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No. 4 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron was a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron that was active before and during the Second World War. It was formed on 17 January 1933 at RCAF Station Jericho Beach and flew civil operations until 1939, conducting forestry, customs and fishing patrols as well as aerial photography. [ 1 ]
A California Air National Guard North American F-86A Sabre of the 196th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Ontario International Airport, explodes over the eastern city limits of San Diego and crashes in open country a mile north of Lake Murray Reservoir. The pilot, Capt. Robert E. Dixon, of Spring Valley, California, is killed.
Brewster F2A-2 Buffalo, BuNo 1407, accepted 4 October 1940, to BatFor, San Diego, 14 October 1940; to VF-2, assigned to the USS Lexington, 15 October 1940, '2-F-2'; is lost prior to embarkation when a squadron pilot engaged in dive-bombing practice out of Pearl Harbor, H.I., loses both ailerons during 6G pull-out from what was claimed to be a ...
No. 133 Squadron RCAF - established at Lethbridge, Alberta on 3 June 1942. The squadron was issued with Canadian-built Hawker Hurricanes. The squadron moved to RCAF Station Boundary Bay, BC, on 4 October 1942. [1] No. 134 Squadron RCAF; No. 135 Squadron RCAF; No. 145 Squadron RCAF; No. 147 Squadron RCAF; No. 149 Squadron RCAF; No. 160 Squadron RCAF
A RCAF Lockheed CC-130E Hercules, 130318, formerly 10318, c/n 4124, of 435 Squadron, participating in annual Brim Frost exercises, strikes the runway approach lights and a river bank short of the runway and crashes onto the runway at 6:47pm local time at Wainwright AAF, Alaska in ice fog at −51 °F (−46 °C). Nine of the eighteen occupants ...
Hamilton Army Airfield, 7 miles (11 km), Novato, north of San Rafael; Air Base Squadron, 45th Air Base Group / 46th Air Base Squadron/ 46th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, 25 August 1940–1 April 1944 460th Army Air Force Base Unit (Base Services, Air Transport Command), 1 April 1944–8 May 1946
Canada had its own close associations with the PBY, both as a manufacturer and customer. Under an agreement reached between the Canadian and U.S. governments, production lines were laid down in Canada, by Boeing Aircraft of Canada (as the PB2B-1) in Vancouver, and by Canadian Vickers (PBV-1) at the Canadair plant in Cartierville.
No. 401 Squadron RCAF: Commands: 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group 27th Fighter-Escort Group 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron RAF: Battles / wars: World War II Korean War: Awards: Distinguished Service Cross (2) Silver Star (2) Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross (8) Air Medal (8) Distinguished Flying Cross ...