History of the Collinsville Airport in Sherbrooke (1928-mid-1950)

History of the Collinsville Airport in Sherbrooke (1928-mid-1950)

By Jean-Marie Dubois Université de Sherbrooke   After the First World War, military pilot Lee McKay, and others including Frank Wakefield McCrea (1896-1992), a veteran of the First World War in the Royal Air Force, operated an aviation and air transport school at the Collins Farm. This farm was located across the road from the future site of the No. 43 Lord Sherbrooke Military Camp on Drummond Road (rue Galt Ouest since 1952). Lee McKay flew the…