saskatchewan

Dates of Operation or Period of Information:  

Units:

  • No 34 Elementary Flying Training School
    • Formed – December 1941
    • Taken over by the company that formerly ran No 14 Elementary Flying Training School at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba – 3 July 1942.
    • Disbanded – January 1944
  • No 25 Elementary Flying Training School
    • Formed – January 1944
    • Disbanded – 28 July 1944
  • Relief Landing Field – Lethburn

Aircraft Flown:

Commanding Officers:

Financial Impact:

Date / Reason for Closure: 


Site Evolution

  • The Publication On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) lists the Aerodrome as “Assiniboia” – See photos on this page.

Current Status:  Civilian Airfield, All original buildings removed

RCAF Aerodrome Assiniboia, Saskatchewan.
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.

Site Plan – RCAF Station Assiniboia, Saskatchewan (Circa October 1944) –
Source Facilities Disposal File on Canadiana.ca (Please Click on photo to access their page.)

On Track – 1978

On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) Assiniboia Aerodrome (Part 1)
On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) Assiniboia Aerodrome (Part 2)

Location – Google Map


Photo Gallery

Memorial Cairn, Assiniboia Airport.
Facebook Photo from Peter Whitfield
Barracks and other buildings, Assiniboia, SK (1442) (Photo Courtesy of John Griffin)
Barracks interior, Assiniboia, SK (1442) (Photo Courtesy of John Griffin)
Tiger Moths in Hangar, Assiniboia, SK (1442) (Photo Courtesy of John Griffin)
Tiger Moths, Assiniboia, SK (1442) (Photo Courtesy of John Griffin)
Plaque on Memorial Cairn, Assiniboia Airport.
Facebook Photo from Peter Whitfield
John Griffin and Barracks, Assiniboia, SK (1442) (Photo Courtesy of John Griffin)
Tiger Moths in Hangar, Assiniboia, SK (1442) (Photo Courtesy of John Griffin)

Station Magazine
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1944

January

School was disbanded and No 25 EFTS was formed at Assiniboia.


1944

February

March

April

May

June

July

The school was disbanded 28 July 1944.


Fatalities

This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 34 Elementary Flying Training School and other sources.  The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Assiniboia, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 19 personnel.


Aircraft List

1122 – Tiger Moth


Courts Martial

The following personnel were recommended for courts martial and a file was created on the Charged Offence, not all Offences were tried. This list is not complete but I will be working my way through the reels in the upcoming months.

  • Flying Officer Reginald Gordon Burke (RAF-151224)
    • Charged with flying Offences
    • Trial Date – 4 February 1944
    • File is 68 pages
    • Member was found guilty and sentenced to Dismissal from His Majesties Service.
  • Flight Lieutenant Anthony Glyndwr Davies (RAF-40806)
    • Charged with flying offences
    • Trial Date – 6 November 1942
    • File is 85 pages
    • Member was found guilty and sentenced to loss of seniority.
  • Squadron Leader Henry Marsden (RAF-70445)
    • Charges were laid after member was posted to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
    • Charged with:
      • 7 Counts of In a daily flying log and flight authorization form, signed by him. Being privy to the making of a false statement.
      • 2 counts of Neglect to the prejudice of Good Order and Air Force discipline.
    • Trial Date – 11 October 1943
    • File is 246 pages
    • member was found not guilty of all charges.

Course List
No 25 Elementary Flying Training School

Course List
No 34 Elementary Flying Training School



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