RCAF Station Oshawa
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RCAF Station Oshawa was a training station of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) during World War II located near Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
The No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) was located in Oshawa from June 1941 to December 1944. Student flyers used Tiger Moth aircraft and were trained by civilian instructors from the Oshawa, Kingston, and Brant-Norfolk flying clubs. A relief landing field was located at Whitby (at Hopkins Street and Gerdau Court now an industrial site).[1]
The military left in 1944 but as federal owned until sale to then Town of Oshawa in 1947. The airport is still in use as the Oshawa Executive Airport.
Aerodrome information
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Oshawa, Ontario at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". with a variation of 8 degrees west and elevation of Script error: No such module "convert".. The aerodrome was listed with three runways as follows: [2]
| Runway Name | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24 | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Hard Surfaced |
| 14/32 | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Hard Surfaced |
| 8/26 | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Hard Surfaced |
Relief landing field - Whitby
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Whitby, Ontario at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". with a variation of 8 degrees west and elevation of Script error: No such module "convert".. The aerodrome was listed as a "Turf - All-way field - Rectangular field." [3]
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- Royal Canadian Air Force stations
- Airports of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
- Buildings and structures in Oshawa
- Military airbases in Ontario
- Defunct airports in Ontario
- Transport in Oshawa
- Military history of Ontario
- Military installations closed in 1944
- 1944 disestablishments in Ontario
- History of transport in the Regional Municipality of Durham