RCAF Station Oshawa

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RCAF Station Oshawa
Oshawa, Ontario
Near Oshawa, Ontario in Canada
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RCAF Station Oshawa
Coordinates 43°53′N78°54′W / 43.883°N 78.900°W / 43.883; -78.900 Coordinates: 43°53′N78°54′W / 43.883°N 78.900°W / 43.883; -78.900
Site information
Operator Royal Canadian Air Force
Airfield information
Identifiers IATA: none, ICAO: none
Elevation450 ft (140 m) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
6/242,640 ft (800 m) Hard Surfaced
14/322,625 ft (800 m) Hard Surfaced
8/262,635 ft (803 m) Hard Surfaced
Airfields

RCAF Station Oshawa was a training station of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) during World War II located near Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

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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 43°53′N78°54′W / 43.883°N 78.900°W / 43.883; -78.900 with a variation of 8 degrees west and elevation of 450 ft (140 m). The aerodrome was listed with three runways as follows: [2]

Runway NameLengthWidthSurface
6/242,640 ft (800 m)150 ft (46 m)Hard Surfaced
14/322,625 ft (800 m)150 ft (46 m)Hard Surfaced
8/262,635 ft (803 m)150 ft (46 m)Hard Surfaced

Relief landing field - Whitby

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Whitby, Ontario at 43°51′N78°55′W / 43.850°N 78.917°W / 43.850; -78.917 with a variation of 8 degrees west and elevation of 275 ft (84 m). The aerodrome was listed as a "Turf - All-way field - Rectangular field." [3]

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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. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 144.
  3. ↑ Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 173.
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