page_title: Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh
section_title: Military history
hierarchical_section_title: Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh / Military history
caption_attribution_description: English: This cairn on Highway 21 near Port Albert, Ontario, Canada marks the location of Royal Air Force No. 31 Air Navigation School, which operated during World War II between November 18, 1940 and February 17, 1945. No. 31 ANS was a unit of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
context_page_description: The Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh is a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, Canada. It was formed as an amalgamation of the former Ashfield, Colborne and West Wawanosh townships in 2001, in an Ontario-wide local government restructuring imposed by the government of that time. The three former townships now comprise the wards of the amalgamated municipality.
context_section_description: During World War II the Royal Air Force  operated No. 31 Air Navigation School as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan on Highway 21 near Port Albert.  The school relocated from Great Britain to RCAF Station Port Albert on 18 November 1940 and closed on 17 February 1945. 
  The 402 acres (163 ha) site was later used as a race car track and in 2013 is farmland.
  There is a memorial cairn and plaque at 83700 Highway 21. The airfield was located across the road from the cairn at 43°53′5″N 081°41′48″W
  . The Huron Country Museum in nearby Goderich, Ontario has an extensive collection of artifacts from No. 31 ANS.
caption: The memorial at Port Albert for Royal Air Force No. 31 Air Navigation School
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