412 Transport Squadron
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Active | 1941–present |
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Role | VIP transport and general duties |
Home station | Ottawa, Ontario |
Motto(s) | Promptus Ad Vindictam ("Swift to avenge") |
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Squadron Badge | A falcon volant |
Aircraft flown | |
CC-144 Challenger |
No. 412 Transport Squadron is one of three
No. 412 Squadron began as a unit of the RCAF during the
History
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Second World War
No. 412 (Transport) Squadron was formed in 1949, but traces its history back to two separate squadrons: Number 12 Communications Flight at
No. 412 Squadron (squadron code 'VZ'
The squadron was moved to France in June 1944, days after the Allied landings and operated on continental Europe for the remainder of the war. The squadron was based at Wunstorf, Germany when the war ended in May 1945.[4]
Postwar
After the Second World War, Number 12 Communications Flight was reassigned as 412 Squadron on 1 April 1947, and renamed 412 (Composite) Squadron based at
In 1994, CFB Ottawa (Uplands) closed and 412's fleet was moved to a civilian hangar at
Current role
Today, 412 (Transport)Squadron provides executive transport for the Office of the Governor General, members of Parliament, high-level government officials, members of the Canadian Armed Forces, and foreign VIPs while they are in Canada. 412 (T) Sqn also provides aeromedical evacuation and transport.
Aircraft operated
Aircraft previously used by 412:
- Supermarine Spitfire
- North American Harvard
- Beechcraft Expeditor
- Douglas Dakota
- 1 Canadair North Star 1949–1966
- 2 de Havilland Comet 1A 1953–1963
- 2 Canadair CC-106 Yukon 1961–1978 - VIP configuration
- 1 de Havilland Canada CC-132 (Dash 7) - based at Lahr 1980–1987
- 2 de Havilland Canada CC-142 (Dash 8) - based at Lahr 1987–93
- 1 Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan 1960–1980
- 7 Dassault CC-117 (Falcon) 1968–1985
Aircraft currently used by 412:
- 4 Canadair CC-144 Challenger business jets.[7]
See also
- Royal Canadian Air Force VIP aircraft
- Bombardier Challenger 600
- Air transports of heads of state and government - Canada
References
- ^ DND - Canada's Air Force - History Retrieved 2015-12-15
- ^ "412 Transport Squadron". CMP: Directorate of History and Heritage. 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "412 Squadron". raf-lincolnshire.info. 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b c "No. 412 Squadron". canadianwings.com. 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Combat Reports, Second World War: Image details, Beurling, Flight Lieutenant, 30 December 1943." DocumentsOnline, The National Archives. Retrieved: 29 July 2009.
- ^ "Spitfire pilot 'Flying Fox' remembered for veterans' work". CBC. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "412 Transport Squadron". Royal Canadian Air Force. 2013. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
Further reading
- 412 (Transport) Squadron, 1936-1995. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing. 1995. ISBN 1-56311-011-3.
External links
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- Flying Officer L.R.N. Ashley (August 1958). "The Story Of No. 412 Squadron" (PDF). The Roundel. Vol. 10, no. 6. Royal Canadian Air Force. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2014.