417 Combat Support Squadron
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| 417 Combat Support Squadron | |
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| 417e Escadron de soutien au combat (French) | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Branch | Royal Canadian Air Force |
| Type | Combat support |
| Size | One squadron |
| Part of | 4 Wing |
| Garrison/HQ | CFB Cold Lake |
| Motto(s) | Supporting liberty and justice |
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| Website | canada |
417 Combat Support Squadron (French: 417e Escadron de soutien au combat) is an
History
417 Squadron was a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron formed in England on 27 November 1941 at RAF Charmy Down and was known as the "City of Windsor" squadron.[1] It was equipped with the Hurricane and later the Spitfire. It was initially deployed in Egypt and followed the Allied advance through the Western Desert. On 10 July 1943 when the Allies invaded Sicily (Operation Husky), the squadron was part of No. 244 Wing RAF in No. 211 Group RAF.[2]
With the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa, the squadron followed the advance through Italy. It disbanded in Italy on 1 July 1945.
The squadron reactivated in Canada on 1 June 1947, at Rivers, Manitoba. It was equipped with the North American P-51 Mustang for army close support training until 1 August 1948.
Reformed as a part of the
On 1 April 1993, No 417 Combat Support squadron was formed from CFB Cold Lake Base Flight plus aircraft servicing and maintenance elements of the Wing Maintenance organization. The squadron continued Base Flight's operations with ten
In July 1995 417 Squadron received three
Images
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Mark VC Spitfires of No. 417 Squadron RCAF at Goubrine Airfield, Tunisia, May 1943. -
Canadair CT-133 Silver Stars from 417 (Combat Support) Squadron. -
417 Operational Training SquadronCF-104 Starfighter on deployment to CFB Moose Jawin 1982. -
Base Flight Cold Lake CH-118 Iroquois helicopter 118103 at CFB Cold Lake, January 1992. -
CH 118Hueyfrom 417 (Combat Support) Squadron. -
The firstCH-118sit is to replace. -
417 Sqn's firstCH-146 Griffon, serial number 146414, arrived on 6 July 1995.
Badges
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417 Combat Support Squadron official badge 1993 -
417 Combat Support Squadron Rescue Flight badge 1993 -
417 Combat Support Squadron T-33 Flight aircraft type badge 1993 -
417 Combat Support Squadron unofficial badge worn by all members 1993 -
Base Flight Cold Lake badge 1990
Cadets
417 Squadron is affiliated with 395 Edmonton "Griffon" Squadron
References
- ISBN 1-85306-864-0.
- ISBN 0-912799-03-X); Richards, D. and H. Saunders, The Royal Air Force 1939–1945 (Volume 2, HMSO, 1953).
- ^ Air Force Public Affairs/Department of National Defence (28 June 2007). "CT-133 Silver Star". Archived from the original on 10 May 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2007.
- ^ "Squadron History".
External links
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1 Aircraft administered and serviced by the RCAF but manned by the
Royal Canadian Artillery .2 Non-standard code as unit using OW added L. Letters normally denoted parent Command, aircraft type (L Liberator transport, D Dakota etc), unit, and individual aircraft. 3 VC .svg){kind=small} XXA where VC was the civil code used by the RCAF replacing CF-, XX was the unit code and A was the aircraft ID letter4 XX nnn where XX was the unit code and nnn was the last 3 digits of the serial number. Unit code was replaced with "RCAF" in 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
