Royal Canadian Air Force Detachment Alliston was opened in July 1940 near the village of Alliston,

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(Lots 6, 7 & 8, Concession 11, Tecumseth Twp.). This small

aerodrome An aerodrome, airfield, or airstrip is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use. Aerodromes inc ...

served as the No. 2 Relief Landing Field for No. 1 Service Flying Training School of the

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, located at RCAF Station Camp Borden. The airfield at RCAF Detachment Alliston consisted of three runways in a standard triangular pattern, but unlike the RCAF Detachment Edenvale, they were compressed grass runways and there were no lights for night landings. The airfield was abandoned at the end of

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and the land was sold for farmland.

Aerodrome

In approximately 1943 the aerodrome was listed at with a variation of 8 degrees west and elevation of . The field was listed as an "all-way turfed field" and had three runways listed as follows: Today, not the slightest trace remains of RCAF Detachment Alliston.

References

* Material fro
A Short History of Abandoned and Downsized Canadian Military Bases - Introduction
''Royal Canadian Air Force Detachment Alliston'' 4 April 2011. Military Bruce Historical Writings
Bruce Forsyth

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