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''No. 3 Service Flying Training School'' (SFTS) was located in southwest Calgary just outside Currie Barracks at what is now the Lincoln Park campus of Mount Royal College . Aircraft flown at this school were Avro Anson s and Cessna Cranes . No. 3 SFTS closed September 28 , 1945 . After the war, No. 10 Repair Depot was located at the station until 1947 when No. 25 Air Material Base Calgary was formed. The base was later renamed ''Royal Canadian Air Force Station Lincoln Park''. Among the station's functions, Lincoln Park was a training centre for NATO pilots. This training facility closed in 1958. Lincoln Park started as a pre-war flying field. In 1939, it was home to two RCAF squadrons: 3 (Bomber) Squadron (flying Westland Wapiti s) and No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron (flying Siskins and later, Hurricanes ). No. 1 (F) Squadron was renumbered to 401 Squadron when it was posted overseas for combat duty. ''No. 37 Service Flying Training School'' (SFTS) was a Royal Air Force flying school located at McCall Field, which is now Calgary International Airport in northeast Calgary. The school opened October 22 , 1941 . Like all RAF schools in Canada during this time, No. 37 SFTS was was subject to RCAF administrative and operational control and formally became part of the BCATP in 1942. Pilots in training flew Ansons , Oxford s and Harvards . The school closed March 10 , 1944 . An original BCATP building is used by the Calgary Aerospace Museum . ''No. 2 Wireless School'' was a radio operator school. It opened September 16 , 1940 and was located at what is now the Southern Alberta Institute Of Technology (SAIT). As one of the largest Wireless training schools, it trained thousands of radio operators. The auxiliary training facilities at Shepard , just east of Calgary, were used for air training using Harvard and Fleet Fort aircraft. No. 2 Wireless school ceased operation on April 14 , 1945 . Calgary was the location of No. 4 Training Command Headquarters from October 1941 to November 1944 after having moved from Regina , Saskatchewan . No. 4 Training Command Headquarters was responsible for BCATP operations in Alberta, British Columbia , and much of Saskatchewan. |
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