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RCAF Station Calgary
Lincoln Park



General Information

Base / Station: Calgary (Currie)

  • Later Renamed RCAF Station Lincoln Park

Province: Alberta

Dates of Operation or Period of Information: 1940-64

Integral Units:

  • No. 3 Service Flying Training School
  • post-war storage depot… possibly

Aircraft Flown:

Commanding Officers:

Financial Impact:

Date / Reason for Closure:

Current Status:  runways no longer exist, but several hangars form part of Currie Barracks.

RCAF Aerodrome Calgary (Currie), Alberta.
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.

Site Plan – 1952

Site Plan, Currie Barracks Aerodrome, Calgary, Alberta
(Circa 1952) (Source 1 Canadian Air Division)
If you would like a PDF Copy Please Click to Download.

Site Plan – RCAF Station Calgary – Unknown year – From Station Welcome Pamphlet, linked below
(Source: The John Griffin Library, 1 Canadian Air Division)
If you would like a higher resolution JPG Copy Please Click to Download.

Location – Google Map


Photo Gallery

PL-12329 – 22 August 1942 – Women’s Division RCAF, No 3 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta, Ambulance drivers and hospital assistants of the W.D. are on active service on stations from coast to coast, and overseas. Drivers must know how to service their vehicles. Hospital assistants trained at the RCAF School of Technical Training, have a working knowledge of medications and treatments, are able to handle patients, and learn to follow doctors’ order implicitly. Pictured here is, left to right: M.A. Corbin, Kamloops; D. Peachu, Abbottsford; both hospital assistants and J. Peareton of Montreal and she is a M.T. Driver (National Defence Image)
PL-11308 4 August 1942 W.D. activities at #3 S.F.T.S. Calgary Alta, In clothing stores, left to right behind the counter: AW1 R.G. Simpson, Montreal; AW1 K.A. Scott, Saskatoon; AW1 MacLachin, Winnipeg. All equipment assistants. Outside the counter: AW1 P. Thomson, Toronto (National Defence Image)

Station Magazine
“Foothill Fliers”



Fatalities

This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 3 Service Flying Training School and other sources. The list may not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Calgary (Currie). With input from various sources, so far there were 44 deaths of service personnel that were stationed at Calgary (Lincoln Park).


Aircraft List


Notable Alumni


Course List
No 3 Service Flying Training School


This Post Has 2 Comments

  1. Randy Castellarin

    Hello
    My father and our family were stationed in RCAF Stn Lincoln Park from August 1957 – June 1961. Would you have a map of the PMQ’s or direct me to where I can obtain a copy. Also looking to see where the guardhouse , swimming pool, curling rink & Catholic Church were located.
    Any assistance will be appreciated. Thank you
    Randy Castellarin (PMQ 102)

    1. Nathan Kachur

      Randy, thank you for your comment, to date I have seen nothing with the information you are looking for. I have posted your comment and hopefully another visitor to the site may have the information you are looking for. If someone posts information I will forward to this email.

      Nathan
      RCAF.Info

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