RCAF Picton was built as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) on a high plateau overlooking the town of Picton. It was home for the RAF's No. 31 Bombing & Gunnery School when it officially opened in April 1941. The school operated Anson, Battle, Bolingbroke and Lysander aircraft and offered six-week courses in bombing, navigation and air gunnery until it was disbanded in Nov. 1944. The wartime film "Captain of the Clouds" was partially shot here. It's one of the few airports in Canada with most of its wartime buildings intact and also home for an Air Cadet gliding school.

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