RCAF Station Swift Current
Base / Station: Swift Current
Province: Saskatchewan
Dates of Operation or Period of Information:
- 15 December 1941 – 24 March 1944
Units:
- No.39 Service Flying Training School
- No. 4 Central Navigation School
- Relief Landing Field – St Aldwyn (R1)
- Relief Landing Field – Wymark (R2)
Unit Duties / Information:
Aircraft Flown: Oxford
Commanding Officers:
Financial Impact:
Date / Reason for Closure: 21 Mar 44, reduced need for aircrew
Post RCAF Evolution:
- The Publication On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) lists the Aerodrome as “Swift Current” – See photos on this page.
Current Status: civil airfield, CYYN
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases circa 1942.
Location – Google Map
Station Magazine
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Daily Diary – Links – No. 32 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 – Links – No. 39 Service Flying Training School
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 39 Service Flying Training School and other sources. The list may not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Swift Current. From my reading so far there were 17 deaths of service personnel that were stationed at Prince Albert.
Fatalities –
16 March 1942
8 May 1942
3 August 1942
12 December 1942
2 February 1943
13 February 1943
31 March 1943
6 May 1943
30 July 1943
18 October 1943
24 November 1943
30 November 1943
Aircraft List –
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Aerodrome Disposal File: