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RCAF Station Tofino

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Type
  
Radar Station

Year built
  
1953

In use
  
1953-1958

Built by
  
Royal Canadian Air Force

RCAF Station Tofino

Controlled by
  
Royal Canadian Air Force

RCAF Station Tofino (ADC ID: C-36) is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southeast of Tofino, British Columbia, Canada.

During World War II it was a seaplane/ land base airfield and later as a radar station during the 1950s. It was closed in 1957 and is now a publicly operated Tofino Airport. It was operated as part of the Pinetree Line network controlled by NORAD.

Squadrons

  • No. 4 Squadron RCAF - anti-submarine unit under Western Air Command 1941-1945
  • No. 132 Squadron RCAF - fighter unit under Western Air Command 1943-1944; disbanded at Sea Island in 1944
  • No. 133 Squadron RCAF - fighter unit under Western Air Command spent time in Tofino

    • References

    RCAF Station Tofino Wikipedia
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