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RCAF Station Lachine began operation in 1941 as a transit point for the ferrying of aircraft and the transportation of supplies to Europe during the Second World War. Until 1943, Lachine was the location of one of five British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) manning depots, No. 5 Manning Depot.
This is a list of stations operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), or stations where RCAF units existed, from 1924 until unification into the Canadian Forces on February 1, 1968. Some of the RCAF stations listed in this article link to facility descriptions containing the prefix "CFB" (Canadian Forces Base) or "CFS" (Canadian Forces ...
This article contains a List of Facilities of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) in Canada. The BCATP was a major program for training Allied air crews during World War II that was administered by the Government of Canada, and commanded by the Royal Canadian Air Force with the assistance of a board of representatives from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
9 August 1951. Moved to RCAF Station Lachine, Quebec. 1 September 1959. Moved to CFB Trenton, Ontario. 1 February 1968. Integrated into the Canadian Armed Forces. 2 September 1975. Air Transport Command was redesignated Air Transport Group. [2]
They moved to RCAF Station Lachine, Quebec, in March 1947, [3] [5] where it began using the North Star. [ 9 ] On March 8, 1948, a North Star of the squadron was used to make 426 Squadron's first flight to the Arctic with a flight from Dorval , Quebec , to Lansdowne House by way of Rockliffe, Resolute , and Trout Lake.
Understaffed and overworked air traffic control crews have long been an issue at Reagan National and other airports, lawmakers say, and could have contributed to the nation’s deadliest air crash ...
Regardless of the cost, Crawford said, he would have staged at least 25 of the more than 40 available engines at stations that are closest to hillsides, including in the Palisades. Known ...
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