RCAF Station Fingal
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Short description RCAF Station Fingal was a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) air station located near Fingal, Ontario, Canada. It was operated and administered by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).[1]
Fingal hosted No. 4 Bomber and Gunnery School (No. 4 B&GS), which trained bomb aimers and air gunners. The school opened on 25 November 1940 and closed 17 February 1945. Aircraft used included the Fairey Battle, Northrop Nomad, Westland Lysander, Bristol Bolingbroke and Avro Anson. When 4 B&GS closed, its fleet of aircraft consisted of 34 Avro Anson Mark I, 29 Bristol Bolingbroke Mark IVT, and 1 North American Harvard II. Bombing ranges were located near Melbourne, Frome, Tempo, and Dutton. A bombing range was also located on Lake Erie. A marine unit was based in Port Stanley.[2][3]
The area is now a wildlife preserve called the "Fingal Wildlife Management Area". Wildlife habitat has been restored and area has been set aside for agricultural demonstration purposes. Interpretive trails with signage have been installed.
Aerodrome information
The airfield was constructed in a typical BCATP wartime pattern, with three runways formed in a triangle. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". with a Var. 5 degrees W and elevation of Script error: No such module "convert".. The runway outlines are still clearly visible in aerial photographs. Three runways were listed as follows: [4]
| Runway Name | Length | Width | Surface |
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| 1/19 | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Not Listed |
| 14/32 | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Not Listed |
| 7/25 | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Not Listed |
Fingal scenes
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Historical plaque
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Back of plaque, list of casualties
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Double hangar base in 2014
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Roadway in 2014
See also
- St. Thomas Municipal Airport (Ontario)
- RCAF Station Guelph
- No. 6 Group RCAF
- Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
References
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