History
The Mountain View aerodrome opened June 23, 1941 to host No. 6 Bombing and Gunnery School (6 B&GS), one of eleven bombing and gunnery schools that opened across Canada under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the Second World War. Aircraft used included the Anson, Battle, Lysander, Bolingbroke, and Nomad. The station was later designated RCAF Station Mountain View when No. 6 B&GS was renamed the Ground Instruction School and merged with the Air Armament School at RCAF Station Trenton.
The RCAF fire fighting school moved to Mountain View from Trenton in 1946, but later moved to RCAF Station Aylmer. Also in 1946, RCAF Station Mountain View became a detachment of RCAF Station Trenton.
CFD Mountain View includes two recognized Federal Heritage building 1986 on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings.
- Building 77 / Hangar 1 Recognized - 2003
- Building 82 / Hangar 6 Recognized - 2003
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