This memorial is dedicated to the airmen who trained at No. 38 Service Flying Training School and those who served during the Second World War. It was erected by the 600 (City of Regina) Wing of the Air Force Association of Canada in May 2001. No 38 Service Flying Training School was located 4 miles south of the City of Estevan on the west side of Highway 47. The area is now the site of a coal mine and the main runway is the only visible portion of the old airport. This memorial was dedicated on June 12, 2001 by Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Her Honour Dr. Lynda Haverstock. Ceremony Chairman Howard Leyton-Brown had been an instructor at No. 38 S.F.T.S. Fifteen members of No. 600 Wing traveled to Estevan and were joined by members of the Royal Canadian Legion and Royal Canadian Air Cadets from Estevan for a street parade and dinner.
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NO. 38 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
NO. 38 S.F.T.S. WAS BASED AT ESTEVAN DURING 1942 TO 1944 OPERATING
UNDER THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN. AIRCREW TRAINED
HERE WERE PART OF THE 131,500 AIRCREW TRAINED IN CANADA FOR THE FIGHT
AGAINST TYRANNY, SOME 40,000 OF WHOM GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF
FREEDOM.
THIS PLAQUE RECOGNIZES THOSE WHO TRAINED AND SERVED HERE DURING
WORLD WAR II.
DEDICATED BY 600 (CITY OF REGINA) WING
AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
MAY 2001
38e ÉCOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE FORMATION
DES FORCES AÉRIENNES
CETTE UNITÉ ÉTAIT BASÉE À ESTEVAN DE 1942 DANS LE CADRE DU
PROGRAMME D'ENTRAINEMENT DES FORCES AÉRIENNES DU COMMONWEALTH.
PARMI LES 131,500 MILITAIRES QUI ONT ÉTÉ FORMÉS AU CANADA MÊME POUR
COMBATTRE L'ENNEMI, 40,000 ONT PERDU LEUR VIE AN NOM DE LA LIBERTÉ.
CETTE PLAQUE COMMÉMORATIVE REND HOMMAGE À TOUS CEUX QUI
ONT ÉTÉ FORMÉS ICI ET QUI ONT SERVI PENDANT LA DEUXIÉME GUERRE
MONDIALE.
OFFERT PAR 600 DIVISION (VILLE DE REGINA)
DE L'ASSOCIATION DES FORCES AÉRIENNES DU CANADA
MAI 2001
Visitor information
No. 38 Service Flying Training School Memorial Plaque
1102 4 St
Estevan
Saskatchewan
Lat. 49.139548758536
Long. -102.99334368956
plaque
R. Weldon Moffatt