Second World War airfields in Alberta ‘bring back memories’ for 100-year-old veteran
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In 1943, there were 107 air-training fields across Canada as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
Hangar 4 has seen better days.
Only scraps of its original white paint remain. The rest has been sandblasted away by 80 years of winds that sweep down from the Rocky Mountains west of the town of Claresholm, Alta.
Most of the windows are broken. The hangar’s lone occupants appear to be three pigeons perched on top of a closed door.
The building is surrounded by a twisted metal fence with barbed wire and ‘No Trespassing’ signs.
There were originally seven hangars in Claresholm, 135 kilometres south of Calgary, that were built as part of one of Canada’s contributions to the Second World War.
In 1943, there were 107 air-training fields across Canada as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. It was a major program for Allied aircrews during the Second World War.
The Claresholm training base turned out pilots and another airfield 60 kilometres away, near Vulcan, trained pilots and flying instructors.
The Vulcan base was eventually purchased privately. Some of the hangars have been repurposed, but in others the roofs have caved in, allowing sunlight to stream into the buildings.
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