Dunnville in Port Maitland in Haldimand County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Royal Canadian Air Force No.6 Service Flying Training School

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 21, 2024

1. Royal Canadian Air Force No.6 Service Flying Training School Marker

Inscription. With the outbreak of hostilities in 1939, one of Canada's major responsibilities was to provide air training facilities far removed from the theatre of war and so on December 17, 1939, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan was inaugurated. The first of 107 air training schools was opened the following year, among them No. 6 S. F. T. S. on this 400-acre site at Dunnville. From then until the school officially closed November 25, 1944, this was home for many thousands of airmen and airwomen and 2436 pilots from Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.A. received their coveted "wings". During that period, 47 Canadian, Commonwealth and American airmen paid the supreme sacrifice at No. 6 S.F.T.S. while serving King and Country.

Erected by the R.C.A.F. Wartime personnel of No. 6 with assistance from the Ontario ministry of Culture and Communications, September 10, 1986

Erected 1986 by Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust

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series list. A significant historical date for this entry is December 17, 1939.

Location. 42° 52.731′ N, 79° 35.209′ W. Marker is in Port Maitland, Ontario, in Haldimand County. It is in Dunnville. It is on Port Maitland Road 3.9 kilometers east of Rainham Road (Haldimand Road 3), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 536 Port Maitland Road, Port Maitland ON N1A 2W6, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Southwest Ontario Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 23 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Feeder Canal and Lock (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Commercial Fishing Industry (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Grand River Naval Depot (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Naval Depot Cemetery

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 21, 2024

2. Royal Canadian Air Force No.6 Service Flying Training School Marker

(approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Grand River Naval Depot 1815 (approx. 2.5 kilometers away); The Founding of Dunnville / La Fondation de Dunnville (approx. 4.1 kilometers away); The Underground Railroad (approx. 17.2 kilometers away); 9549 York Street (approx. 21.9 kilometers away).

Royal Canadian Air Force No.6 Service Flying Training School Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 21, 2024

3. Royal Canadian Air Force No.6 Service Flying Training School Museum

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 21, 2024

4. Royal Canadian Air Force No.6 Service Flying Training School Museum

Aerial view of No. 6 Service Flying Training School, 1940s image. Click for full size.

August 22, 2024

5. Aerial view of No. 6 Service Flying Training School, 1940s

Source: Department of Defence of Canada (public domain)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 209 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 22, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.