425 Tactical Fighter Squadron

Edit links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

425 Tactical Fighter Squadron
425e Escadron d'appui tactique
3 Wing (1961–present)
Home stationCFB Bagotville
Nickname(s)Alouette Squadron
Motto(s)Je te plumerai (French for 'I shall pluck you')
Battle honours
  • English Channel and North Sea, 1942–1943
  • Fortress Europe, 1942–1944
  • France and Germany, 1944–1945
  • Biscay Ports, 1943–1944
  • Ruhr, 1942–1945
  • Berlin, 1944
  • German Ports, 1942–1945
  • Normandy, 1944
  • Rhine
  • Biscay, 1942–1943
  • Sicily, 1943
  • Italy, 1943
  • Salerno
  • Kosovo
Websitewww.canada.ca/en/air-force/corporate/squadrons/425-squadron.html Edit this at Wikidata
Insignia
BadgeA lark volant wings elevated and adorned proper
Aircraft flown
Bomber
Fighter

425 Tactical Fighter Squadron (French: 425e Escadron d'appui tactique, also "Alouette" (English: skylark) Squadron, is a unit of the

Second World War
.

A Cold war, early issue RCAF uniform patch for 425 Squadron manufactured by Crest Craft circa 1955

History

425 Squadron, the first French Canadian squadron, was formed on 22 June 1942 at RAF Dishforth in Yorkshire, England, as a bomber unit flying Vickers Wellingtons. On the night of 5/6 October 1942, the squadron went into action for the first time, bombing Aachen with a small number of aircraft. In 1943, the squadron flew to Kairouan, Tunisia, and from there, it conducted operations against Italy and Sicily, returning to the UK in November of the same year. In December, they were re-equipped with Handley Page Halifaxes and flew their first mission with these aircraft in February 1944. Their final operation took place on 25 April 1945, when they bombed gun batteries on the tiny Frisian island of Wangerooge. Following the end of the war in Europe, in May 1945, 425 Squadron re-equipped again, this time with Avro Lancaster Mk X's. In June, they flew back to Canada to prepare for their role in Tiger Force for the continuing war against Japan. The use of atomic bombs precluded the need for Tiger Force, and 425 was disbanded on 5 September 1945 at RCAF Station Debert, less than three weeks after the Japanese surrender.

The squadron was reformed at

Operation Allied Force
.

A detachment of four CF-18 fighters from the squadron deployed to

Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base in March 2016 to participate in the Resilient Resolve exercise. For about a month, the 100 servicemen conducted bilateral training with the Romanian Air Force.[3] The squadron was deployed to Romania previously, at Câmpia Turzii in 2014, as part of NATO's assurance measures in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea.[4] In 2022, 425 Squadron was again deployed at Mihail Kogălniceanu to participate in NATO's enhanced Air Policing mission in the Black Sea region.[5]

Equipment

Affiliation

References

  1. ^ "425 Tactical Fighter Squadron". Royal Canadian Air Force. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. ^ "No. 425 Squadron, Canadian Air Force". canadianwings.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Exercise Resilient Resolve". canada.ca. 25 February 2016.
  4. ^ Jerome Lessard (22 August 2014). "Canada's ATF completes mission in Romania". The Intelligencer (Belleville).
  5. ^ "Canada mission-ready in Romania to secure NATO airspace in Black Sea Region". ac.nato.int. 4 August 2022.
  6. ^ "425 Sqn ATC". 425atc.co.uk. 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=425_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron&oldid=1214845800"