April 5, 2024
RCAF Saskatoon-BCATP 6 Elementary Flight Train'g School
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RCAF Saskatoon-BCATP 6 Elementary Flight Train'g School Beautifully made badge of RCAF Saskatoon which was home to No. 6 Elementary Flight Traing School under the BCATP. Quality made badge measures 6 1/2 inches X 3 1/2 inches. A bit of History on this unit, courtesy of "75 years of Aviation History in Saskatoon" website: Prior to World War II, the Saskatoon Flying Club entered into an agreement with the Department of National Defence to give primary fight training to provisional pilot officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). This contract continued until the beginning of the war when the club became part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) as No.6 Elementary Flight Training School (EFTS) at Prince Albert. No.6 EFTS was operated by the Northern Saskatchewan Flying Training School Ltd., a subsidiary of the Saskatoon Flying Club. In 1940, the City agreed to lease the airport to the federal government for the duration of the war. It was taken over and operated by the RCAF until November 1945. Saskatoon Airport became the home of No.4 Service Flight Training School (SFTS). BCATP operations at Saskatoon came to an end March 31, 1945. While the war was drawing to a close, Saskatoon Airport continued to gain in stature, with an aeradio station being installed and commissioned in 1945. In November 1945, the Department
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