#317 Strathclair Squadron was formed on August 25, 1943.
The #317 RCACS STRATHCLAIR had its beginning in the summer of 1943, after a young boy the name of Cliff Sothers went around and had all the other young boys in the surrounding area sign a petition to see if there were enough young boys willing to be in Air Cadets. The petition was then taken to a meeting held in Mr. Wm. Hunter's office in Strathclair with S/L W. Ranfeild of the R.C.A.F. present.
On the 25th August 1943 our squadron was given its charter and we became known as the #317 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron Strathclair.
G.V. Henderson was appointed the first Officer Commanding of the new squadron, A. Diamond Adjutant and Colin Rogers Flight Commander.
A civilian committee of seven others, business men, acted as the sponsoring committee until the fall of 1951, when the Strathclair Legion #154 became the sponsor. In the fall of 2005 the Strathclair Legion #154 relinquished sponsorship after 54 years, turning the sponsorship over to the newly formed Strathclair Air Cadet Sponsoring Association, comprised of all cadet parents.
In 1970 there were around 65 boys enrolled in the squadron, from the same surrounding area. We now have male and female cadets in our squadron, these cadets come from Shoal Lake, Oakburn, Elphinstone, Strathclair, Newdale and Erickson.
We are always looking for younger people who wish to come and join our team and become future leaders in this great youth movement, our future leaders.
