418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron

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418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron
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Active
  • 1941–1945
  • 1946–1994
  • 2019–present
CountryCanada
BranchRoyal Canadian Air Force
Type
Part of
  • 1941–1945 RCAF
    RAF
    for operational purposes
  • 2019–present
    19 Wing Comox
Headquarters
Inuktitut: Piyautailili, lit. 'Defend even unto death'
Battle honours
  • Defence of Britain, 1944
  • Fortress Europe, 1942–1944
  • Dieppe
  • France and Germany, 1944–1945
  • Normandy, 1944
  • Rhine

418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron is a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force, formed during World War II.

History

418 Squadron Douglas Boston Mark III (Intruder) at RAF Bradwell Bay, England, prepares to take off on a night intruder mission over North-west Europe

418 Squadron RCAF was Canada's highest-scoring squadron in World War II, in terms of both air-to-air and air-to-ground kills, and in terms of both day and night operations.[1] The squadron's most active period was 1944, when assigned to Intruder and Ranger sorties across occupied Europe.

The squadron was re-formed in 1946 flying the B-25 Mitchell in the tactical bomber role from the

RCAF Station Namao. Its duties ranged from aid to the civil power to aerial resupply.[2]

Upon unification of the forces the squadron converted to the De Havilland

Twin Otter. The squadron was disbanded in 1994, and its aircraft were shifted to 440 Transport Squadron in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The unit is featured in exhibits at the Alberta Aviation Museum
on Kingsway Avenue in Edmonton.

418 Squadron was re-formed on March 13, 2019,

19 Wing Comox, as 418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron, training aircrew and maintenance personnel on the CC-295 Kingfisher, using simulators and aircraft.[4]

Aircraft operated

References

  1. ISBN 0888665776
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  2. ISBN 0888665776
    .
  3. ^ Government of Canada, National Defence (11 July 2019). "News Article | 418 Squadron flies again". www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. ^ Government of Canada, National Defence (13 December 2018). "News Article | Fixed-wing search and rescue procurement project". www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

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