RCAF Station Prince Albert
General Information
Base / Station: Prince Albert
Province: Saskatchewan
Dates of Operation or Period of Information:
- 22 July 1940 – 15 November 1944
Units:
- No.6 Elementary Flying Training School
- No. 6 Air Observer School
- Relief Landing Field – Hagen
- There is also some mention of a second relief landing field at Emma Lake. Scott Woroniuk and myself have looked into this and believe that Emma Lake was used unofficially as a temporary runway during spring thaw, a period that would have left the main runway unusable due to the turf field. The use of the lake is mentioned several times in the springs of 1941 and 1942. Otherwise, I have not found any information on this field.
Unit Duties / Information:
Aircraft Flown: Tiger Moth, Cornell, Harvard
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date / Reason for Closure: 15 Nov 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 “Prince Albert” – See photos on this page.
Current Status: civil airfield CYPA
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.
On Track – 1978
Location – Google Map
Photo Gallery
Station Magazine
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Daily Diary – Index – No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba has created a transcription of this Daily Diary.
Their web site is AirMuseum.ca
Daily Diary – Index – No. 6 Air Observer School
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba has created a transcription of this Daily Diary.
Their web site is AirMuseum.ca
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No 6 Elementary Flying Training School, No 6 Air Observer School and other sources. Information was also provided by Gene Miller. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Prince Albert, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 18 personnel.
20 June 1941
27 July 1941
18 March 1942
- Flying Officer Olav Alfred Ness
- Leading Aircraftman Cyril Samuel Lapp
- Leading Aircraftman Harvey William Hurst
- Mr Glen Kenneth Hyer
15 August 1942
25 October 1942
20 July 1943
16 September 1943
23 September 1943
24 November 1943
- Pilot Officer John Stanley Butler
- Leading Aircraftman Edward Guyon Henderson
- Leading Aircraftman Paul Roger McLean
3 December 1943
17 June 1944
Notable Alumni
Aircraft List
Tiger Moth
1142
1168
1205
3887
4208
4220
4963
5081
5944
Cornell
EW394
Anson
R9740
Notes
Related documents:
Course List
No 6 Elementary Flying Training School
Course List
No 6 Air Observer School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Aerodrome Disposal File:
- Site Plan:
Hi have a list of aircraft flown in Feb-March 1941 by Don Barber at the PA school if you want. He later flew with 260 in North Africa and 440 in Northern Europe.
I would love to receive a copy of this list. I will send you an email.
Morning, I sent the PA and Dauphin logs to you, check your spam folder, some sites do not like my email.
I am looking for employment information on P.J. Smith who was a civilian Morse Code instructor at #6. Any suggestions?