RCAF Station Mount Pleasant
Location/Base: Mount Pleasant
Province: Prince Edward Island
Years in Use:
Units:
- Primary Relief Landing Field (R1) to Summerside
- No. 10 Bombing and Gunnery School
Aircraft Types:
- No 10 B&GS
- Avro Anson,
- Bristol Bolingbroke
- Noorduyn Norseman,
- Hawker Hurricane
- Fairey Battle
Commanding Officers:
- Wing Commander R.C. Mair 12 Oct 43 –
Financial Impact:
Date/Reason for Closure:
- No. 10 B&GS – 6 June 45, reduced need for aircrew
Current Status:
- civil airfield CE2, all runways in use
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
circa 1942.
Commemoration
Location – Google Map
Photo Gallery
Thank you to Mike Anglin for sharing this photo with me (National Defence Image)
Station Magazine
“Blitz and Scoops”
Station Magazine
“Gunnery Leader”
Daily Diary – Links – No. 10 Bombing & Gunnery School
Fatalities
This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 10 Bombing & Gunnery School and other sources. The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Mount Pleasant, and likely includes some errors. Currently this list contains 21 personnel.
31 December 1943
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Henry Wilbert Huhtala
- Flight Sergeant William James Pearson
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Douglas Milton Scanlon
2 April 1944
9 June 1944
- Leading Aircraftman Lorne Clinton Gibb
- Flight Sergeant James Andrew Ringer
- Leading Aircraftman Russel Lee Bonnell
23 July 1944
28 October 1944
9 November 1944
16 February 1945
13 April 1945
- Leading Aircraftman Harold Ferguson McBride
- Flight Sergeant John Alexander Thomsom
- Leading Aircraftman Walter Ronald Eaton
- Leading Aircraftman Joseph Patrick Lowney
2 May 1945
Notable Alumni
Aircraft List
Notes
Course List
No 10 Bombing & Gunnery School
For More information – External Links
- Wikipedia
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Site Plan:
- Aerodrome Disposal File:
For More information – Published References
Barb Broome
Hello,
I am doing a research project on the RAC Airfield located at Mount Pleasant, PEI, from 1943 to 1945.
So far I have found out that most of the firing was done in air shooting at drogues hauled behind another airplane. Apparently there were also targets installed on the coastal dunes of Malpeque Bay called the Sandhills. Is there a any information existing about these land-based targets ? their locations ? Their design? etc…
The daily reports of activity at the Airfield are a trove of information about the activities, flying airplanes, accidents, number of rounds fired in air firing, etc…but missing the information about the targets.
Also, where can I find more info about these drogues, design, pictures of drogues, etc.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Eric Tremblay
Pituamkek Conservation Project
Bideford, PEI
There actually is an error on your monument. Second from the bottom you have James Thomson. It should be John Thomson my uncle.