No. 3 Squadron

Formed as a Bomber unit at Trenton, Ontario on 1 September 1935, the squadron was to have had one flight with bomber aircraft and one with fighter, but only the Fighter Flight was formed with Siskin aircraft; the Bomber Flight was waiting for the delivery of Wapiti aircraft from England. On 1 June 1937, following the arrival of the Wapitis, the unit was reorganized into a pure bomber squadron, and the Fighter Flight became the nucleus of No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron. Three weeks later, it moved to Rockcliffe (Ottawa), Ontario and, in October 1938, to Calgary, Alberta.' Alerted for hostilities on 26 August 1939, seven Wapiti aircraft immediately departed from Calgary for the squadron's war station at Halifax, Nova Scotia; the last aircraft reached Halifax eleven days later. On 31 August, while in transit, the squadron was redesignated Fighter but was never converted to that role; instead, it was disbanded on 5 September 1939.

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