RCAF Station Estevan
General Information
Base / Station: Estevan
Province:
Dates of Operation or Period of Information:
- 27 April 1942 – 11 Feb 1944
Units:
- No.38 Service Flying Training School
- Relief Landing Field – Outram
- Relief Landing Field – Chandler
Unit Duties / Information:
- No. 38 SFTS
Aircraft Flown: Anson
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date / Reason for Closure: 11 Feb 44, reduced need for aircrew
Site Evolution:
- The Publication On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) lists the Aerodrome as “Estevan” – See photos on this page.
Current Status: aerodrome was completely removed and the site is now an open pit mine.
Site Plan – November 1941
On Track – 1978
Estevan Aerodrome (Part 1)
Location – Google Map
This location may be slightly off of the actual location of the former airfield. This location is based on the RCAF Pilot’s Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane bases (Shown above)
Station Magazine
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Photo Gallery
Daily Diary – Links – No. 38 Service Flying Training School
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 38 Service Flying Training School and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Estevan, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 33 personnel. As an additional note the crash of Dakota – 962 occurred at the Estevan Aerodrome after the school was closed. I have included these 21 fatalities even though the men were not stationed to RCAF Station Estevan at the time of the crash.
29 July 1942
- Pilot Officer John Rochester Boiston
- Aircraftman 1st Class Wilfred Cant
- Leading Aircraftman James Stewart
9 July 1943
19 July 1943
28 July 1943
29 July 1943
- Flying Officer Joseph Wallace Bancroft
- Leading Aircraftman Benjamin Cox
- Flight Sergeant Eric Lucas
- Leading Aircraftman Norman Kingsley Riley
- Leading Aircraftman Philip Raymond Sayers
12 December 1943
15 September 1946
- Flight Lieutenant Maurice Crosby Cuthbert
- Flight Lieutenant Joseph Alphonse Camille Bouchard
- Flying Officer Raymond Avard Brandser
- Flight Lieutenant Clifford Sommerville Coppin
- Flight Lieutenant Henry Hugh Cowan
- Flight Lieutenant William Murdoch Jackson
- Flight Lieutenant James Pyle Jessee
- Flying Officer Ned Jordan
- Leading Aircraftman Vitanos Luke Kirko
- Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Victor Kirsch
- Flight Lieutenant James Stewart Lees
- Flying Officer Robert James McIntyre
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Cowan McRoberts
- Flight Lieutenant Louis Eric John Murphy
- Flying Officer William Albert Perry
- Flying Officer Stephen Pond
- Flight Lieutenant Charles Stanley Wright Proctor
- Flight Lieutenant Edward Chester Stewart
- Flying Officer Max Thomas
- Flight Lieutenant Leonard Edgar Turtle
- Flight Lieutenant William Jacob Louis Weicker
Aircraft List
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 Gerald Fitzgerald (RAF-110910)
- Charged with Fraud related offences
- Trail Date – 17 June 1943
- This file is 153 pages.
- Member was found guilty and sentenced to a severe reprimand and loss of seniority.
Notes
Course List
No 38 Service Flying Training School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Site Plan:
- Aerodrome Disposal File: