44°13′31″N076°35′50″W / 44.22528°N 76.59722°W / 44.22528; -76.59722 (RCAF Station Kingston)
RCAF Station Kingston
The airfield during World War II
Active
7 October 1940 – 7 September 1945
Country
Canada
Branch
Royal Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force
Role
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Aircrew training
Part of
No. 1 Training Command
Schools
No. 31 Service Flying Training School No. 14 Service Flying Training School
Station Magazine
The Pioneer
Aircraft flown
Trainer
Fairey Battle North American Yale North American Harvard
Military unit
Pilots at RAF No.31 SFTS in 1943
RCAF Station Kingston was a World War II air training station built in 1940 at Collins Bay near Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The station was originally built by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for use by the Royal Air Force (RAF). Like other RAF schools in Canada, it was subject to RCAF administrative and operational control.[1]
1943 Navigation chart showing RCAF Kingston and surrounding area. North is up, Lake Ontario at bottom.[2]
^Hatch, F. J. (1983). Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 1939–1945. Ottawa: Canadian Department of National Defence. p. 68. ISBN 0-660-11443-7.
^Air Navigation Edition Toronto-Ottawa (Map) (1943 ed.). Cartography by Hydrographic and Map Service. Canada Department of Mines and Resources, Surveys and Engineering Branch.
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