- RCAF Station Assiniboia
RCAF Station Assiniboia was a
Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) flying training station located near Assiniboia,Saskatchewan ,Canada . It was operated and administered by theRoyal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).RCAF Station Assiniboia was originally a
Royal Air Force training station, hosting No. 34 Elementary Flying Training School (No. 34 EFTS). A relief (emergency) landing field was located nearLethburn, Saskatchewan . This school usedTiger Moth aircraft. No. 34 EFTS openedFebruary 11 ,1942 and closedJanuary 30 ,1944 . No. 34 EFTS was incorporated into No. 25 EFTS (RCAF), which used theFairchild Cornell . No. 25 EFTS closed downJuly 28 ,1944 . Other units located at Assiniboia until the end of the war in 1945 include No. 41 Pre-Aircrew Training School, and No. 403 Aircraft Holding Unit.The aerodrome is now the
Assiniboia Airport .
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