RCAF Station Moose Jaw
General Information
Base / Station: Moose Jaw
Province:
Period(s) of Use: 1941 – Present
Site Plan:
Elevation:
Units:
- No. 32 Service Flying Training School
- Relief Landing Field – Buttress
- Relief Landing Field – Burdick
- Relief Landing Field – Caron – The station at Caron, SK was converted into a relief field on closure of the EFTS located at the station in ___
- No 2 Flying Training School
- Moved from Gimli, Manitoba between 4 May-23 June 1953.
- 431 Squadron – “The Snow Birds”
Structures:
Commanding Officers:
Unit Duties / Information:
Aircraft Flown:
Financial Impact:
Date / Reason for closure:
Site details:
- Aerodrome:
- Runways:
Current Status:
Married Quarters:
Location Evolution:
- The Publication On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) lists the Aerodrome as “Moose Jaw” – See photos on this page.
Moose Jaw Aerodrome (Part 2)
Moose Jaw Aerodrome (Part 1)
Location – Google Map
Station Magazine
“Prairie Flier”
Daily Diary – Links – No 32 Service Flying Training School
1944
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No 32 Service Flying Training School, No 2 Flying Training School, and No 431 Squadron and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Moose Jaw, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 75 personnel.
23 January 1941
26 April 1941
5 May 1941
20 May 1941
2 July 1941
12 July 1941
27 August 1941
28 August 1941
6 January 1942
14 January 1942
28 January 1942
11 March 1942
18 July 1942
25 July 1942
20 September 1942
9 January 1943
12 April 1943
7 May 1943
17 June 1943
8 July 1943
- Flying Officer Benedikt Blatney
- Leading Aircraftman Alfred Charles Channon
- Leading Aircraftman Svatoplunk Maly
- Pilot Officer George Moffat Urwin
21 July 1943
11 August 1943
18 August 1943
- Leading Aircraftman Trefor Nicholas Cooke
- Flying Officer Leonard James Crouch
- Leading Aircraftman Denis Daly
4 September 1943
13 March 1944
5 August 1953
29 October 1953
30 December 1953
22 September 1954
5 May 1955
6 July 1956
9 January 1957
21 May 1958
6 October 1964
27 July 1965
28 July 1965
8 October 1966
13 June 1967
13 July 1969
30 July 1969
20 March 1972
10 June 1972
22 August 1973
31 May 1976
3 April 1978
3 May 1978
30 October 1979
16 April 1980
5 June 1989
3 September 1989
10 December 1998
21 July 2003
10 December 2004
18 May 2007
9 October 2008
17 May 2020
Notable Alumni
Aircraft List
Notes
- Mutiny – from the ORB.
- on 16 July 1943 a group of airmen decided to stage a protest of orders issued by the commanding officer of No. 32 SFTS. There is no mention of this, on the date of the offence in the ORB. The first mention of the mutiny was on 4 October 1943 in the ORB when the men were put to General Courts Martial. The Courts Martial continued until 14 October. At that time 2 members were acquitted. Between the October and November sections of the ORB there is a discipline appendix dated 16 July 1943 that details the event. On 12 November 1943 the station was ordered on parade and the sentences of the 13 remaining airmen was promulgated. The pulmigation is detailed starting on page 1136 of the ORB. All members found guilty of participating in the mutiny were sentenced to between 9 and 18 months of detention. At some point in the future I will add more to this.
Related documents:
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Site Plan:
- Aerodrome Disposal File: