RCAF Station Dafoe

RCAF Station Dafoe
Dafoe, Saskatchewan
Near Dafoe, Saskatchewan in Canada
RCAF Station Dafoe
Coordinates 51°55′58″N 104°34′01″W / 51.93278°N 104.56694°W / 51.93278; -104.56694Coordinates: 51°55′58″N 104°34′01″W / 51.93278°N 104.56694°W / 51.93278; -104.56694
Site information
Operator Formerly Royal Canadian Air Force
Airfield information
Identifiers IATA: none, ICAO: none
Elevation 1,740 feet (530 m)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
18/00 3,300 feet (1,006 m) Asphalt
9/27 3,300 feet (1,006 m) Asphalt
13/31 3,300 feet (1,006 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 Bomber and Gunnery School. The school opened January 1941 and closed January 1945. Aircraft used include the Westland Lysander, Bristol Bolingbroke, Avro Anson, and Fairey Battle.[2]

Aerodrome Information

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 51°56′N 104°34′W / 51.933°N 104.567°W / 51.933; -104.567 with a Var. 18 degrees E and elevation of 1,740 feet (530 m). The aerodrome was listed with three runways as follows: [1]

Runway Name Length Width Surface
16/34 2,690 feet (820 m) 150 feet (46 m) Paved
7/25 2,700 feet (823 m) 150 feet (46 m) Paved
12/30 2,760 feet (841 m) 150 feet (46 m) Paved

- William Arthur Sevicke-Jones, NZ429050 LAC Jones W A S, Attended 1943-10-04 to 1943-11-15.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 2. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 39.
  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.
  3. ↑ Military Bruce: The BCATP
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