RCAF Bowden [entry point]

Title

BCATP Station Bowden

Description

RCAF Bowden (also known as BCATP Station Bowden) was located at Bowden, Alberta, Canada.

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The station opened in the summer of 1941 and it was used by 32 Elementary Flying Training School. In July 1942, it was privatised as the Edmonton Flying Training School Limited under Royal Canadian Air Force control as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. It could handle 240 pupils on eight-week courses and had 150 aircraft, mainly Tiger Moths and Cornells.

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Clare Bennett

Julian Maslin

Nigel Moore

Citation

“RCAF Bowden [entry point],” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6394.

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