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No. 1 Squadron
Formed as a Fighter unit at Trenton, Ontario on 21 September 1937 with Siskin aircraft - the nucleus had come from the Fighter Flight of No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron on 17 May, - the squadron moved to Calgary, Alberta in August 1938, and was re-equipped...
No. 2 Squadron
Formed as an Army Co-operation unit at Trenton, Ontario on 1 April 1935 with Atlas aircraft, the squadron moved to Rockcliffe (Ottawa), Ontario in June 1937. It returned to Trenton on 1 April 1939 to absorb the School of Army Co-peration, thus becoming...
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...
No. 4 Squadron
Formed as a Flying Boat unit at Jericho Beach (Vancouver), British Columbia on 17 February 1933,1 the squadron was employed on civil government operations - preventive patrols against illegal immigration, fishery and forestry patrols, and some aerial...
No. 5 Squadron
Formed as a Flying Boat unit at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on 16 April 19341 by the amalgamation of the five detachments then in the Maritimes (Nos. 8 to 12, formed at Ottawa in 1932), the squadron flew preventive (anti-smuggling and illegal immigration)...
No. 6 Squadron
Authorized as a Torpedo Bomber unit at Trenton, Ontario on 4 March 1936, the squadron commenced service training in November of that year. Starting with Vedette flying boats, it received Shark aircraft from England in January 1937, moved to Jericho...
No. 7 Squadron
Formed as a General Purpose unit at Rockcliffe (Ottawa), Ontario on 29 January 1936 by amalgamating the Test Flight, General Purpose Flight and two photographic detachments then based at Rockcliffe, the squadron was reorganized on 1 February 1937 to...
No. 8 Squadron
Formed as a General Purpose unit at Winnipeg, Manitoba on 14 February 1936 by amalgamation of the General Purpose Flight and four General Purpose and Forestry Flights then operating in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the squadron moved to Rockcliffe...
No. 9 Squadron
Formed as a Bomber Reconnaissance unit at Bella Bella, British Columbia on December 9, 1941, the squadron flew Stranraer, Canso and Catalina aircraft on West Coast anti-submarine duty until disbanded on September 1, 1944.
No. 10 Squadron
Formed as a Bomber unit at Halifax, Nova Scotia on 5 September 1939. Mobilized on the 10th, and redesignated Bomber Reconnaissance on 31 October, the squadron flew Wapiti, Digby and Liberator aircraft on East Coast anti-submarine duty. It established a...
No. 11 Squadron
Formed as a Bomber Reconnaissance unit at Rockcliffe (Ottawa), Ontario on 3 October 1939, the squadron flew Hudson and Liberator aircraft on East Coast anti-submarine duty until May 1945, when it was transferred to the West Coast. It was disbanded at...
No. 12 Squadron
Formed as a Communications unit at Rockcliffe (Ottawa), Ontario on 30 August 1940 The squadron flew a variety of aircraft on general air communication and light transport work, ferrying and testing new aircraft, and examining prospective RCAF pilots...
No. 13 Squadron
Formed as the Seaplane and Bomber Reconnaissance Training School at Sea Island (Vancouver), British Columbia on 1 May 1940. When it was decided to include landplane training in its functions the school was redesignated the Operational...
No. 14 Squadron
Formed as a Fighter unit at Rockcliffe (Ottawa), Ontario on 2 January 1942, the squadron flew Kittyhawk aircraft on West Coast air defence. From March to September 1943 it was part of the RCAF reinforcement to the United States Army Air Forces in...
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