- RCAF Station Pearce
RCAF Station Pearce, or RCAF Aerodrome Pearce, was a
Second World War training air station of theBritish Commonwealth Air Training Plan . It was located northeast ofFort Macleod ,Alberta ,Canada .The Pearce aerodrome was the home of three training schools: No. 36 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS), a
Royal Air Force school which operated from March - August 1942 (flying Tiger Moths andStearman s); No. 3 Air Observer School (AOS) (using Ansons), which operated from September 1942 to June 1943; and No. 2 Flying Instructor School (FIS), which flew Cornells, Cranes, Fawns, Finchs, Harvards, Oxfords,Tiger Moth s and Ansons. No. 2 FIS operated from May 1943 to January 1945, having moved from Vulcan.The aerodrome is still visible today; however, all of the structures from the old station have been removed. A memorial cairn has been installed at the site of the original guard house to inform visitors of the station's history.
References
* [http://www.bombercrew.com/BCATP.htm BCATP Information from Bombercrew.com]
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