A list of airfields of the

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British Isles

France

Saint-Omer Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audomar, ...

, France, 1914–1918 (Headquarters) - now Saint-Omer Wizernes Airport and site of British Air Services Memorial * Candas No 2 Aircraft Depot (2AD) formed 13.12.15 - Spring 1918 *

Fienvillers Fienvillers is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Fienvillers is situated at the junction of the D59, D31 and D925 roads, some east of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) ...

No 2 Aeroplane Supply Depot (2ASD) formed 1.11.17 *

Rang-du-Fliers Rang-du-Fliers () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Rang-du-Fliers is located on the Côte d'Opale (the Opal Coast), 4 miles (6 km) from the beach and 5 miles (8 km) sout ...

2AD moved after German Spring Offensive * St Andre aux Bois/

Verton Verton () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Verton is located 6 miles (9 km) southwest of Montreuil-sur-Mer at the D143 and D303 road junction, and 3 miles (5 km) from the ...

2ASD moved after German Spring Offensive * Saint-Léger-lès-Authie * Sombrin (Vaulx-Vraucourt)Cross & Cockade Vol 4 No 3 1973 pp. 114–117 and papers of Lt H. Rhodes (12 Squadron).

Canada

The Royal Flying Corps Canada was established by the RFC in 1917 to train aircrew in Canada. Air stations were established in southern Ontario at the following locations: *

Camp Borden Canadian Forces Base Borden (also CFB Borden, French: Base des Forces canadiennes Borden or BFC Borden), formerly RCAF Station Borden, is a large Canadian Forces base located in Ontario. The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, C ...

1917–1918 *

Armour Heights Field Armour Heights Field was home to a Royal Flying Corps Canada, Royal Flying Corps airfield in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada during World War I, and was one of three in the area. Many RFC (later, Royal Air Force) pilots Military history of Canad ...

1917–1918 (pilot training, School of Special Flying to train instructors) *

Leaside Aerodrome Leaside Aerodrome was an airport in the Town of Leaside, Ontario (now a neighbourhood of Toronto). It opened in 1917 as a Royal Flying Corps airfield during the First World War. History Unlike nearby Armour Heights Field, the airfield was no ...

1917–1918 (Artillery Cooperation School) *

Long Branch Aerodrome Long Branch Aerodrome was an airfield located west of Toronto, Ontario and just east of Port Credit, now Mississauga, and was Canada's first aerodrome. The airport was opened by the Curtiss Flying School, part of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Com ...

1917–1918 * Curtiss School of Aviation (flying-boat station with temporary wooden hangar on the beach at Hanlan's Point on Toronto Island 1915–1918; main school, airstrip and metal hangar facilities at Long Branch) * Camp Rathbun,

Deseronto Deseronto is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, in Hastings County, located at the mouth of the Napanee River on the shore of the Bay of Quinte, on the northern side of Lake Ontario. The town was named for Captain John Deseronto, a n ...

1917–1918 (pilot training) * Camp Mohawk (now

Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport is a registered aerodrome that is open to the public and caters mainly to general aviation. The aerodrome is located in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, southwest of Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada, north of the Bay of Quint ...

) 1917-1918 – located at the Tyendinaga Indian Reserve (now

Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is the main First Nation reserve of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. The territory is located in Ontario east of Belleville on the Bay of Quinte. Tyendinaga is located near the site of the former Mohawk ...

) near Belleville 1917–1918 (pilot training) * Hamilton (Armament School) 1917–1918 * Beamsville Camp (School of Aerial Fighting) 1917-1918 - located at 4222 Saan Road in Beamsville, Ontario; hangar remains and property now used by Global Horticultural Incorporated

Other locations

Ismailia Ismailia ( ar, الإسماعيلية ', ) is a city in north-eastern Egypt. Situated on the west bank of the Suez Canal, it is the capital of the Ismailia Governorate. The city has a population of 1,406,699 (or approximately 750,000, includi ...

, Egypt (training - No. 57 TS, 32 (Training) Wing HQ) - now Al Ismailiyah Air Base *

Aboukir Abu Qir ( ar, ابو قير, ''Abu Qīr'', or , ), formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, near the ruins of ancient Canopus, Egypt, Canopus and northeast of Alexandria by rail. It is located o ...

, Egypt 1916–1918 (training - No. 22 TS & No. 23 TS, 20 (Training) Wing HQ) * Abu Sueir, Egypt 1917-1918 (training - No. 57 TS & No. 195 TS) - now

Abu Suwayr Air Base Abu Suweir Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force ( ar, القوات الجوية المصرية, ') base, located approximately west of Ismaïlia and northeast of Cairo. It is positioned for strategic defence of the Suez Canal waterway. Second ...

, also used by

RAF The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

* El Ferdan, Egypt (training – No. 17 TDS) * El Rimal, Egypt 1917-1918 (training – No. 19 TDS) - later as

RAF El Amiriya RAF El Amiriya is a former Royal Air Force military airfield in Egypt, located approximately 16 km south-southwest of Alexandria; 180 km northwest of Cairo El Amiriya was a pre–World War II airfield, first used in 1917. During ...

and now abandoned (after World War II) *

Camp Taliaferro Camp Taliaferro was a World War I flight-training center run under the direction of the Air Service, United States Army in the Fort Worth, Texas, area. Camp Taliaferro had an administration center near what is now the Will Rogers Memorial Cent ...

, North Texas, USA 1917–1918 (training) - sites now either residential development or commercial/industrial parks

References

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Royal Flying Corps airfields A list of airfields of the Royal Flying Corps. British Isles France * Saint-Omer, France, 1914–1918 (Headquarters) - now Saint-Omer Wizernes Airport and site of British Air Services Memorial * Candas No 2 Aircraft Depot (2AD) formed 1 ...