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THE HISTORY OF CANADA'S AIR FORCE

RCAF Order of Battle June 6, 1944

Home War Establishment - Allied Invasion of Europe

Air Force Headquarters - Ottawa, Ontario

No. 164 (T) Squadron - Moncton, NB	Dakota, Lodestar
No. 165 (T) Squadron - Sea Island, BC	Dakota, Lodestar
No. 168 (HT) Squadron - Rockcliffe, ON	Fortress, Dakota
No. 12 (Comm) Squadron - Rockcliffe, ON	various
No. 124 (Ferry) Squadron - St. Hubert, Quebec
No. 170 (Ferry) Squadron - Winnipeg, Manitoba
No. 7 (Photographic) Wing - HQ Rockcliffe, Ontario
No. 13 (P) Squadron - Rockcliffe, Ontario	Mitchell, Canso A

Eastern Air Command - HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia

No. 145 (BR) Squadron - Dartmouth, NS	Ventura GRV
No. 126 (F) Squadron - Dartmouth, NS	Hurricane XII
No. 121 (K) Squadron - Dartmouth, NS	various
No. 167 (Comm) Squadron - Dartmouth, NS	various
No. 113 (BR) Squadron - Sydney, NS	Ventura GRV
No. 160 (BR) Squadron - Yarmouth, NS	Canso A
No. 1 Group - HQ St. John's, Newfoundland
No. 5 (BR) Squadron - Torbay, Nfld	Canso A
No. 11 (BR) Squadron - Torbay, Nfld	Liberator III
No. 10 (BR) Squadron - Gander, Nfld	Liberator III
No. 116 (BR) Squadron - Gander, Nfld	Canso A
No. 127 (F) Squadron - Gander, Nfld	Hurricane XII
No. 129 (F) Squadron - Gander, Nfld	Hurricane XII
No. 5 (Gulf) Group - HQ Gaspe, Quebec
No. 161 (BR) Squadron - Gaspe, Quebec	Canso A
Notes: 1. No. 162 (BR) Squadron was on loan to RAF Coastal Command, AHQ Iceland 2. No. 116 Squadron moved to Sydney, NS on June 7. 3. No. 11 Squadron moved to Dartmouth on June 18. 4. No. 113 Squadron moved to Torbay on June 21, and was disbanded on August 23
No. 12 (OT) Group - HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia
No. 31 (RAF) OTU - Derbert, Nova Scotia	ferry
No. 36 (RAF) OTU - Greenwood, Nova Scotia	fighter bomber
No. 1 (RCAF) OTU - Bagotville, Quebec	fighter
No. 3 (RCAF) OTU - Patricia Bay, British Columbia	bomber reece
No. 5 (RCAF) OTU - Boundary Bay, British Columbia	bomber (Liberator)
No. 6 (RCAF) OTU - Comox, British Columbia	transport

Western Air Command - HQ Vancouver, British Columbia

No. 8 (BR) Squadron - Patricia Bay, BC	Ventura GRV
No. 135 (F) Squadron - Patricia Bay, BC	Kittyhawk Mk I
No. 122 (K) Squadron - Patricia Bay, BC	various
No. 133 (F) Squadron - Sea Island, BC	Kittyhawk Mk I
No. 166 (Comm) Squadron - Sea Island, BC	various
No. 4 (BR) Squadron - Ucluelet, BC	Canso A
No. 6 (BR) Squadron - Coal Harbour, BC	Canso A
No. 7 (BR) Squadron - Alliford Bay, BC	Canso A
No. 9 (BR) Squadron - Bella Bella, BC	Canso A
No. 115 (BR) Squadron - Tofino, BC	Ventura GRV
No. 132 (F) Squadron - Tofino, BC	Kittyhawk Mk I
Note: No. 115 Squadron was disbanded on August 23, and No. 132 on September 30

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

No. 1 Training Command - HQ Trenton, Ontario
No. 2 Training Command - HQ Winnipeg, Manitoba
No. 3 Training Command - HQ Montreal, Quebec
No. 4 Training Command - Regina, Saskatchewan

Bibliography:

R.C.A.F. Squadron Histories and Aircraft - Kostenuk, Samuel Canada's Air Force At War and Peace Vol II and Vol III - Larry Milberry Sixty Years: RCAF and CF Air Command - Larry Milberry Canada's Air Force - Commemorative Issue - Wings Magazine