RCAF Station Dafoe

RCAF Station Dafoe
Dafoe, Saskatchewan Near Dafoe, Saskatchewan in Canada
Site information
Operator	Formerly Royal Canadian Air Force
Location
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Coordinates	51°55′58″N104°34′01″W / 51.93278°N 104.56694°W / 51.93278; -104.56694
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: none, ICAO: none
Elevation	1,740 ft (530 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 18/00 3,300 ft (1,000 m) asphalt 9/27 3,300 ft (1,000 m) asphalt 13/31 3,300 ft (1,000 m) asphalt

RCAF Station Dafoe was a Second World War Royal Canadian Air Force station located near Dafoe, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station was home to the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan's No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School. The school opened January 1941 and closed January 1945. Aircraft used included the Westland Lysander, Bristol Bolingbroke, Avro Anson, and Fairey Battle. ^[1]

Aerodrome information

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Dafoe, Saskatchewan at 51°56′N104°34′W / 51.933°N 104.567°W / 51.933; -104.567 with a variation of 18 degrees east and elevation of 1,740 ft (530 m). The aerodrome was listed with three runways as follows: ^[2]

Runway name	Length	Width	Surface
16/34	2,690 ft (820 m)	150 ft (46 m)	Paved
7/25	2,700 ft (820 m)	150 ft (46 m)	Paved
12/30	2,760 ft (840 m)	150 ft (46 m)	Paved

Notable trainees

• William Arthur Sevicke-Jones, NZ429050 LAC Jones W A S, attended from 4 October 1943 to 15 November 1943. ^[3]

See also

• List of airports in Saskatchewan
• List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations
• List of defunct airports in Canada

References

1. Hatch, F. J. (1983). The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945. Ottawa: Directorate of History, Department of National Defence. ISBN   0660114437.
2. Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 2. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 39.
3. Military Bruce: The BCATP

• Bruce Forsyth's Canadian Military History Page - No. 5 Bombing & Gunnery School, retrieved: 2014-11-18
• Dafoe Community Directory - Dafoe RCAF Airbase History Archived 9 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved: 2009-12-15
• Vintage Wings of Canada - Ghosts of Saskatchewan Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved: 2014-11-18