Latitude 44°38'14"N Longitude 63°30'08"W


ACQUISITION	Lodger facilities for an RN air section at an Royal Canadian Air Force base.
OPENED
COMMISSIONED	01 January 1943 on books of CANADA 03 \|June 1944 On Books of SEABORN
CLOSED
PAID OFF	30 March 1945.

C.O./O.I.C.	Cdr (A) L.D. Goodsmith (OIC SEABORN) Lt. Cdr (P) D.L. Foley \|RNVR (Senior Naval Officer) 1943

FUNCTION	No.1 Air Gunnery School No.2 Telegraphist Air Gunner training school
ADDRESS	R.N. Air Section R.C.A.F. Yarmouth Halifax Nova Scotia
LOCALITY	The airfield lies
LANDMARKS
ROAD AND RAIL ACCESS


CONTROL	Control Tower is situated
ELEVATION	133' above M.S.L.
RUNWAYS	Three, 02/20 QDM. ???° -???° .... 1,657 x 50 yds. 07/25 QDM. ???° - ???° .... 1,657 x 50 yds. 16/34 QDM. ???° - ???° .... 1,657 x 50 yds.
TRACKS
OBSTRUCTIONS	Navigation	None.
	Circuit
	Approach	None.

APPROACH
WIND INDICATOR


HOMING - VISUAL	By day	None.
HOMING - VISUAL	By night	None.
HOMING--RADIO	D/F
HOMING--RADIO	Beacons
APPROACH - VISUAL	By day	None.
APPROACH - VISUAL	By night
APPROACH - RADIO
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT	M/F & H/F	transmitters, receivers.
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT	VH/F	transmitters, receivers.
CALL SIGNS	R/T
	W/T
	Identity letters

GROUND RADAR

ACCOMMODATION

Living quarters

Capacity:

Officers:	Unknown.
Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings:	Unknown.
W.R.N.S. Officers:	None.
W.R.N.S. Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings;	None.

ARMOURIES

COMPASS BASE

DISPERSAL

HANGARS

Hangars

Number /Type	Size	Door Height	Door Width

MEDICAL

METEOROLOGICAL

FUEL AND OIL

Aviation:	Not known.
M/T:	Not known.
Oil :	Not known.

TEST BASE

TEST BUTT

WORKSHOPS

VISITORS

EXPLOSIVES

BOMBING AND FIRING RANGES

Air to air

Air to ground and R. p. Firing

Live and practice bombing

Practice bombing

Assault training

Information taken from CB 4368 B. Admiralty Handbook of Naval Air Stations Aug. 45

List of first and second line squadrons, station flight and other flying units based at this location

743

744

745

754

The airfield was built a secret Relief Landing Ground (RLG) for RAF Exeter and great trouble was

RN use of the airfield

By the time the airfield opened at the end of May 1942 the need for a secret RLG had passed

Commissioned as an RN Air Station

By the end of 1942 it was clear that the RAF had no use for the Charlton Horethorne RLG and the airfield was transferred to the Admiralty; the station commissioned as H.M.S. HERON II on New Year’s Day 1943.