RCAF Station Greenwood
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CFB/CTC Greenwood Greenwood Airport |
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | DND | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Greenwood, Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AST (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC−03:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 92 ft / 28 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°59′04″N 064°55′01″W / 44.98444°N 64.91694°WCoordinates: 44°59′04″N 064°55′01″W / 44.98444°N 64.91694°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | CFB 14 Wing Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
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Canadian Forces Base Greenwood (IATA: YZX, ICAO: CYZX), or CFB Greenwood, is a Canadian Forces Base located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) eastGreenwood, Nova Scotia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CP-140 Aurora and CP-140A Arcturus anti-submarine/maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft. Its primary RCAF lodger unit is 14 Wing, commonly referred to as 14 Wing Greenwood.
The relatively fog-free climate of the farming hamlet of Greenwood was selected by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and Royal Air Force for an airfield as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), following the signing of that formal agreement on December 17, 1939.
The airfield for RAF Station Greenwood was constructed between 1940 and 1942 with the first training units arriving as part of No. 8 Operational Training Unit (OTU) on March 9, 1942. Early training aircraft types included the Lockheed Hudson MK III, the Avro Anson, and the Westland Lysander, all from Britain's Royal Air Force. By the end of August, 1942 there were 36 aircraft, and 194 trainees out of a total of 1,474 RAF personnel. By November, 1942 the number of trainees had doubled and aircraft had expanded to 80.
In addition to the BCATP program, RAF Station Greenwood was involved in combat operations through maritime reconnaissance to counter U-boat activity in the western Atlantic. These wartime anti-submarine patrols, combined with BCATP training, led to dozens of aircraft crashes throughout the first year of the base being operational, resulting in the deaths of Canadians, as well as 31 airmen from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
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