No. 9 Squadron RCAF
No. 9 Squadron RCAF | |
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Active | 9 December 1941 - 1 September 1944 |
Disbanded | 1 September 1944 |
Country | Canada |
Allegiance | Canada |
Branch | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Role | Bomber Reconnaissance |
Part of | Western Air Command |
Battle honours | Pacific Coast 1941-1944[1] |
Insignia | |
Unit Codes | KA (1939-1942), HJ (1942) |
Aircraft flown | |
Patrol | Supermarine Stranraer Consolidated Canso Consolidated Catalina |
No. 9 Squadron RCAF was a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron active during the Second World War, primarily in an anti-submarine role with Western Air Command and was based at Bella Bella, British Columbia. The squadron flew the Supermarine Stranraer, Consolidated Canso and Consolidated Catalina before disbanding on 1 September 1944.[2]
References
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Bibliography
- Kostenuk, S.; Griffin, J. (1977). RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft: 1924–1968. Toronto, ON: Samuel Stevens, Hakkert & Co. p. 31. ISBN 978-0888665775.