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To avoid confusion with squadron numbers of other Commonwealth nations, RCAF units were assigned squadron numbers from 400 to 449. Not all squadrons up No. 449 were formed, however. This squadron series continued through the post-war years, and the majority of current Royal Canadian Air Force operational squadrons are still numbered in the 400s ...
Crews of 400 Squadron run to their Westland Lysander aircraft during an exercise at RAF Odiham, England, 1941. The squadron was formed as No. 10 Army Co-Operation Squadron at Toronto, Ontario on 5 October 1932, when it flew from the Trethewey Farm Airfield (De Lesseps Field) from 1934 to 1939. On 15 November 1937, it was renumbered No. 110 ...
In instances when an unusually large numbers of aircraft comprise the squadron, multiple squadron codes have been used. ... No. 400 Squadron RCAF: 400 Sqn RCAF ...
4.1 Royal Canadian Air Force (400–443) 4.2 Royal Australian Air ... Some reserve Squadron numbers were used by their respective OTU's during operational tasks until ...
Royal Canadian Air Force. No. 400 Squadron RCAF - Two aircraft for development work. [1] No. 438 Squadron RCAF; No. 439 Squadron RCAF; No. 440 Squadron RCAF; Typhoon of 486 Sqn flown by P/O Frank "Spud" Murphy.
No. 10 (Army Cooperation) Squadron RCAF was formed on 5 October 1932 and renumbered as No. 110 Squadron on 15 November 1937, and then as No. 400 Squadron on 1 March 1941, as the first of the Article XV squadrons, manned and led by Canadians, but equipped with aircraft provided by the British. [2]
No. 110 Squadron (later 400 Sqn), No. 112 Squadron (later 402 Sqn), and No. 123 Squadron (later 439 Sqn), which were Army Co-operation Squadrons while still in Canada; No. 111 Squadron (later 440 Sqn) and No. 14 Squadron (later 442 Sqn), who had been part of RCAF Western Air Command and had already seen action in the Aleutian Islands Campaign ; and
No. 39 Wing was established on 12 September 1942 as an "Army Cooperation" Wing at Leatherhead, Surrey, England. [1] [2] It comprised No. 400 Squadron RCAF, No. 414 Squadron RCAF, and No. 430 Squadron RCAF.