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data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data">Lieutenant-Colonel Reid Surkan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron CWO</th><td class="infobox-data">Chief Warrant Officer Mark Riach</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron Badge heraldry</th><td class="infobox-data">A Rocky Mountain sheep's head, caboshed<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron Codes</th><td class="infobox-data">YO (July/August 1940 – May 1945)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>No. 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron</b> , a.k.a. <b>"City of Westmount" Squadron</b> (originally <b>No. 1 Squadron</b>), is a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> squadron based at <a href="/wiki/CFB_Cold_Lake" title="CFB Cold Lake">CFB Cold Lake</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> it was a fighter squadron and is notable for having fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a>. Postwar, the squadron operated in Canada as an auxiliary squadron, reserve squadron and a helicopter and training squadron. In 2015 it was reactivated as a tactical fighter squadron, flying the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_CF-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet">McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No. 1 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force was formed as a fighter unit at <a href="/wiki/CFB_Trenton" title="CFB Trenton">Trenton, Ontario</a>, on 21 September 1937 with <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Siskin" title="Armstrong Whitworth Siskin">Siskin</a> aircraft. The squadron was formed from the Fighter Flight of <a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 3 Squadron RCAF">No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron</a>. In August 1938, the squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a>, Alberta, and was re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricane</a> aircraft in February 1939. While stationed in Calgary, the squadron was commanded by Squadron Leader <a href="/w/index.php?title=Elmer_Garfield_Fullerton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elmer Garfield Fullerton (page does not exist)">Elmer Garfield Fullerton</a>. It was mobilized at <a href="/wiki/Saint-Hubert,_Quebec" title="Saint-Hubert, Quebec">Saint-Hubert, Quebec</a>, on 10 September 1939, and on 5 November 1939 it moved to <a href="/wiki/Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia" title="Dartmouth, Nova Scotia">Dartmouth, Nova Scotia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The unit began as a permanent peacetime unit which, augmented by personnel from RCAF No. 115 Squadron (Auxiliary),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> arrived at its first base in the UK, <a href="/wiki/AAC_Middle_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="AAC Middle Wallop">Middle Wallop</a>, on 21 June 1940. It had brought its own <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hurricanes</a> from Canada, and as these were not fully up to UK standard, the squadron was non-operational until mid-August when it moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Northolt" title="RAF Northolt">RAF Northolt</a>. At the time the squadron comprised 27 officers (21 pilots) and 314 airmen.<sup id="cite_ref-McIntosh_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIntosh-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To gain experience of Fighter Command operations, Squadron Leader E.A. McNab, Commanding Officer, flew on operations attached to No. 111 Squadron, and claimed a <a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_111" title="Heinkel He 111">He 111</a> bomber destroyed on 11 August 1940. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fighter_Command_1940">Fighter Command 1940</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fighter Command 1940"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron was posted to <a href="/wiki/AAC_Middle_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="AAC Middle Wallop">RAF Middle Wallop</a> in June 1940, before in July moving to <a href="/wiki/Croydon_Airport" title="Croydon Airport">RAF Croydon</a>. </p><p>The squadron's début was inauspicious when two <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheims</a> of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Command" title="RAF Coastal Command">RAF Coastal Command</a> were accidentally shot down on 24 August, and three crewmen killed. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pilots_of_No._1_Squadron_RCAF_with_one_of_their_Hawker_Hurricanes_at_Prestwick,_Scotland,_30_October_1940._CH1733.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Pilots_of_No._1_Squadron_RCAF_with_one_of_their_Hawker_Hurricanes_at_Prestwick%2C_Scotland%2C_30_October_1940._CH1733.jpg/220px-Pilots_of_No._1_Squadron_RCAF_with_one_of_their_Hawker_Hurricanes_at_Prestwick%2C_Scotland%2C_30_October_1940._CH1733.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Pilots_of_No._1_Squadron_RCAF_with_one_of_their_Hawker_Hurricanes_at_Prestwick%2C_Scotland%2C_30_October_1940._CH1733.jpg/330px-Pilots_of_No._1_Squadron_RCAF_with_one_of_their_Hawker_Hurricanes_at_Prestwick%2C_Scotland%2C_30_October_1940._CH1733.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Pilots_of_No._1_Squadron_RCAF_with_one_of_their_Hawker_Hurricanes_at_Prestwick%2C_Scotland%2C_30_October_1940._CH1733.jpg/440px-Pilots_of_No._1_Squadron_RCAF_with_one_of_their_Hawker_Hurricanes_at_Prestwick%2C_Scotland%2C_30_October_1940._CH1733.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2421" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption>Pilots of No. 1 Squadron at Prestwick, Scotland, 30 October 1940</figcaption></figure> <p>On its second patrol on 26 August 1940 it met with 25–30 <a href="/wiki/Dornier_Do_215" title="Dornier Do 215">Dornier Do 215s</a> and was credited with three destroyed and three damaged in the fight. However, three of the squadron's aircraft were shot down and one pilot (Flying Officer <a href="/wiki/List_of_RAF_aircrew_in_the_Battle_of_Britain_(D%E2%80%93F)#E" title="List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (D–F)">R. L. Edwards</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was killed. The squadron experienced a fairly high aircraft loss rate during the end of August and into September as the squadron battled against the German formations over south London. </p><p>On 21 September the squadron participated in the first attempt at a wing formation operation by the Northholt-based squadrons, with <a href="/wiki/No._229_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 229 Squadron RAF">No. 229 Squadron RAF</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._303_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron">No. 303 (Polish)</a>, although no enemy aircraft were encountered. By 27 September, although downing seven bombers, only six aircraft were operational by the end of the day. </p><p>On 11 October the depleted squadron was moved to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_Airport" title="Glasgow Prestwick Airport">RAF Prestwick</a> in Scotland and its operational activity was coastal patrol work over the <a href="/wiki/River_Clyde" title="River Clyde">Clyde</a> approaches.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 53 days it participated in the battle the squadron claimed 30 enemy aircraft destroyed, probably destroyed eight, and damaged 35. It flew 1,694 sorties (1,569 operational hours and 1,201 non-operational), lost three pilots killed, thirteen wounded, 17 aircraft FB/Cat. 3 and 10 Cat. 2.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most successful pilots were Flight Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Roy_McGregor" title="Gordon Roy McGregor">Gordon McGregor</a> (five kills), Squadron Leader E. A. McNab (four and one shared), Flying Officer B. D. 'Dal' Russel (four and one shared), Flying Officer J.W. Kerwin (three) and Flying Officer A.D. Nesbit (three). </p><p>Three <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Flying Crosses</a> were awarded. </p><p>The squadron was withdrawn to <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> during October 1940. </p><p>On 2 November McGregor took over as commanding officer from McNab. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Smither_brothers">Smither brothers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Smither brothers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ross and Sydney Smither, of London, Ontario, were both pilots with No. 1 (401) Squadron. Ross, born in 1912, joined the RCAF in 1930 as a fitter, later training as an air gunner before applying for a pilots course, being commissioned and joining No. 1 squadron, which was the first to be posted to the UK, arriving in June 1940. Flying a Hurricane, he was shot down and killed on 15 September 1940. </p><p>His brother, Sydney, born in 1921, joined the RCAF and was commissioned into the same squadron, by then No. 401, and posted to the UK. Based at <a href="/wiki/Biggin_Hill" title="Biggin Hill">Biggin Hill</a>, flying Spitfires, the squadron was on escort duties to a bomber raid over France on 5 June 1942 when he was shot down and killed. It was his 21st birthday. A further coincidence is that Ross, operating from Northolt, was shot down defending Biggin Hill on Battle of Britain day, the airfield that was Sydney's base when he, also, was shot down.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1941">1941</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1941"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron moved south again in February 1941 when it arrived at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Digby" title="RAF Digby">RAF Digby</a>. It was here on 1 March that No 1 Squadron RCAF was renumbered to <b>No. 401 Squadron</b>. </p><p>The squadron had replaced its Hurricanes with <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Spitfires</a> Mk IIs in September 1941, Mk Vs in late 1941 and in July 1942 some of the first examples of the new Mk IX. Operating from Digby with No 12 Group Fighter Command until October 1941, it saw little action, but it then moved south to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Biggin_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Biggin Hill">RAF Biggin Hill</a> and remained in <a href="/wiki/No._11_Group_RAF" title="No. 11 Group RAF">11 Group</a> carrying out offensive operations over Occupied Europe until January 1943. </p><p>On 21 October 401's first loss of this phase of operations was Flight Sergeant B.F. Whitson, taken <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoner of War">prisoner</a> after being shot down over <a href="/wiki/Saint-Omer" title="Saint-Omer">Saint-Omer</a>. On 27 October the squadron was operating as high cover to the Biggin Hill Wing, and were 'bounced' by I and III <i>Gruppe</i>, <a href="/wiki/JG_26" class="mw-redirect" title="JG 26">JG 26</a>, led by Oberst <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Galland" title="Adolf Galland">Adolf Galland</a>. Five Spitfires were lost, with Flying Officer C. A. B. Wallace, Pilot Officer J.A. Small and Sergeant S. L. Thompson killed, and Pilot Officer <a href="/wiki/Wally_Floody" title="Wally Floody">Wally Floody</a> and Sergeant B. G. Hodgkinson both prisoner.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 November 1941 on the last mass fighter sweep of the year the squadron was attacked by I. and III./<a href="/wiki/JG_26" class="mw-redirect" title="JG 26">JG 26</a>, and Flying Officer J. C. Weir (prisoner of war) and Sergeant R. W. Gardner (killed) were lost over <a href="/wiki/Le_Touquet" title="Le Touquet">Le Touquet</a> shot down by <i>Fw.</i> Babenz and <i>Leut.</i> Uibacker of JG 26. A two-squadron sweep with No. 72 Squadron over France on 22 November saw claims for two <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109" title="Messerschmitt Bf 109">Bf 109s</a> and three <a href="/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190" title="Focke-Wulf Fw 190">Fw 190s</a> destroyed (I./JG 26 lost one Bf 109 and a Fw 190 crash-landed) for Flying Officer H.A. Sprague (POW). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1942–44"><span id="1942.E2.80.9344"></span>1942–44</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1942–44"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 12 February 1942 following the 'Channel Dash' of the <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst" title="German battleship Scharnhorst"><i>Scharnhorst</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau" title="German battleship Gneisenau"><i>Gneisenau</i></a> in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Donnerkeil" title="Operation Donnerkeil">Operation Donnerkeil</a>, six Swordfish of No. 825 FAA Squadron were to meet with an escort from 64 and 411 Squadrons (Hornchurch) and 72, 124 and 401 Squadrons (Biggin Hill) over Manston at mid-day. The escort missed the rendezvous, however, although 401 later claimed two Bf 109s destroyed, for the loss of Sergeant Levesque, who was taken prisoner. </p><p>The Fw 190 fighter force continued to take toll of the Fighter Command squadrons, 401 being no exception. On 28 April Pilot Officer J. A. Ferguson: (POW) and Pilot Officer G. B. Whitney (killed) were lost although Pilot Officer <a href="/wiki/Don_Blakeslee" class="mw-redirect" title="Don Blakeslee">Don Blakeslee</a>, an RCAF-enlisted American, claimed two 'probables'. On 1 May the squadron lost two more Spitfires to <a href="/wiki/JG_2" class="mw-redirect" title="JG 2">JG 2</a> over Le Havre while, on 1 June 1942, when a section of 401 intercepted and shot down two <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Typhoon" title="Hawker Typhoon">Hawker Typhoon</a> fighters of <a href="/wiki/No._56_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 56 Squadron RAF">No. 56 Squadron</a>, one pilot was killed. In June the squadron received some of the first Mark IX Spitfires, capable of taking on the Focke Wulf Fw 190A on more or less equal terms. On 19 August during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Jubilee" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Jubilee">Operation Jubilee</a> two probables and three damaged were claimed. On 8 November Flight Lieutenant Don Morrison was shot down and badly wounded versus units of JG 26, losing a leg and being repatriated in 1943. Morrison's tally of 5.33 aircraft destroyed, four 'probables' and four damaged was 401's highest since the Battle of Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moving to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Catterick" title="RAF Catterick">RAF Catterick</a> in early 1943, the squadron was involved in training and coastal patrols for four months before returning to 11 Group in late May, where the squadron reverted to Spitfire Mk IX's and became part of No. 126 Wing, No 83 Group, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Tactical_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Tactical Air Force">2nd Tactical Air Force (2TAF)</a>. The unit resumed operational flying from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Redhill" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Redhill">RAF Redhill</a> in June, and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Staplehurst" title="RAF Staplehurst">RAF Staplehurst</a> in August and Biggin Hill on October. </p><p>Operations prior to <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a> were flown from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tangmere" title="RAF Tangmere">RAF Tangmere</a>. On 15 March four <a href="/wiki/JG_26" class="mw-redirect" title="JG 26">JG 26</a> Fw 190s were claimed (three were actually lost). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="D-day_and_European_Offensive_1944">D-day and European Offensive 1944</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: D-day and European Offensive 1944"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 7 June eight aircraft were claimed destroyed, and on 18 June the squadron moved to the B-4 airstrip at <a href="/wiki/Beny-sur-Mer" class="mw-redirect" title="Beny-sur-Mer">Beny-sur-Mer</a>, France. Six more fighters were claimed downed on 28 June. No. 401 shot down three fighters of <a href="/wiki/JG_26" class="mw-redirect" title="JG 26">JG 26</a> on 7 July. The squadron's 100th victory was notched up on 20 July, while seven more Bf 109s were shot down on 27 July over <a href="/wiki/Caen" title="Caen">Caen</a>. </p><p>The squadron increasingly operated in the fighter-bomber role, ground attack and armed reconnaissance operations, culminating in operations supporting operations over <a href="/wiki/Nijmegen" title="Nijmegen">Nijmegen</a> and the ground fighting in <a href="/wiki/Arnhem" title="Arnhem">Arnhem</a> in September. Squadron Leader <a href="/wiki/Roderick_Smith_(RCAF_officer)" title="Roderick Smith (RCAF officer)">R. I. A. 'Rod' Smith</a>, an experienced Malta 'ace', was posted from 412 Squadron and took command in September. On 29 September the squadron surprised some thirty Bf 109s attacking a Typhoon formation, and claimed at least nine destroyed for one loss.<sup id="cite_ref-McIntosh_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McIntosh-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 October, a five-strong squadron patrol encountered a <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262" title="Messerschmitt Me 262">Messerschmitt Me 262</a> jet of <a href="/wiki/KG_51" class="mw-redirect" title="KG 51">KG 51</a> and shot it down, the pilot, <i>Hpt.</i> Hans-Christoph Buttmann, was killed. This was the first victory over this type credited to either the RAF or RCAF.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During late 1944 the unit operated from 'B-80' airfield in <a href="/wiki/Volkel_Air_Base" title="Volkel Air Base">Volkel</a> and then 'B-88', near <a href="/wiki/Heesch_(Netherlands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heesch (Netherlands)">Heesch</a>, in the Netherlands. </p><p>In the course of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte" title="Operation Bodenplatte">Operation Bodenplatte</a>, the mass ground-attack of 1 January 1945 by the Luftwaffe, the unit claimed nine of the attackers shot down, making the tally since D-Day 76.5 aircraft destroyed, three probables and 37 damaged. The next day Squadron Leader <a href="/wiki/William_Klersy" title="William Klersy">William Klersy</a> was appointed Commanding Officer. The squadron caught Fw 190s taking off from <a href="/wiki/Twente" title="Twente">Twente</a> airfield on 14 January and five fighters of I./<a href="/wiki/Jagdgeschwader_1_(World_War_II)" title="Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II)">JG 1</a> shot down for one loss, Flight Lieutenant L. J. Mackay claiming three. On 23 January 401 claimed three <a href="/wiki/Arado_Ar_234" class="mw-redirect" title="Arado Ar 234">Arado Ar 234</a> jet-bombers of III./<a href="/wiki/KG_76" class="mw-redirect" title="KG 76">KG 76</a> over <a href="/wiki/Achmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Achmer">Achmer</a> airfield. </p><p>Operations were restricted in the early part of 1945 due to bad weather, but from the end of February it was heavily involved in the offensive until the end of the war. The squadron received a few Spitfire XIVs in May 1945, but Mk XVIs became standard equipment until the squadron disbanded at <a href="/wiki/Fa%C3%9Fberg" title="Faßberg">Faßberg</a> in Germany on 3 July 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 20 April saw No. 401 claim some eight Bf 109s spotted taking off from a grass airstrip near Schwerin, and another five claimed later in the day over <a href="/wiki/Hagenau" class="mw-redirect" title="Hagenau">Hagenau</a> aerodrome. On 3 May 401 attacked aircraft on the ground North West of Kiel, claiming 12 <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52" title="Junkers Ju 52">Ju 52s</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_111" title="Heinkel He 111">He 111s</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87" title="Junkers Ju 87">Ju 87</a> destroyed; the Squadron's last claims of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="End_of_the_war_and_disbandment">End of the war and disbandment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: End of the war and disbandment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron ended the war as 2TAF's top scoring unit, claiming 112 aerial victories between 6 June 1944 and 5 May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their total score for the war was 186.5 confirmed, 29 of which were claimed during 1940 when operating as No.1 RCAF Squadron. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar">Postwar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron was reactivated as an auxiliary fighter unit on 15 April 1946 at <a href="/wiki/RCAF_Station_St._Hubert" class="mw-redirect" title="RCAF Station St. Hubert">RCAF Station St. Hubert</a> and in 1969 became 401 Air Reserve Squadron based in Montreal. In 1991, the squadron was renamed 401 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron. </p><p>No. 401 Squadron was disbanded on 23 June 1996. </p><p>The commander of <a href="/wiki/1_Canadian_Air_Division" title="1 Canadian Air Division">1 Canadian Air Division</a>, Major-General Dave Wheeler, along with the commander of <a href="/wiki/4_Wing_Cold_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="4 Wing Cold Lake">4 Wing Cold Lake</a>, Alberta, Colonel Eric Kenny, participated in a ceremony to reactivate 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 30 June 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its first deployment was to Kuwait for offensive operations during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Impact" title="Operation Impact">Operation Impact</a>. </p><p>The squadron flies the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_CF-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet">CF-18 Hornet</a>, Canada's primary and front-line jet fighter aircraft. </p><p>On 20 November 2018, 401 celebrated its 100th anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stations">Stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No 401 Squadron was based at the following RAF Stations and locations: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Station</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AAC_Middle_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="AAC Middle Wallop">RAF Middle Wallop</a></td> <td>21 June 1940</td> <td>July 1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Croydon_Airport" title="Croydon Airport">RAF Croydon</a></td> <td>July 1940</td> <td>Mid-August 1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Northolt" title="RAF Northolt">RAF Northolt</a></td> <td>Mid-August 1940</td> <td>10 October 1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_Airport" title="Glasgow Prestwick Airport">RAF Prestwick</a></td> <td>11 October 1940</td> <td>February 1941 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Digby" title="RAF Digby">RAF Digby</a></td> <td>February 1941</td> <td>October 1941 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Biggin_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Biggin Hill">RAF Biggin Hill</a></td> <td>October 1941</td> <td>January 1943 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Catterick" title="RAF Catterick">RAF Catterick</a></td> <td>January 1943</td> <td>May 1943 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Redhill" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Redhill">RAF Redhill</a></td> <td>May 1943</td> <td>August 1943 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Staplehurst" title="RAF Staplehurst">RAF Staplehurst</a></td> <td>August 1943</td> <td>October 1943 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Biggin_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Biggin Hill">RAF Biggin Hill</a></td> <td>October 1943</td> <td>April 1944 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tangmere" title="RAF Tangmere">RAF Tangmere</a></td> <td>April 1944</td> <td>18 June 1944 </td></tr> <tr> <td>France</td> <td>18 June 1944</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Belgium/Netherlands</td> <td>August 1944</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fa%C3%9Fberg" title="Faßberg">Faßberg</a></td> <td></td> <td>3 July 1945 (disbanded) </td></tr> <tr> <td>RCAF Station St. Hubert</td> <td>15 April 1946</td> <td>23 June 1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 Wing Cold Lake</td> <td>30 June 2015</td> <td>Present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit 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Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85130-164-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-85130-164-9">0-85130-164-9</a>.</li> <li>Jefford, C.G. <i>RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912</i>. 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadron<br />numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-WWII Squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RCAF">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 3 Squadron RCAF">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RCAF">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._5_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 5 Squadron RCAF">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RCAF">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._7_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 7 Squadron RCAF">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 8 Squadron RCAF">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 9 Squadron RCAF">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._10_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 10 Squadron RCAF">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 11 Squadron RCAF">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/412_Transport_Squadron" title="412 Transport Squadron">12</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._13_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 13 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/442_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="442 Transport and Rescue Squadron">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/438_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">18</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">100-series squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/400_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/440_Transport_Squadron" title="440 Transport Squadron">111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/402_Squadron" title="402 Squadron">112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._113_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 113 Squadron RCAF">113</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._114_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 114 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._115_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 115 Squadron RCAF">115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._116_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 116 Squadron RCAF">116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._117_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 117 Squadron RCAF">117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/438_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._119_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 119 Squadron RCAF">119</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._120_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 120 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">120</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._121_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 121 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">121</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._122_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 122 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/439_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="439 Combat Support Squadron">123</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._124_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 124 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/441_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="441 Tactical Fighter Squadron">125</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._126_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 126 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">126</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/443_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">127</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._128_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 128 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">128</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._129_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 129 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">129</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._130_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 130 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">130</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._131_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 131 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">131</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._132_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 132 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">132</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._133_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 133 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">133</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._134_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 134 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">134</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._135_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 135 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._145_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 145 Squadron RCAF">145</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._147_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 147 Squadron RCAF">147</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._149_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 149 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">149</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._160_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 160 Squadron RCAF">160</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._161_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 161 Squadron RCAF">161</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._162_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 162 Squadron RCAF">162</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._163_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 163 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">163</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._164_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 164 Squadron RCAF">164</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._165_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 165 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">165</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._166_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 166 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">166</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._167_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 167 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">167</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._168_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 168 Squadron RCAF">168</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._170_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 170 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">170</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">WW2 400-series<br /><a href="/wiki/Article_XV_squadrons" title="Article XV squadrons">Article XV</a> squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/400_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">400</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">401</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/402_Squadron" title="402 Squadron">402</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/403_Helicopter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron">403</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404_Long_Range_Patrol_and_Training_Squadron" title="404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron">404</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="405 Long Range Patrol Squadron">405</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406_Maritime_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron">406</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="407 Long Range Patrol Squadron">407</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/408_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">408</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/409_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="409 Tactical Fighter Squadron">409</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410_Tactical_Fighter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron">410</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._411_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 411 Squadron RCAF">411</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/412_Transport_Squadron" title="412 Transport Squadron">412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/413_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="413 Transport and Rescue Squadron">413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/414_Electronic_Warfare_Support_Squadron" title="414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron">414</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/415_Long_Range_Patrol_Force_Development_Squadron" title="415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron">415</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="416 Tactical Fighter Squadron">416</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/417_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="417 Combat Support Squadron">417</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/418_Search_and_Rescue_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron">418</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/419_Tactical_Fighter_Training_Squadron" title="419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron">419</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._420_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 420 Squadron RCAF">420</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._421_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 421 Squadron RCAF">421</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._422_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 422 Squadron RCAF">422</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/423_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/424_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="424 Transport and Rescue Squadron">424</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/425_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="425 Tactical Fighter Squadron">425</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/426_Transport_Training_Squadron" title="426 Transport Training Squadron">426</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/427_Special_Operations_Aviation_Squadron" title="427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron">427</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._428_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 428 Squadron RCAF">428</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/429_Transport_Squadron" title="429 Transport Squadron">429</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/430_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">430</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowbirds_(aerobatic_team)" title="Snowbirds (aerobatic team)">431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._432_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 432 Squadron RCAF">432</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/433_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="433 Tactical Fighter Squadron">433</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/434_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="434 Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron">434</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/435_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="435 Transport and Rescue Squadron">435</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/436_Transport_Squadron" title="436 Transport Squadron">436</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/437_Transport_Squadron" title="437 Transport Squadron">437</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/438_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">438</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/439_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="439 Combat Support Squadron">439</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/440_Transport_Squadron" title="440 Transport Squadron">440</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/441_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="441 Tactical Fighter Squadron">441</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/442_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="442 Transport and Rescue Squadron">442</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/443_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">443</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">WW2 600-series<br /><abbr title="Air Observation Post">AOP</abbr> squadrons<sup>1</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._664_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 664 Squadron RCAF">664</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._665_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 665 Squadron RCAF">665</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._666_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 666 Squadron RCAF">666</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-war squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/103_Search_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="103 Search and Rescue Squadron">103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/444_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="444 Combat Support Squadron">444</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._445_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 445 Squadron RCAF">445</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._446_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 446 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">446</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._447_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 447 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">447</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._448_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 448 Squadron RCAF">448</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._449_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 449 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">449</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/450_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">450</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadron<br />codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">WW2 Canada</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1 August 1939 - May 1942</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._110_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 110 Squadron RCAF">AY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._115_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 115 Squadron RCAF">BK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._113_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 113 Squadron RCAF">BT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._119_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 119 Squadron RCAF">DM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._117_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 117 Squadron RCAF">EX</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._114_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 114 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">FD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RCAF">FY</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._121_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 121 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">JY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 9 Squadron RCAF">KA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RCAF">KO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._7_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 7 Squadron RCAF">LT</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._120_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 120 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">MX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1 Squadron RCAF">NA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 3 Squadron RCAF">OP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 11 Squadron RCAF">OY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._10_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 10 Squadron RCAF">PB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._5_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 5 Squadron RCAF">QN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._118_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 118 Squadron RCAF">RE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._111_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 111 Squadron RCAF">TM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RCAF">XE</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._112_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 112 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">XO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 8 Squadron RCAF">YO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._116_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 116 Squadron RCAF">ZD</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unit formation in 1940 - May 1942</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._13_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 13 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">AN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._14_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 14 Squadron RCAF">BF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._162_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 162 Squadron RCAF">GK</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Coast_Artillery_Co-operation_Detachment_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 3 Coast Artillery Co-operation Detachment RCAF (page does not exist)">GV</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1_Coast_Artillery_Co-operation_Detachment_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Detachment RCAF (page does not exist)">LU</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._4_Coast_Artillery_Co-operation_Detachment_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 4 Coast Artillery Co-operation Detachment RCAF (page does not exist)">PO</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._12_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 12 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">QE</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._2_Coast_Artillery_Co-operation_Detachment_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 2 Coast Artillery Co-operation Detachment RCAF (page does not exist)">TQ</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RCAF_School_of_AC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RCAF School of AC (page does not exist)">RA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia" title="Dartmouth, Nova Scotia">Dartmouth</a> <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hurricanes</a> 1942</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._126_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 126 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">1 or 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._127_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 127 Squadron RCAF">1 or 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._129_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 129 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">1 or 2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May 1942 - 16 October 1942</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._130_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 130 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">AE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RCAF">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._122_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 122 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">AG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._160_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 160 Squadron RCAF">AN</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Operational_Training_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 3 Operational Training Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">AZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._125_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 125 Squadron RCAF">BA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RCAF">BD</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._126_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 126 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">BV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._5_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 5 Squadron RCAF">DE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._162_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 162 Squadron RCAF">DZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._145_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 145 Squadron RCAF">EA</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._4_Operational_Training_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 4 Operational Training Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">ED</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._121_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 121 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">EN</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._2_Operational_Training_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 2 Operational Training Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">ET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._7_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 7 Squadron RCAF">FG</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._133_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 133 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">FN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 8 Squadron RCAF">GA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._119_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 119 Squadron RCAF">GR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._129_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 129 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">HA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 9 Squadron RCAF">HJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._10_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 10 Squadron RCAF">JK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 11 Squadron RCAF">KL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._113_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 113 Squadron RCAF">LM</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._31_Operational_Training_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 31 Operational Training Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">LR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._5_Coast_Artillery_Co-operation_Detachment_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 5 Coast Artillery Co-operation Detachment RCAF (page does not exist)">LV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._111_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 111 Squadron RCAF">LZ</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._114_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 114 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">MA</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._13_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 13 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">MK</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._4_Coast_Artillery_Co-operation_Detachment_RCA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 4 Coast Artillery Co-operation Detachment RCA (page does not exist)">MR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._116_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 116 Squadron RCAF">NO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._117_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 117 Squadron RCAF">PQ</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._6_Coast_Artillery_Co-operation_Detachment_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 6 Coast Artillery Co-operation Detachment RCAF (page does not exist)">QG</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._128_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 128 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">RA</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._120_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 120 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">RS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._147_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 147 Squadron RCAF">SZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._127_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 127 Squadron RCAF">TF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._161_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 161 Squadron RCAF">TN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._115_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 115 Squadron RCAF">UV</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1_Operational_Training_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1 Operational Training Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">UY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._123_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 123 Squadron RCAF">VD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._118_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 118 Squadron RCAF">VW</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._135_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 135 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">XP</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1_Coast_Artillery_Co-operation_Detachment_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Detachment RCAF (page does not exist)">XY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._14_Squadron_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 14 Squadron RCAF">YA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1_General_Reconnaissance_School_RCAF" title="No. 1 General Reconnaissance School RCAF">YH</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._2_Coast_Artillery_Co-operation_Detachment_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 2 Coast Artillery Co-operation Detachment RCAF (page does not exist)">YZ</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._149_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 149 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">ZM</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._132_Squadron_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 132 Squadron RCAF (page does not exist)">ZR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">WW2 Overseas<br />1940-1946</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operational squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/423_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">AB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/402_Squadron" title="402 Squadron">AE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/429_Transport_Squadron" title="429 Transport Squadron">AL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/417_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="417 Combat Support Squadron">AN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._421_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 421 Squadron RCAF">AU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._664_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 664 Squadron RCAF">AW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/433_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="433 Tactical Fighter Squadron">BM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._666_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 666 Squadron RCAF">BX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/443_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">2I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="407 Long Range Patrol Squadron">CI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._411_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 411 Squadron RCAF">DB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._422_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 422 Squadron RCAF">DG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1664_Heavy_Conversion_Unit_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit RCAF">DH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="416 Tactical Fighter Squadron">DN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404_Long_Range_Patrol_and_Training_Squadron" title="404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron">EE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/408_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">EQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/439_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="439 Combat Support Squadron">5V</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1659_Heavy_Conversion_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">FD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/438_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">F3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/415_Long_Range_Patrol_Force_Development_Squadron" title="415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron">6U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/415_Long_Range_Patrol_Force_Development_Squadron" title="415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron">GX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/441_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="441 Tactical Fighter Squadron">G9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406_Maritime_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron">HU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/440_Transport_Squadron" title="440 Transport Squadron">I8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/441_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="441 Tactical Fighter Squadron">9G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/403_Helicopter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron">KH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/409_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="409 Tactical Fighter Squadron">KP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/425_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="425 Tactical Fighter Squadron">KW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="405 Long Range Patrol Squadron">LQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._428_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 428 Squadron RCAF">NA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1666_Heavy_Conversion_Unit_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit RCAF">ND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/415_Long_Range_Patrol_Force_Development_Squadron" title="415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron">NH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/426_Transport_Training_Squadron" title="426 Transport Training Squadron">OW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._420_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 420 Squadron RCAF">PT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/424_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="424 Transport and Rescue Squadron">QB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/413_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="413 Transport and Rescue Squadron">QL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._432_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 432 Squadron RCAF">QO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1666_Heavy_Conversion_Unit_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit RCAF">QY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410_Tactical_Fighter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron">RA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="407 Long Range Patrol Squadron">RR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/414_Electronic_Warfare_Support_Squadron" title="414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron">RU</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1659_Heavy_Conversion_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">RV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowbirds_(aerobatic_team)" title="Snowbirds (aerobatic team)">SE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/400_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">SP</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1679_Heavy_Conversion_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1679 Heavy Conversion Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">SW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/418_Search_and_Rescue_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron">TH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/419_Tactical_Fighter_Training_Squadron" title="419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron">VR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/412_Transport_Squadron" title="412 Transport Squadron">VZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/434_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="434 Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron">WL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/423_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">YI</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">YO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/442_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="442 Transport and Rescue Squadron">YZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/427_Special_Operations_Aviation_Squadron" title="427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron">ZL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1664_Heavy_Conversion_Unit_RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit RCAF">ZU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/437_Transport_Squadron" title="437 Transport Squadron">Z2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transport squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/426_Transport_Training_Squadron" title="426 Transport Training Squadron">OWL</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/435_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="435 Transport and Rescue Squadron">ODM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/436_Transport_Squadron" title="436 Transport Squadron">ODN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/437_Transport_Squadron" title="437 Transport Squadron">ODO</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-WW2<br />1947 - 1958</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1947 - 1951 (VC<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roundel_of_Canada_(1946%E2%80%931965).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/10px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/15px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/20px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span>XXA)<sup>3 </sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/400_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">AA</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">AB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/402_Squadron" title="402 Squadron">AC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/403_Helicopter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron">AD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="405 Long Range Patrol Squadron">AG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406_Maritime_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron">AH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/408_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">AK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410_Tactical_Fighter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron">AM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._411_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 411 Squadron RCAF">AN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/412_Transport_Squadron" title="412 Transport Squadron">AO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/413_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="413 Transport and Rescue Squadron">AP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/414_Electronic_Warfare_Support_Squadron" title="414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron">AQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/417_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="417 Combat Support Squadron">AT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/418_Search_and_Rescue_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron">AU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._420_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 420 Squadron RCAF">AW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._421_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 421 Squadron RCAF">AX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/424_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="424 Transport and Rescue Squadron">BA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/426_Transport_Training_Squadron" title="426 Transport Training Squadron">BC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/435_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="435 Transport and Rescue Squadron">BN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/438_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">BQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/442_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="442 Transport and Rescue Squadron">BU</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._2_Operational_Training_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 2 Operational Training Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">XV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1951 - 1958 (XX<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roundel_of_Canada_(1946%E2%80%931965).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/10px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/15px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/20px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span>nnn)<sup>4 </sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/404_Long_Range_Patrol_and_Training_Squadron" title="404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410_Tactical_Fighter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron">AM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410_Tactical_Fighter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron">AN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/413_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="413 Transport and Rescue Squadron">AP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/414_Electronic_Warfare_Support_Squadron" title="414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron">AQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="416 Tactical Fighter Squadron">AS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._421_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 421 Squadron RCAF">AX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/424_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="424 Transport and Rescue Squadron">BA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/427_Special_Operations_Aviation_Squadron" title="427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron">BB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/430_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">BH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/438_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">BQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/434_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="434 Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron">BR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/441_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="441 Tactical Fighter Squadron">BT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/442_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="442 Transport and Rescue Squadron">BU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/444_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="444 Combat Support Squadron">BV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._432_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 432 Squadron RCAF">DL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/433_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="433 Tactical Fighter Squadron">FG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/400_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">GW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._428_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 428 Squadron RCAF">HG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/418_Search_and_Rescue_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron">HO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/439_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="439 Combat Support Squadron">IG</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Operational_Training_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 3 Operational Training Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">JF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Operational_Training_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 3 Operational Training Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">JW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/440_Transport_Squadron" title="440 Transport Squadron">KE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._411_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 411 Squadron RCAF">KH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/409_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="409 Tactical Fighter Squadron">LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/408_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">MN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/423_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">NQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/443_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">PF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/403_Helicopter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron">PR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406_Maritime_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron">QP</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">QT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="407 Long Range Patrol Squadron">RX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._445_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 445 Squadron RCAF">SA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404_Long_Range_Patrol_and_Training_Squadron" title="404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron">SP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/402_Squadron" title="402 Squadron">SV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._422_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 422 Squadron RCAF">TF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/419_Tactical_Fighter_Training_Squadron" title="419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron">UD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="405 Long Range Patrol Squadron">VN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406_Maritime_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron">XK</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._2_Operational_Training_Unit_RCAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 2 Operational Training Unit RCAF (page does not exist)">XV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div><div style="float:left;"><sup>1 </sup>Aircraft administered and serviced by the RCAF but manned by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Canadian Artillery">Royal Canadian Artillery</a>.</div> <div style="float:left;"><sup>2 </sup> Non-standard code as unit using OW added L. Letters normally denoted parent Command, aircraft type (L <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Liberator transport</a>, D <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Dakota</a> etc), unit, and individual aircraft.</div><br /> <div style="float:left;"><sup>3 </sup> VC<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roundel_of_Canada_(1946%E2%80%931965).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/10px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/15px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/20px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span>XXA where VC was the civil code used by the RCAF replacing CF-, XX was the unit code and A was the aircraft ID letter</div><br /> <div style="float:left;"><sup>4 </sup> XX<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roundel_of_Canada_(1946%E2%80%931965).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/10px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/15px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg/20px-Roundel_of_Canada_%281946%E2%80%931965%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span>nnn where XX was the unit code and nnn was the last 3 digits of the serial number. 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