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From the formation of the Air Board and the Canadian Air Force, test and development work was carried on at Ottawa Air Station (at Rockcliffe and Shirley's Bay). By 1930, a special Test Flight was established at Rockcliffe. Its purpose was to carry out investigations pertaining to flight testing, electronics, gunnery, navigation, and any aeronautical work that affected training. Due to the war, the demands for test flying for research and experiment increased and, as a result, the Test Flight was reorganized into the RCAF Test and Development Establishment in November 1940 and in 1946, its changed name to Experimental and Proving Establishment. Other experimental units such has the Winter Experimental Establishment were formed during and after the war. It was decided to centralize the control of their activities in one organization. On 1 September 1951 the Central Experimental and Proving Establishment was formed by the amalgamation of the E&PE at Rockciffe, the Winter Experimental Establishment at Edmonton, and the RCAF (National Research Council) Unit at Arnprior. Headquarters of CE&PE were at Rockcliffe, with detachments at several sites across Canada. In 1957 CE&PE was moved to RCAF Station Uplands, a move necessitated by the longer runways required for testing new jet aircraft.
1945-01-01 Primary Location Rockcliffe ON Canada
Flying Officer
Berrigan, Joseph Pierre Lucien Walter
Killed in Flying Accident
1954‑10‑15
Canuck (18117)
Levis, Quebec
Flight Lieutenant
Curtis, Joseph Robert
Killed in Flying Accident
1954‑10‑15
Canuck (18117)
 
Leading Aircraftman
Doerksen, Kenneth Oliver
Killed in Flying Accident
1957‑03‑01
Mitchell (5215)
Nelson, British Columbia
Corporal
Faulkner, Ronald Wesley
Killed in Flying Accident
1957‑03‑01
Mitchell (5215)
Port Arthur, Ontario
Flight Lieutenant
Grant, Michael Alexander
Killed in Flying Accident
1964‑04‑06
Silver Star (21202)
Oliver, British Columbia
Squadron Leader
Greene, Wallace Raymond
Killed in Flying Accident
1953‑09‑19
Sabre (19456)
London, England
Flying Officer
Hardy, John Allan
Killed in Flying Accident
1958‑01‑25
Canuck (18458)
 
Flying Officer
Hodgins, Rooney Alexander
unknown
1948‑06‑11
Vampire (17037)
Campbell's Bay, Quebec
Flight Lieutenant
Hull, Calvin Lloyd
Killed in Flying Accident
1954‑10‑28
Sabre (23307)
Ottawa, Ontario
Wing Commander
Johnson, Walter Sherwood
Killed in Flying Accident
1957‑03‑01
Mitchell (5215)
 
Flying Officer
Marshall, George Leslie
Killed in Flying Accident
1954‑11‑05
Silver Star (21043)
 
Flight Lieutenant
Matthews, Charles Lewis
Killed in Flying Accident
1967‑04‑27
Hercules  (10309)
Provost, Alberta
Flight Lieutenant
McKnight, Ian William
Missing xx
1965‑05‑16
Starfighter (12879)
Montreal, Quebec
Civilian
Rivett, Ian
Killed in Flying Accident
1959‑01‑22
Canuck (18417)
 
Flight Lieutenant
Robertson, Howard John
Killed in Flying Accident
1958‑01‑25
Canuck (18458)
 
Leading Aircraftman
Stewart, Paul Murray
Killed in Flying Accident
1962‑02‑08
Nomad (Hiller) (10261)
Pleasant Ridge, New Brunswick
Flight Lieutenant
Vrooman, Elmo George Franklin
Killed in Flying Accident
1951‑06‑16
Harvard (3205)
Sarnia, Ontario
Flight Lieutenant
Warren, Bruce
Killed in Flying Accident
1951‑04‑05
Canuck (18102)
Westaskiwin, Alberta

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