Thursday, May 08, 2008

RCAF Squadrons of the Second World War

No.405 "Vancouver" Squadron was the first Canadian heavy bomber squadron to serve with Bomber Command, operating as a bomber squadron from June 1941 until October 1942, then with Coastal Command to March 1943 and finally with the Pathfinder Force from April 1943 to the end of the war.
No.408 'Goose' Squadron was a RCAF Squadron that operated with Bomber Command from June 1941 until the end of the war in Europe.
No.410 Squadron was an RCAF night fighter squadron, which spend 1941-43 operating in Scotland and the North East of England, before moving to Lincolnshire to carry out intruder missions. From June 1944 the squadron operated over the Allied armies during their advance towards Germany.
No.415 Squadron was a RCAF squadron which was formed as part of Coastal Command, carrying out anti-shipping and anti-submarine patrols from 1942 to 1944, before converting to the Halifax and joining No.6 (RCAF) Group of Bomber Command.
No.419 'Moose' Squadron was a RCAF squadron which served with Bomber Command from its formation at the end of 1941 until the end of the war in Europe, ending the war operating the Canadian built Lancaster B.Mk X
No.420 'Snowy Owl' Squadron was a RCAF Squadron that operated with Bomber Command from December 1941 until the end of the war with Europe, with a short break in the Mediterranean in May-October 1943 to support the invasions of Sicily and Italy.
No.424 'Tiger' Squadron was a RCAF Squadron that formed in Britain in October 1942. It spent most of the war operating with Bomber Command, with a short period in North Africa in June-October 1943 to support the invasions of Sicily and Italy.
No.425 'Alouette' Squadron was a RCAF squadron and part of Bomber Command from 1942 until the end of the war in Europe, with a short break in North Africa in 1943 to support the invasion of Sicily and Italy.
No.426 'Thunderbird' Squadron was a RCAF squadron formed in Britain in October 1942 that operated with the main bomber force of Bomber Command until the end of the war in Europe.
No.427 'Lion' Squadron was a RCAF squadron which formed in Britain in November 1942, and spent the entire war serving with Bomber Command's main force.
No.428 'Ghost' Squadron was an RCAF squadron which operated as part of Bomber Command's main bomber force from 27 January 1943 until the end of the war in Europe.
No.429 Squadron was a RCAF squadron that formed in Britain in November 1942 as part of Bomber Command, and operated with No.6 (RCAF) Group to the end of the war in Europe.
No.431 'Iroquois' Squadron was a RCAF squadron that formed in Britain in November 1942 as part of Bomber Command, and operated with No.6 (RCAF) Group to the end of the war in Europe.
No.432 "Leaside" Squadron was a RCAF bomber squadron, which formed around a nucleus of eighteen crews from No.427 squadron during 1943. It formed part of the main bomber force until the end of the war.

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