RCAF Station Virden

RCAF Station Virden
RCAF Station Virden
Near Virden, Manitoba in Canada
	RCAF Station Virden
Coordinates	49°53′N100°55′W / 49.883°N 100.917°W
Site information
Operator	Formerly Royal Canadian Air Force
Site history
In use	1941-4
Garrison information
Occupants	No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School (1941-1944)
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: none, ICAO: none
Elevation	1446' AMSL
Runways
All direction	3600' diameter turf
	Airfields

Last updated October 21, 2023

RCAF Station Virden was a Second World War, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) station. It was a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) flying training station located north of Virden, Manitoba, Canada. It is now the site of Virden/R.J. (Bob) Andrew Field Regional Aerodrome.

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 49°53′N100°55′W / 49.883°N 100.917°W / 49.883; -100.917 with a Var. 14 degrees 30' E and elevation of 1446'. The runway is listed as a 3600' diameter, turf, all way field.^[1]

The station hosted No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School (19 EFTS). Flight instructors were civilian and were members of the Brandon-Virden Flying Club and the Moose Jaw Flying Club. Aircraft used include the de Havilland Tiger Moth and Fairchild Cornell. A relief (emergency) landing field was located near Lenore. No. 19 EFTS opened on May 16, 1941, and closed on December 15, 1944.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 2. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 25.
↑ 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.

External links

Hangar picture of Cornell aircraft
Retrieved 2012-3-8
No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School Retrieved 2012-3-8

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[Handbook-1] 1 2 3 Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 2. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 25.

[hatch-2] 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.

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