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RCAF Station Yorkton

General Information

Base / Station: Yorkton

Province: Saskatchewan

Dates of Operation or Period of Information:

10 April 1941 – 15 September 1945

Units:

No.11 Service Flying Training School
- Formation 10 April 1941
  - Formation Order
- Disbanded 10 December 1944
  - Disbandment Order
- Aircraft Flown
  - Cessna Crane
  - Avro Anson
No.23 Elementary Flying Training School
- Moved from Davidson, Saskatchewan – 29 January 1945
- Disbanded – 15 September 1945
- Aircraft Flown
  - Fairchild Cornell
Primary Relief Landing Field (R1) – Sturdee
Secondary Relief Landing Field (R2) – Rhein
2 Flying Training School
- formed – 16 September 1945
- Disbanded – 6 December 1945
- Reformed at Gimli, Manitoba – 1 December 1950

Commanding Officers:

Financial Impact:

Date / Reason for Closure:

Site Evolution:

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

Current Status: civil airfield CYQV

RCAF Aerodrome Yorkton, 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)
Yorkton Aerodrome (Part 1)

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

Location – Google Map

Photo Gallery

No 11 Service Flying Training School, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. The “Cranes Roost” (1942)
(Photos courtesy of John Griffin and 1 Canadian Air Division Heritage)

11 June 1941 #11 S.F.T.S. Yorkton Sask. The people came from miles around in every kind of car for opening day (National Defence Image – PL-5518)

11 June 1941, No 11 Service Flying Training School, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Grand Opening of the school. Visitors checking out a Harvard Aircraft. (National Defence Image – PL-5524)

Station Magazine
“Wings”

School Daily Diary – Links – No. 11 Service Flying Training School

School Daily Diary – Links – No. 23 Elementary Flying Training School

1945

Moved from Davidson, Saskatchewan 29 January 1945, for Daily Diary Index Prior to move, Please see RCAF Station Davidson.

Fatalities

This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 11 Service Flying Training School and other sources. The list may not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Yorkton. From my reading so far there were 26 deaths of service personnel that were stationed at Yorkton.

2 May 1941

4 May 1941