No 8 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) formed here on 22 July 1940.
Aerodrome informationedit
In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 49°11′N123°10′W / 49.183°N 123.167°W / 49.183; -123.167 with a Var. 24 degrees E and elevation of Sea level. The aerodrome was listed as under construction usable and three runways were listed as follows:
After the war the station was renamed RCAF Station Vancouver.
No 442 Squadron was re-activated as No 442 "City of Vancouver" Auxiliary Fighter Squadron at Sea Island 15 April 1946, but was later re-designated an Auxiliary Transport Squadron. No 123 Rescue Flight and NO 121 Composite Flight (KU) were also formed at Sea Island.
On 1 December 1951, No 442 Squadron was split in half to form No 443 "City of New Westminster" Squadron.
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