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No. 145 Squadron

Formed as a Bomber Reconnaissance squadron at Torbay, Newfoundland on May 30, 1942. The Squadron flew Hudson and Ventura aircraft on East Coast anti-submarine duty until disbanded at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on June 30, 1945.

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No. 147 Squadron

Formed as a Bomber Reconnaissance squadron at Sea Island, British Columbia on July 1, 1942. The Squadron flew Bolingbroke aircraft on west coast anti-submarine duty until disbanded at Tofino, British Columbia on March 15, 1944.

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No. 149 Squadron

Formed as a Torpedo Bomber Squadron at Patricia Bay, British Columbia on October 26, 1942. The squadron was the only home unit to be equipped with the Bristol Beaufort to meet the Japanese naval threat from the Aleutians. When the Japanese naval...

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No. 160 Squadron

Formed as a Bomber Reconnaissance unit at Sea Island, British Columbia on May 3, 1943. The squadron moved to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in July and flew Canso A aircraft on East Coast anti-submarine duty until disbanded at Torbay, Newfoundland on June 15,...

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No. 161 Squadron

Formed as a Bomber Reconnaissance unit at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on April 28, 1943. The squadron flew Digby and Canso aircraft on East Coast anti-submarine duty over the Gulf of St. Lawrence until disbanded at Yarmouth Nova Scotia on May 31, 1945.

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No. 162 Squadron

Formed as a Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on May 19, 1942 with Canso A aircraft, the squadron spent an uneventful eighteen months on East Coast anti-submarine duty. In January 1944 it was lent to RAF Coastal Command and...

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No. 163 Squadron

Formed as an Army Co-operation unit at Sea Island, British Columbia on March 1, 1943. The squadron flew Bolingbroke aircraft on West Coast photographic work and Harvard aircraft in close air support training for Canadian Troops at Wainwright, Alberta....

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No. 164 Squadron

Formed as an Transport squadron at Moncton, New Brunswick on January 23, 1943. The Squadron flew Lodestar and Dakota aircraft on East Coast transport duty. It was the RCAF's premier transport squadron and the cornerstone of the peacetime Air Transport...

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No. 165 Squadron

Formed as an Transport squadron at Sea Island, British Columbia on July 13, 1943. The squadron flew Lodestar and Dakota aircraft on West Coast transport duty until disbanded on November 1, 1945.

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No. 166 Squadron

Formed as an Communications squadron at Sea Island, British Columbia on September 16, 1943 the squadron flew various types of aircraft to transport staff officers of Western Air Command until disbanded on October 31, 1945.

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No. 167 Squadron

Formed as an Communications squadron at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on August 15, 1943. The squadron flew various types of aircraft to transport staff officers of Eastern Air Command until disbanded on October 1, 1945.

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No. 168 Squadron

Formed as a Heavy Transport unit at Rockcliffe, Ontario on October 18, 1943. The squadron flew Fortress and Liberator aircraft in delivering mail to Canadian servicemen in the United Kingdom and on the Continent until disbanded on April 21, 1946.

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No. 170 Squadron

Formed as a Ferry squadron at Winnipeg, Manitoba on March 1, 1944. The squadron ferried training and operational aircraft in western Canada until disbanded on October 1, 1945.

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