RCAF Station Claresholm

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RCAF Station Claresholm was initially a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan station that trained pilots for wartime service. The station was located near Claresholm, Alberta, Canada. No. 15 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) was opened on June 9, 1941, and closed in March 1945. Ansons and Cessna Cranes were the aircraft used. No. 2 Flying Instructor School (FIS) opened in April 1942 but closed September 1942 and moved to Vulcan. Student pilots at No.2 FIS flew Tiger Moths and Cessna Cranes.

Clareholm was reactivated in 1951 and became a NATO training centre run by No. 3 Flying Training School (flying Harvards) but the school was relocated to Gimli, Manitoba. The station closed in 1958 and is now the Claresholm Industrial Airport.