RCAF Station Dunnville
| RCAF Station Dunnville | |||||||||||||||||
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| Ontario Near Dunnville, Ontario in Canada | |||||||||||||||||
The site of No. 6 SFTS in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Department of National Defence | ||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Canadian Air Force | ||||||||||||||||
| Controlled by | No. 1 Training Command | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | Airfields | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 42°52′20″N 079°35′45″W / 42.87222°N 79.59583°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||||||||
| In use | 1940-1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||||||||||
| Past commanders | G/C Alan H. Hull - 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Garrison | No. 6 Service Flying Training School | ||||||||||||||||
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| Identifiers | IATA: none, ICAO: none | ||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 605 ft (184 m) AMSL | ||||||||||||||||
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Royal Canadian Air Force Station Dunnville was a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) station located near Dunnville, Ontario. The station was home to No. 6 Service Flying Training School and is usually known by that name. Service Flying Training schools trained pilots, either single engine or multi-engine, and 6 SFTS was a single engine school. After graduation the new pilots were assigned various duties, which might be overseas in the Royal Air Force or an RCAF squadron; or in Canada as instructors or staff pilots in the BCATP, or for duty in RCAF Home Defence squadrons.
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was a temporary wartime measure that ended on 29 March 1945. No. 6 SFTS opened 25 November 1940 and closed on 1 December 1944, and during this time 2,436 airmen received their wings at Dunnville.