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RCAF Station Assiniboia In 1944, No. 34 EFTS was incorporated into No. 25
EFTS (RCAF), which used the Fairchild Cornell.
Assiniboia was a Second World War British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) flying
training station located near Assiniboia,
Saskatchewan, Canada. It was operated and
administered by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

No. 25 EFTS closed down 28 July 1944. Other units
located at Assiniboia until the end of the war in 1945
include No. 41 Pre-Aircrew Training School, and No.
403 Aircraft Holding Unit.

RCAF Station Assiniboia was originally a Royal Air
Force training station, hosting No. 34 Elementary
Flying Training School (No. 34 EFTS). A relief
(emergency) landing field was located near Lethburn,
Saskatchewan.

The aerodrome is now the Assiniboia Airport.

Regina Leader Post 1942
This school used Tiger Moth aircraft. No. 34 EFTS
opened 11 February 1942 and closed 30 January
1944.