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Canadian Forces Base Chatham or CFB Chatham was a
Canadian Forces Base located immediately south of the town of
Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
* Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...
,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
, Canada. Parts are now operating as
Miramichi Municipal Airport since 1974 with a partial runway available (09/27 - asphalt).
From 1970 until 1985 Chatham had a Base Rescue Flight operating three
CH-118 Iroquois helicopters. When the
CF-101 Voodoo
The McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo was an all-weather interceptor aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Forces between 1961 and 1984. They were manufactured by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri for ...
interceptors were retired, the CH-118s were redeployed to
Base Flight Cold Lake
417 Combat Support Squadron (french: links=no, 417e Escadron de soutien au combat) is an Air Force unit with the Canadian Forces. Based at CFB Cold Lake it provides helicopter support to the base operations. Since 1994, it has also provided searc ...
.
Aerodrome Information
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at with a Var. 24 degrees 30' W and elevation of . Three runways were listed as follows:
Squadrons
* 1942
No. 113 (Bomber-Reconnaissance) Squadron -
Lockheed Hudson
The Lockheed Hudson is a light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built by the American Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. It was initially put into service by the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and prim ...
* 1943
No. 119 (Bomber-Reconnaissance) Squadron -
Lockheed Hudson
The Lockheed Hudson is a light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built by the American Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. It was initially put into service by the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and prim ...
* 1941-1942
No. 21 Elementary Flying Training School[Military Bruce Historical Writings by Bruce Forsyth](_blank)
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* 1941-1945 No. 10 Air Observer School[Hatch, F. J. (1983).''The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945''. Ottawa: Directorate of History, Department of National Defence. ]
* 1949-1950s - airbase with Canadair Sabre
The Canadair Sabre is a jet fighter aircraft built by Canadair under licence from North American Aviation. A variant of the North American F-86 Sabre, it was produced until 1958 and used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) unti ...
and de Havilland Vampire
The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter which was developed and manufactured by the de Havilland, de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was the second jet fighter to be operated by the Royal Air Force, RAF, after the Gloster Meteor, and ...
** 1949-1951 No. 421 Squadron RCAF
No. 421 Squadron RCAF was a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force. It was the last RCAF fighter squadron to be formed in the UK during World War II.
Establishment
Initially established at RAF Digby in April 1942 with Supermarine Spitfire Mk VA ...
* late 1950-1960s Golden Hawks
The Golden Hawks were a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aerobatic flying team established in 1959 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the RCAF and the "Golden" 50th anniversary of Canadian flight, which began with the AEA Silver Dart in 1909.
...
- Canadair Sabre
The Canadair Sabre is a jet fighter aircraft built by Canadair under licence from North American Aviation. A variant of the North American F-86 Sabre, it was produced until 1958 and used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) unti ...
s
* 1962-1984 No. 416 Squadron RCAF
The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
- McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo and Base Rescue Flight - CH-118 Iroquois
* 1984-1989 No. 434 Squadron RCAF
434 Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force bomber squadron that flew bombing operations over Europe during World War II and was later a post-war fighter and combat support unit. It was disbanded in 2000. The squad ...
- Canadair CF-5 and Base Rescue Flight - CH-118 Iroquois
References
External links
New Brunswick Aviation Museum
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Canadian Forces bases in New Brunswick
Canadian Forces bases in Canada (closed)
Buildings and structures in Miramichi, New Brunswick
Transport in Miramichi, New Brunswick
Royal Canadian Air Force stations
Airports of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Military airbases in New Brunswick
Military history of New Brunswick