RCAF Station Gimli was an air station of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) located near Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. On September 6, 1943, the British Commonwealth...
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provincial electoral district in Manitoba RCAF Station Gimli (1943–1971), former air force station near the town Gimli Industrial Park Airport, current airport...
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racing event on one of the original decommissioned parallel runways of RCAF Station Gimli which had closed the previous year in September 1971. Racing switched...
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construct a training facility. RCAF Station Gimli was opened in 1943 and remained in operation until 1945. The Station was reactivated in 1950 and was...
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50:1 to 70:1). At this point, Quintal proposed landing at the former RCAF Station Gimli, a closed air force base where he had once served as a pilot for the...
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This is a list of stations operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), or stations where RCAF units existed, from 1924 until unification into the...
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for air cadets as Regional Gliding School (Northwest). Opened as RCAF Station Gimli, the airfield served during World War II as the home of Service Flying...
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other Advanced Flying Schools using T-33 jet trainers such as RCAF Station Gimli. RCAF graduate pilots would be posted to an Operational Training Unit...
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RCAF Station Claresholm was a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan station that trained pilots for World War II service. The station was located near...
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while training to be a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force at RCAF Station Gimli during World War II. In 1949, Dawe joined the Edmonton Mercurys, a...
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