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 Candas (; pcd, L’Cando) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Candas is situated on the D31 and D49 crossroads, some north of Amiens. Places of interest *Fanchon's windmill ''Le moulin de Ca ...

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. Population See also *Communes of the Somme de ...

No 2 Aeroplane Supply Depot (2ASD) formed 1.11.17 * Rang-du-Fliers 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, ...

1917–1918 * Armour Heights Field 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 not ...

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 ...

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 nativ ...

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 Nations in Canada, First Nation Indian reserve, reserve of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. The territory is located in Ontario east of Belleville, Ontario, Belleville on the Bay of Quin ...

) 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 Beamsville ( 2021 Urban area estimated population 13,323) is a community that is part of the town of Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. It is located along the southern shore of Lake Ontario and lies within the fruit belt of the Niagara Peninsula. It con ...

; 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, inclu ...

, Egypt (training - No. 57 TS, 32 (Training) Wing HQ) - now

Al Ismailiyah Air Base Ismailia Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force ( ar, القوات الجوية المصرية, ') helicopter base, located approximately 4 km west-northwest of the city of Ismailia; (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo. History Ism ...

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 and northeast of Alexandria by rail. It is located on Abu Qir Penins ...

, 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, 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) an ...

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 World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

* 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 Ce ...

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

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