THE HISTORY OF CANADA'S AIR FORCE

RCAF Order of Battle August 10, 1945

Home War Establishment - Japan Surrenders

Air Force Headquarters - Ottawa, Ontario

No. 5 (RCAF) OTU - Boundary Bay, BC	Lancaster X
No. 6 (RCAF) OTU - Comox, BC	Liberator
No. 7 (Photographic) Wing - HQ Rockcliffe, On
No. 13 (P) Squadron - Rockcliffe, On	Mitchell, Canso
No. 9 (Transport) Group - HQ Rockcliffe, On
No. 164 (T) Squadron - Moncton, NB	Dakota
No. 165 (T) Squadron - Sea Island, BC	Dakota
No. 168 (HT) Squadron - Rockcliffe, ON	Fortress, Liberator
No. 12 (Comm) Squadron - Rockcliffe, ON	various
No. 124 (Ferry) Squadron - St. Hubert, Quebec
No. 170 (Ferry) Squadron - Winnipeg, Manitoba

Eastern Air Command - HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia

No. 10 (BR) Squadron - Torbay, Nfld	Liberator III/IV
No. 121 (K) Squadron - Dartmouth, NS	various
No. 167 (Comm) Squadron - Dartmouth, NS	various

No. 6 (RCAF) Group - Advance HQ Halifax, NS

No. 661 (HB) Wing, HQ Yarmouth, NS
No. 419 (B) Squadron - Yarmouth, NS	Lancaster X
No. 428 (B) Squadron - Yarmouth, NS	Lancaster X
No. 662 (HB) Wing, HQ Dartmouth, NS
No. 431 (B) Squadron - Dartmouth, NS	Lancaster X
No. 434 (B) Squadron - Dartmouth, NS	Lancaster X
No. 663 (HB) Wing, HQ Debert, NS
No. 420 (B) Squadron - Debert, NS	Lancaster X
No. 425 (B) Squadron - Debert, NS	Lancaster X
No. 664 (HB) Wing, HQ Greenwood, NS
No. 405 (B) Squadron - Greenwood, NS	Lancaster X
No. 408 (B) Squadron - Greenwood, NS	Lancaster X

Western Air Command - HQ Vancouver, British Columbia

No. 11 (BR) Squadron - Patricia Bay, BC	Liberator III/IV
No. 133 (F) Squadron - Patricia Bay, BC	Mosquito FB26
No. 135 (F) Squadron - Patricia Bay, BC	Kittyhawk I
No. 122 (K) Squadron - Patricia Bay, BC	various
No. 166 (Comm) Squadron - Sea Island, BC	various

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