TRIBUTE TO RCAF STATION CENTRALIA 1942-1967

With creation of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in 1939, surveying began across Canada to find suitable locations for air tra...

Brothers Arthur Kenneth and Edward Allan Clarke were driving truck for their older brother Bill when they decided to enlist in the RCA...

Course 103 commenced training February 27, 1944. Tragedy stuck April 3 when LAC’s Joseph Roy and John Carey Gardner were killed when their ...

Bruce Gordon was a recent arrival No. 9 after completing his Elementary Flying Training. He was the “baby” of the Course being one of the...

Tragedy struck Course 95 at Centralia on January 14, 1944, when Hamilton, Ontario native LAC Adam DiFilippo was killed along with his ins...

William Paget received his Elementary Flying Training at No. 12 EFTS Goderich. S/L H.E. King, Chief Flying Instructor, assessed Paget as...

Donald Bowes left his Winnipeg home to enlist in the RCAF. While at Initial Training School he received the following assessment: “This a...

Stanley Hanna, of Stavely, Alberta, graduated from Centralia with Course 83. On December 4, 1944, Flying Officer Hannah and his crew were...

Robert Kingdon received his pilot wings with Course 77. Group Captain Elmer Fullerton assessed Kingdon as: “Quick to learn. Willing worke...

John Morton, a resident of Toronto, received his pilot training at Centralia with Course 75. G/C Fullerton assessed Morton as: “A good av...

Ian McKenzie Hamilton was born in Orangeville, Ontario in 1921. He graduated from Orangeville High School in 1935, and then moved to Toro...

Elwin Quantrill left his job as a bank teller to enlist in the RCAF. The Port Hope, Ontario resident received his Elementary Flying Train...

ROBERT LORNE SLEETH - Lorne Sleeth received his Elementary Flying Training at Goderich and was assessed by F/L MacLean, No. 12 EFTS Chief...

EARL WOODROW WARD - Earl Ward completed his Elementary Flying Training at No. 12 EFTS Goderich before being posted to Centralia. Ward, a...

DOUGLAS EARL AIKEN - Like Julius Kramer, Doug Aiken graduated from Centralia as a member of Course 69. P/O Aiken was also killed on the s...

JULIUS KRAMER - Kramer was one of Fifty-three graduates who received their wings on April 6, 19433 as members of Course 69. Upon completi...

IVAN STEEN SOLLOWS - Steen Sollows graduated as a member of Course 63 on January 15, 1943. The Yarmouth, Nova Scotia native was training ...

LLOYD OFFER - Winnipeg resident Lloyd Offer graduated with Course 63. He received the following assessment at initial training Schoo...

RCAF Station Centralia Flying Instructor George Kercher (centre), with NATO pilot trainees Steiner Wang (Norway), and Piero Brazzola (Ita...

In 1992, Stephen Township, where the former RCAF Station Centralia is located, planned to celebrate it's sesquicentennial. One of the...

Letter (1992) From Squadron Leader Eric Webster (A.F.C.) Former Chief Flying Instructor at No. 9 SFTS Summerside & Centralia. I had t...

Between 1992-5, I operated the RCAF Station Centralia Memorial Museum from the former 25 yard gun range property. The building had been u...

In the late 1980's, I began to research personnel who served at the former No. 9 Service Flying Training School, Centralia. I soon...

Centralia/Huron Park Airport now owned by Goderich Aircraft Inc.