RCAF Station Dafoe
Dafoe, Saskatchewan
Near Dafoe, Saskatchewan in Canada
RCAF Station Dafoe is located in Saskatchewan
RCAF Station Dafoe
RCAF Station Dafoe
Coordinates51°55′58″N 104°34′01″W / 51.93278°N 104.56694°W / 51.93278; -104.56694
Site information
OperatorFormerly Royal Canadian Air Force
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: none, ICAO: none
Elevation1,740 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
Airfields

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′N 104°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

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
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