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Wings termed 'Tactical' within the Royal Air Force provide are cohesive, specialised teams. Tactical Communications Wing – RAF Leeming; Tactical Medical Wing – RAF Brize Norton – This unit has the Latin motto "Summum Bonum" which means 'for the highest good'. It became operational on 1 April 1996 and its CO is currently Wing Commander ...
The Canadian Air Force (CAF) was established in 1920 as the successor to a short-lived two-squadron Canadian Air Force that was formed during the First World War in Europe. . Wing Commander John Scott Williams was tasked in 1921 with organizing the CAF, handing command over later the same year to Air Marshal Lindsay Gordon.
Reap the Whirlwind: The Untold Story of 6 Group, Canada's Bomber Force of World War II. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McLelland and Stewart Inc., 1991. ISBN 0-7710-2924-1. Faryon, Cynthia. Unsung Heroes of the Royal Canadian Air Force: Incredible Tales of Courage and Daring During World War II. Altitude Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-55153-977-2.
No. 39 Wing RCAF No. 39 (Reconnaissance) Wing RCAF No. 39 (Army Co-operation) Wing RCAF; Active: September 1942 – August 1945: Country Canada: Branch: Royal Air Force / Royal Canadian Air Force: Type: Wing: Role: Reconnaissance: Part of: First Canadian Army RAF Second Tactical Air Force
Pages in category "Wings of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War" ... No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing; No. 143 Wing RAF; No. 145 Wing RAF; No. 146 Wing RAF;
In January 1943 the squadron joined the 127 (Canadian) Wing and moved to Redhill Aerodrome airfield. Late in spring of 1943 the squadron received Spitfire Mk IX and flew under the command of Wing Commander Johnnie Johnson. [3] In preparation for the Normandy landings the 127 Wing was assigned to RAF Second Tactical Air Force.
426 Transport Training Squadron is a unit of the Canadian Forces under Royal Canadian Air Force, located at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario.It originated as a squadron in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) that fought during the Second World War as a bomber squadron.
In 1918 the Canadian government formed the Canadian Air Force in Europe which consisted of two wings integrated into the normal Royal Air Force command structure, equipped with Sopwith Dolphins, Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5as and Airco DH.9As supplied and owned by the RAF. It was disbanded in 1920.