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RCAF Station Weyburn

General Information

Base / Station:   Weyburn

Province: Saskatchewan

Dates of Operation or Period of Information:   5 January 1942 – 30 June 1944

Units: 

  • No 41 Service Flying Training School
    • Transferred from England beginning 15 December 1941
    • First course was expected to begin 5 January 1942
    • 22 January 1944 – Disbanded
    • Aircraft Flown:
      • Anson,
      • Harvard
  • No 8 Service Flying Training School
    • Moved from Moncton, New Brunswick – 24 January 1944
    • 30 June 1944 – Disbanded
    • Aircraft Flown:
      • Anson
  • Primary Relief Landing Field (R1) – Halbrite
  • Secondary Relief Landing Field (R2) – Ralph
  • No 202 Equipment Holding Unit (EHU)
    • Established approximately at the disbandment of No 8 Service Flying Training School – 30 June 1944.

Commanding Officers:

  • Group Captain E.C. Emmett
    • February 1942 (or possibly earlier) – 22 January 1944 (Disbandment of No 41 SFTS.)
  • Wing Commander H. de M. Molson
    • 23 January 1944 (move of No 8 SFTS from Moncton, New Brunswick) – 26 February 1944
  • Wing Commander E.M. Reyno
    • 26 February 1944 – 29 May 1944
  • Wing Commander C.A. James
    • 29 May 1944 – 30 June 1944 (disbandment of No 8 SFTS)
  • Flight Lieutenant C.R. Cunningham
    • 30 June 1944 –

Financial Impact:

Site Evolution:

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

Date / Reason for Closure:  Current Status:   civil airfield JE3

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

On Track – 1978

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

Location – Google Map

Photo Gallery

415.032 – No 8 SFTS/ No 41 SFTS, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Thank you to Mike Anglin for sharing this photo with me (National Defence Image)
No 8 SFTS/ No 41 SFTS, Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
Thank you to Mike Anglin for sharing this photo with me (Photo source unknown but likely National Defence Image)
Commemorative Plaque, No 8 and 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan – Facebook Photo by Peter Whitfield
PL-12799 – 17 September 1942 – No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Digging grease pit Motor Transport Section (National Defense Image)
PL-12795 – 17 September 1942 – No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Cement mixer (National Defense Image)
PL-12802 – 17 September 1942 – No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Digging foundation for first hangar (National Defense Image)
PL-12804 – 17 September 1942 – No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Hanger wall form (National Defense Image)
PL-12808 – 17 September 1942 – No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Men pouring cement for hangar foundation (National Defense Image)
PL-12793 – 17 September 1942 – No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, While lumber is checked the unloading crew rest. (National Defense Image)
PL-12798 – 17 September 1942 – No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Lumber arrives in trucks and quantity is checked (National Defense Image)
PL-12797 – 17 September 1942 – No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Unloading Lumber (National Defense Image)
PL-12801 – 17 September 1942 – No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Lumber yard, team work, men carrying a long peace of wood (National Defense Image)
PL-12800 – 17 September 1942 – No 41 Service Flying Training School, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Lumber yard, Carpenters use gasoline powered circular saws (National Defense Image)

Station Magazine
“The Flying Gopher”

Daily Diary – Links – No. 41 Service 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

Download Transcription

1942

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1943

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

1944

January

Unit disbanded effective 22 January 1944. Facility taken over by No 8 Service Flying Training School on that date.

Daily Diary – Links – No. 8 Service Flying Training School

1944

Effective 23 January 1944 the school was relocated from Moncton, New Brunswick. Please see Moncton for the preceding Daily Diary index for No 8 Service Flying Training School.

January

February

March

April

May

June

Fatalities

This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 41 Service Flying Training School, No 8 Service Flying Training School, and other sources.  The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Weyburn, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 21 personnel.

3 March 1942

21 May 1942

7 June 1942

30 July 1942

3 August 1942

29 September 1942

25 October 1942

20 November 1942

22 June 1943

23 June 1943

4 August 1943

13 September 1943

20 December 1943

2 January 1944

23 March 1944

11 May 1944

Notable Alumni

Aircraft List

Notes

Course List
No 41 Service Flying Training School

Click to Access the Course List

Course List
No 8 Service Flying Training School

Click to Access the Course List

For More information – External Links

  • Wikipedia
  • MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
  • Site Plan:
  • Aerodrome Disposal File:

For More information – Published References

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