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RCAF Station Abbotsford established 70 years ago Second World War training facility a huge part of B.C.’s early flying history

Dozens of schools were established across the nation, employing both civilian and The year 2013 marks two 70-year mile- military personnel. In all, a little more than 100 aerodromes were constructed. stones for the Abbotsford Airport.

The aerodrome at Abbotsford was choRoyal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Station Abbotsford was established on July 15, sen as a training site as early as 1940.

1943 in what was then billed as one of the Due to the international neutrality laws, however, Canada was forbidden to build West Coast’s largest aerodromes to date.

Less than two months later, Number 24 a military facility so close to the U.S. borElementary Flying Training School (EFTS) der, and Abbotsford’s planned aerodrome opened on Sept. 6, 1943. The military was shelved. When the Japanese attacked training which subsequently took place at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Unitthe Abbotsford Airport would become a ed States ceased to be “neutral” and conhuge part of British Columbia’s early flying struction at Abbotsford began in late 1942.

All through the winter of 1942-1943 – history, and the historical importance of one of the worst winters in local history – “our little airport” and its forgotten contribution to Canada’s war effort deserves to construction continued with paving made possible by hot steam being injected into be remembered.

The British Commonwealth Air Training the ground ahead of the pavers. Local laProgramme in Canada was set up at the bourers were employed but the bulk of the start of the Second World War to train air work was handled by the King Paving Co. force crews from the Commonwealth coun- of Oakville, Ont. The Ontario firm was chosen due to tries over the peaceful skies of Canada. the fact that almost all local contractors were being employed on the Alaska Highway project. Finally, on Nov. 21st, 1942 the first aircraft landed on the first of three newly completed lengths of runway at Abbotsford. All through the spring and summer of 1943, dozens of buildings and hangars were built by the Northern Construction Co. of Vancouver. Two-storey ‘H’ huts, classrooms, maintenance buildings, a hospital, hangars, a large rec hall and many other buildings popped up on the west side of the aerodrome.

Only two BCATP Nugent image from the DesMazes collection schools would call RCAF Abbotsford Students arrive at 24 EFTS Abbotsford 1944 at the Vogie home. The first was Nordin centre.

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RAF crew in training at 5 OTU Abbotsford 1945.

No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School.

No. 24 EFTS was the fourth and last school sponsored by the Vancouver Air Training Co. Ltd. – a civilian school set up by the Aero Club of B.C. under the guidance of the RCAF. 24 EFTS was tasked with the basic flying training for students who would then need to go to a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) before receiving their pilots’ wings.

The second school was established on the very day the EFTS was disbanded (July 15, 1944). The No. 5 Operational Training Unit (OTU) Abbotsford Detachment was created.

The 5 OTU headquarters had been established at RCAF Station Boundary Bay on April 1, 1944. However, due to the expanding operation, a second location was needed and Abbotsford was the logical choice.

No. 5 OTU was created to train Commonwealth crews for the RAF squadrons that were going to be used for the Southeast Asia and Burma theatre of war. The B-24 Liberator, an American-built bomber, was chosen by the Royal Air Force because

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At the height of operations at Abbotsford, staff numbered some 2,000 personnel with the bomber school and No. 5 OTU Unit Abbotsford detachment. The Elementary Flying Training School had an inventory of no less than 100 Cornell aircraft and several hundred civilian employees, many of whom were locals.

Approximately 4,500 students were processed at the OTU in a brief 16 months.

Tragically, during this period of frenzied operations, some 66 aircrew from the Abbotsford station died in training accidents, many of them crashing in the surrounding mountains and some in the sea never to be found.

Not all of the 5 OTU graduates ended up in the Far East or Burma. Some of the Canadian Liberator students were diverted to

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As the new President of the Abbotsford International Airshow, it is a privilege to lead a dynamic team of professionals and volunteers as we prepare for the 51st annual airshow.

The Abbotsford International Airshow was recently rated among the top 10 airshows worldwide, alongside Oshkosh Airventure and the British Royal International Air Tattoo. This is a testimony to the caliber of performances our participating show teams put on each year and to the quality of entertainment offered to spectators of all ages.

This year is no exception.

With an exciting array of displays both on the ground and in the air by aircraft old and new, military and civilian, there is something to please every

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The 2013 airshow is “A Salute the RCAF” and will showcase the spectacular performances of the CF-18 Hornet Demo, the elite Skyhawks parachute team and highly acclaimed Snowbirds, as the feature aerial act. Having proudly served in the RCAF as a pilot on CF-101 Voodoos and the Snowbirds, I am honoured to showcase the professionalism of today’s airmen and airwomen.

On behalf of the Abbotsford International Airshow Society, I welcome all of you visiting from near and far to our community.

Enjoy the show! ~ Jim Reith, AIAS President This year’s show is a salute to the RCAF.

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Sharing a ‘common thread’ Hornets ready to tear up the sky

The CF-18 Hornet National Demonstration Team is returning to Abbotsford for the 2013 air show and is ready to tear up the skies.

The Hornet’s 2013 schedule has the team participating in 19 Canadian air shows, seven shows in the United States and a deployment to Colombia.

The CF-18 Demo Team personifies the excellence required to keep the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) among the best aviation organizations on the planet.

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PERFORMANCE STARTS @ 3:00 The expertise and dedication required by the team, from the pilot to the maintenance crews to the coordinators, reflects the professionalism of all of Canada’s airmen and airwomen.

This year, the CF-18 Demo Team’s theme is: The Common Thread.

Canada’s rich diversity is among its greatest strengths.

In 2013, the Hornet team will celebrate “The Common Thread” that ties Canadians of all backgrounds together.

Despite some differences, Canadians alike embrace peace, freedom and equality, and the Canadian Armed Forces makes it a priority to defend those values.

Every day, airmen and air women conduct aerial sovereignty, reconnaissance and surveillance patrols, carry out

dd f dN hA i search and rescue operations, and defend North American airspace through NORAD. To embody this theme, this year’s demo Hornet will display tail and dorsal art representing the diversity of the country that is united by “The Common Thread”. The artwork was created by veteran graphic design director Jim Belliveau of 410 Squadron at Cold Lake, Alberta, who is celebrating his 20th year as the CF-18 Demo Team design director.

The CF-18 Demo Team looks forward to honouring Canadians who share “The Common Thread” and representing all Canadian Forces personnel – soldiers, sailors, airmen and airwomen alike – during the 2013 air show season.

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RCAF NEWS BRIEFS The largest of its kind After the attack on Pearl Harbour, Canada and the United States rushed to strengthen the Allied military defence position along the entire west coast and millions of dollars were spent in construction.

The largest facility of its kind was located on a 900-acre, wooded site at Abbotsford.

It contained 44 large buildings including hangars, and had provision for a garrison of thousands of men.

The $900,000 contract was awarded to the Marwell Construction Company of Vancouver.

Work for the airport facility started June 25, 1942 and continued throughout the winter despite frost and up to two feet of snow, which wreaked havoc on the paving of the three runways.

The airport opened on July 14, 1943 as No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School for single engine Cornell planes. A year later the runways were extended and strengthened to accommodate the giant Liberator bombers.

In February 1944 No. 5 Operational Training Unit took over the airfield to train RAF and Canadian air crews for overseas oper-

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Paving the Abbotsford airport runways in 1942.

Men of the detachment RCAF Station Abbotsford was established on July 15, 1943 with three officers and 30 airmen. Abbotsford’s first Commanding Officer was Flight Lieutenant G. E. Huggett. Little did Huggett and his small staff know that in less than one year the Abbotsford aerodrome would grow to become part of one of the largest training facilities in all the Commonwealth.

It began with the formation of No. 24 Elementary Flying Training school, (EFTS).

It took only a few short months for this school to have 97 Cornell training aircraft.

On July 15, 1944, the Abbotsford station was transferred to No. 5 Operational Training Unit at Boundary Bay. So began the brief but fascinating history of No. 5 OTU Abbotsford detachment.

That day also saw a drastic change in aircraft over the skies of the Fraser Valley.

Four engine bombers with 11-man crews training for the Southeast Asia and Burma fronts now flew off runways.

Enjoy the

Contributed to training pilots When the community of Abbotsford learned the No. 24 was going to shut down in July 1944, articles about the closing occupied the front pages of The Abbotsford News.

The community had become invested in the trainees successes (and failures) and many felt that “some of their own” were aiding in the war effort.

It is no surprise then, that Abbotsford residents were overjoyed to find out that training was to continue locally as the No. 5 replaced No. 24 and the Liberators became a “proudly accepted neighbour” in Abbotsford.

Residents were again jubilant when No. 5 celebrated successes, such as the graduation of another training course, or the outstanding showing by the station staff in Victory Bond drives. However, they also mourned the loss of fallen airmen.

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Memorial plaque contains 66 names.

CRASHES:

Maintenance shift change parade takes place in Abbotsford circa 1945.

No longer forgotten In 2010, a 65-year-old wrong was made right.

Abbotsford’s forgotten airmen were remembered – forever.

On Sept. 11, 2010 a ceremony took place at Abbotsford’s cenotaph to pay tribute to the men who lost their lives while training at

RCAF Station Abbotsford.

A plaque containing 66 names was placed on the war memorial.

While training only took place for a little more than a year, in that time, several planes crashed, often killing the entire 11-man crew.

At its peak, the No. 5

The following is a list of some of the crashes that took place:

OTU in Boundary Bay and Abbotsford was recognized as the single largest air force unit in the Commonwealth, with over 100 aircraft and a combined staff of 4,000. More than 4,500 students completed training in its 16 months of operation.

1944

Oct. 2 EW127 crashed in flames on Salt Spring Island, 11 killed; Nov. 10 KH108 flew into a mountain near Vancouver, 11 killed;

1945

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KH173 crashed into the sea near Bell Island, 11 killed; EW210 explosion in a bomb bay, three killed; Ew134 crashed near Whonnock, seven killed; KK241 crashed on Mt. Welch, seven killed; KG880 and KH07 collided on the runway, nine killed.

Telegram informs relatives of an airman’s passing during the Second World War.

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In September 1943, under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, the No. 24 Elementary flying Training School started operations using Cornell aircraft until February 1944. Then, the #5 Liberator Operational Training Unit was based here flying Liberator aircraft.

The Grumman F7F Tigercat was the first twin-engined fighter aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. It was delivered to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) combat units before the end of the Second World War, but the Tigercat did not see combat service in that war. They saw service in the Korean War and were withdrawn from service in 1954.

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Abbotsford Airfield An aerial view of the Abbotsford Airfield in 1945. Aircraft can be seen lined up on the ramp on the top side of the triangularshaped field.

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CT-114 Tutor Nickname: “Snowbird” Celebrating its 50th anniversary is the Canadair CT-114 Tutor, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and later Canadian Forces, standard jet trainer. The Tutor served as the Canadian Forces primary jet trainer until it was replaced by the CT-155 Hawk and CT-156 Harvard II in 2000. The Tutor is currently still used by the Snowbirds aerobatics team, which have been performing since 1978.

The airplane was specifically designed to be a side-by-side trainer for simple jet flight training and to further advance a level. The prototype first flew on January 13, 1960.

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The Abbotsford International Airshow is celebrating its 51st year.

Those of you still able to remember the 1948 flood may also remember the small airshow that took place years before the 1962 show, as a fundraiser for the victims of that flood. If you’re even older than that you might have a faint recollection of Abbotsford Airport’s first airshow on Aug. 15, 1945.

Abbotsford Airport was barely two years old that summer, but it was also part of one of the largest air force training units in all of Canada.

No. 5 Operational Training Unit Abbotsford Detachment decided to put on an open house as part of a war bond drive.

Each year during the Second World War, Canadians were encouraged to contribute to the war effort by purchasing bonds.

Abbotsford’s Officer In Command, Wing Commander D.J. Williams, was the catalyst behind this open house and it included a raffle with $500 as first prize. Not long after the tickets went on

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Williams realized they hadn’t cleared the raffle with HQ and raced to Jericho in his RCAF staff car, a slightly used 1941 Chevy businessman’s coup. As he walked in the door he instructed the ladies that he would have to take back the tickets.

“But why?” protested one of the ladies, “They’re selling like hotcakes.”

“It’s that old, so-and-so Air Vice Marshall Heaks.

If he finds out he’s liable to lose it with me.”

The woman replied, ”Yes, he can be disagreeable at times.”

Williams looked at her and realized she was the Air Vice Marshall’s wife.

The tickets remained on sale.

The open house was advertised in the local press and even in Vancouver, including the use of 5 OTU aircraft-dropping leaflets over the city.

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Dozens of aircraft took part in the open house.

There was no official program like today’s airshow, but pictures were taken, legally. Under normal circumstances, cameras were forbidden on a wartime aerodrome, and at least two airmen were brought in for disciplinary action for taking photos during training. So from known photographs, a partial list of the aircraft on static display can be compiled.

Dozens of B-24 Liberators were on hand that day, as at that time Abbotsford was home to some 30 of these four-engine bombers. There was an RCAF Lancaster, recently returned from operations in Europe with Canada‘s No. 6 Bomber Group. A B-25 Mitchell from Boundary Bay, a C-47 Dakota, a Noorduyn Norseman, a Grumman Goose, a Canso flying boat, and a Ventura were also present. These aircraft were flown in from RCAF bases all over the West Coast. In addition to 5 OTU bombers there were also some P-40 Kittyhawks and a Mosquito fighter-bomber on hand. The Kittyhawk was a durable fighter but by 1945 it was almost obsolete for combat.

Spectators peered into the warm sky to watch the Liberators flying overhead. A communications post was set up on the tarmac and children were given an opportunity to speak to the airmen overhead. Hangars and selected buildings were also opened to the public in order that folks might get a feel for what their tax dollars and war bonds were paying for.

A week later, The Abbotsford News reported, “Young and old tried out Link Trainers, Synthetic Trainers and turret guns. They saw Air Sea Rescue gear, and a (recently and locally recovered) Japanese Incendiary Balloon.”

It was estimated that more than 12,000 people attended the event, with some 3,000 cars parked in and around the aerodrome and all along Mt. Lehman Road.

By all accounts the open house was a huge success.

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At war’s end, two more units would call Abbotsford home – No. 7 Repair and Equipment Maintenance Unit (REMU) and No. 7 Repair and Equipment Maintenance Satellite (REMS). These units would hold some 150 of the RCAF’s aircraft in storage

until it was closed for good in 1946, when most of the aircraft were relocated to the drier stations of the Canadian prairies.

There were some 50 buildings at RCAF Abbotsford by war’s end and only six remain now – the three hangars. The Abbotsford Flying Club building, originally the Station Fire Hall and its storage building to the south; and the larger building at the corner of Firecat Avenue and Tower Street, once the Station Equipment Stores building.

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Jet car a crowd pleaser The roar of a jet engine is nothing new to fans of the Abbotsford Airshow.

But most expect to look up when they hear it.

At this year's showcase, that roar will be coming from the ground.

Smoke-N-Thunder Jet Shows will be on hand to wow the crowd with its Air Force Reserve Jet Car. Before beginning his show, driver Bill Braack normally drives slowly past the

crowd, then engages his afterburners which shoot 20-foot flames, billowing smoke and several mini sonic booms.

Then the jet car participates in a race against an airplane. The car can reach speeds of close to 650 kilometres an hour and overtake the plane in seconds.

The crowd normally cheers it approval as the parachute deploys to slow down this mighty vehicle.

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Floating down to earth The Canadian Forces Parachute Team, the SkyHawks, is Canada’s only military parachute demonstration team.

During the last 41 years it has represented Canada to more than 75 million spectators worldwide under its signature Canadian flag parachutes.

The SkyHawks bring the parachutes in close proximity to build formations in the sky and put on a spectacular show. Performing these aerobatic parachute formations requires a high level of skill and courage.

Supported by the Canadian Army, the SkyHawks are based out of Trenton, Ontario, at the Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre.

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Now the finalists have a chance to shine at this year's airshow.

The contest, sponsored by London Drugs, Black Press and the Abbotsford International Airshow, received almost 2,000 individual entries from around the province. A judging panel has narrowed the field down to finalists from Vernon to Vancouver.

"This is the first time we have co-ordinated such a large photographic promotion and we are delighted with the incredible response," said Andrew Franklin, publisher of The Abbotsford News.

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The amateur photographers are tasked to submit a total of 10 photographs during the three-day show.

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