RCAF Station Kingston
| RCAF Station Kingston | |
|---|---|
The airfield during World War II
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| Active | 7 October 1940 – 7 September 1945 |
| Country | Canada  
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| Branch |
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| Role |
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Aircrew training |
| Part of | No. 1 Training Command |
| Schools | No. 31 Service Flying Training School No. 14 Service Flying Training School |
| Station Magazine | The Pioneer |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Trainer |
Fairey Battle North American Yale North American Harvard |
Coordinates: 44°13′31″N 076°35′50″W / 44.22528°N 76.59722°W
RCAF Station Kingston was a World War II air training station built in 1940 at Collins Bay near Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The station was originally built by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for use by the Royal Air Force (RAF). Like other RAF schools in Canada, it was subject to RCAF administrative and operational control.
No. 31 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) was the first British Service Flying Training school to be established in Canada and the first flying training school at Kingston. The school was originally No. 7 Service Flying School based in Peterborough, England. Its main purpose was to train pilots for the Fleet Air Arm, but in the beginning the school's first students were British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) trainees selected for service with the RCAF and RAF. Naval trainees, however, made up the majority of the trainees by the end of December 1940. Pilots were trained on Fairey Battles, which were shipped from England, and later, Harvards. Relief landing fields were located at Gananoque and Sandhurst, Ontario.
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