This post lists the units of our friends to the North, the Royal Canadian
Air Force (RCAF) on 7 December 1941. The post is divided into four
parts as listed below. In Parts I and II, the aircraft the unit was
equipped with is followed by the Unit Code for the squadron.
PART I Order of Battle
PART II Stations
PART III Aircraft
PART IV Unit Codes
ABBREVIATIONS
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Aber Aberdeen, Scotland
AB Alberta, Canada
BC British Columbia, Canada
Det Detachment
E Loth East Lothian, Scotland
Hants Hampshire, England
Lincs Lincolnshire, England
MB Manitoba, Canada
NF Newfoundland
Notts Nottinghamshire, England
Northumb Northumberland, England
NS Nova Scotia, Canada
ON Ontario, Canada
QC Quebec, Canada
Som Somersetshire, England
Sqn Squadron
Yorks Yorkshire, England
PART I Order of Battle
HOME WAR ESTABLISHMENT
Air Force Headquarters, Ottawa, ON
No 12 (Communications) Sqn, Rockcliffe, ON (various aircraft
QE)
Eastern Air Command, Halifax, NS
No 1 Group, St Johns's, NF
No 10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Gander, NF
(Digby PB)
Det, No 11 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Torbay, NF
(Hudson I OY)
No 5 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS (Canso A
QN)
No 8 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Sydney, NS (Bolingbroke I and
IV YO)
No 11 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS (Hudson I
OY)
No 116 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS (Canso A and
Catalina I and IB ZD)
No 118 (Fighter) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS (Goblin and Kittyhawk
I RE)
No 119 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Yarmouth, NS (Bolingbroke
IV DM)
Western Air Command, Victoria, BC
No 4 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Ucluelet, BC (Shark III and
Stranraer FY)
No 6 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Alliford Bay, BC (Shark II and
III and Stranraer XE)
No 13 (Operational Training) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC (Bolingbroke
IV, Fairchild 71, Goose I, Hudson I, Lockheed 10B, Norseman IV and
Stranraer AN)
No 115 (Fighter) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC (Bolingbroke I and
IV BK)
No 120 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC
(Stranraer MX)
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
No 1 Training Commnad, Toronto, ON
No 2 Training Command, Winnipeg, MB
No 3 Training Command, Montreal, QC
Conversion Training Sqn, Picton, ON (various training
types)
School of Army Cooperation, Rockcliffe, ON (Lysander
II VD)
No 111 (Fighter) Sqn, Rockcliffe, ON (Kittyhawk
I TM)
No 4 Training Command, Calgary, AB
OVERSEAS WAR ESTABLISHMENT
RAF Army Cooperation Command
RAF No 35 (Army Cooperation) Wing
No 400 Army Cooperation Sqn, Odiham, Hants (Tomahawk
I, IIA and IIB SP)
No 414 Army Cooperation Sqn, Croydon, Surrey (Lysander
III and Tomahawk I and II RU)
RAF Bomber Command
RAF No 4 Group
No 405 (Bomber) Sqn, Pocklington, Yorks (Wellington
II LQ)
RAF No 5 Group
No 408 (Bomber) Sqn, Syerston, Notts (Hampden I
EQ)
RAF Coastal Command
RAF No 16 Group
No 407 (Coastal Strike) Sqn, North Coates, Lincs
(Hudson III and V RR)
No 415 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn, Thorney Is, Hants
(Beaufort I GX)
RAF No 18 Group
No 404 (Coastal Fighter) Sqn, Sumburgh, Shetland Is
( Blenheim IV EE)
No 413 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn, Sullom Voe,
Shetland Is (Catalina I, IB and IV QL)
RAF Fighter Command
RAF No 10 Group
No 402 (Fighter) Sqn, Warmwell, Dorset [Hurricane
IIB(B) AE]
No 417 (Fighter) Sqn, Charmy Down, Som (Spitfire IIA
and IIB AN)
RAF No 11 Group
No 401 (Fighter) Sqn, Biggin Hill, Kent (Spitfire
VB YO)
No 403 (Fighter) Sqn, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk
(Spitfire VB KH)
No 411 (Fighter) Sqn, Hornchurch, Essex (Spitfire
VB DB)
No 418 (Intruder) Sqn, Debden, Essex (Boston III
TH)
RAF No 12 Group
Canadian Digby Wing, Digby, Lincs
No 412 (Fighter) Sqn, Wellingore, Lincs
(Spitfire VB VZ)
No 409 (Night Fighter) Sqn, Coleby Grange, Lincs
(Beaufighter IIF KP)
RAF No 13 Group
No 406 (Night Fighter) Sqn, Acklington, Northumb
(Beaufighter IIF and VIF HU)
No 410 (Night Fighter) Sqn, Drem, E Loth, Scotland
with "A" Flight at Acklington, Northumb (Defiant IF
RA)
RAF No 14 Group
No 416 (Fighter) Sqn, Peterhead, Aber, Scotland
(Spitfire IIA and IIB DN)
PART II. STATIONS
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NORTH AMERICA
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CANADA
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ALBERTA: Calgary: No 4 Training Command
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Alliford Bay: No 6 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn (Shark II and III
and Stranraer XE)
Patricia Bay
No 13 (Operational Training) Sqn (Bolingbroke IV,
Fairchild 71, Goose I, Hudson I, Lockheed 10B, Norseman IV and
Stranraer AN)
No 115 (Fighter) Sqn (Bolingbroke I and IV
BK)
No 120 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn (Stranraer
MX)
Ucluelet: No 4 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn (Shark III and
Stranraer FY)
Victoria: Western Air Command
MANITOBA: Winnipeg: No 2 Training Command
NOVA SCOTIA
Dartmouth
No 5 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn (Canso A
QN)
No 11 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn (Hudson I
OY)
No 116 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn (Canso A and
Catalina I and IB ZD)
No 118 (Fighter) Sqn (Goblin and Kittyhawk I
RE)
Halifax: Eastern Air Command
Sydney: No 8 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn (Bolingbroke I and
IV YO)
Yarmouth: No 119 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn (Bolingbroke IV
DM)
ONTARIO
Ottawa: Air Force Headquarters
Picton: Conversion Training Sqn (various training types)
Rockcliffe
School of Army Cooperation (Lysander II
VD)
No 12 (Communications) Sqn (various aircraft
QE)
No 111 (Fighter) Sqn (Kittyhawk I TM)
Toronto: No 1 Training Commnad
QUEBEC: Montreal: No 3 Training Command
NEWFOUNDLAND
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Gander: No 10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn (Digby PB)
St John's: No 1 Group
Torbay: Det, No 11 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn (Hudson I
OY)
EUROPE
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ENGLAND
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DORSETSHIRE: Warmwell: No 402 (Fighter) Sqn [Hurricane IIB(B)
AE]
ESSEX
Debden: No 418 (Intruder) Sqn (Boston III TH)
Hornchurch: No 411 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfire VB DB)
HAMPSHIRE
Odiham: No 400 Army Cooperation Sqn (Tomahawk I, IIA and
IIB SP)
Thorney Island: No 415 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn (Beaufort I
GX)
KENT: Biggin Hill: No 401 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfire VB YO)
LINCOLNSHIRE
Coleby Grange: No 409 (Night Fighter) Sqn (Beaufighter IIF
KP)
Digby: Canadian Digby Wing
North Coates: No 407 (Coastal Strike) Sqn (Hudson III and
V RR)
Wellingore: No 412 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfire VB VZ)
NORTHUMBERLAND
Acklington
No 406 (Night Fighter) Sqn (Beaufighter IIF and
VIF HU)
"A" Flight, No 410 (Night Fighter) Sqn
(Defiant IF RA)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE: Syerston: No 408 (Bomber) Sqn (Hampden I EQ)
SOMERSETSHIRE: Charmy Down: No 417 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfire IIA and
IIB AN)
SUFFOLK: Martlesham Heath: No 403 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfire VB
KH)
SURREY: Croydon: No 414 Army Cooperation Sqn (Lysander III and Tomahawk
I and II RU)
YORKSHIRE: Pocklington: No 405 (Bomber) Sqn (Wellington II
LQ)
SCOTLAND
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ABERDEEN: Peterhead: No 416 (Fighter) Sqn (Spitfire IIA and IIB
DN)
EAST LOTHIAN: Drem: No 410 (Night Fighter) Sqn (Defiant IF
RA)
SHETLAND ISLANDS
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Sullom Voe: No 413 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Catalina I, IB and
IV QL)
Sumburgh: No 404 (Coastal Fighter) Sqn (Blenheim IV EE)
PART III. AIRCRAFT
Beaufighter, Bristol Type 156
Mk IIF
No 409 (Night Fighter) Sqn, Coleby Grange, Lincs
No 406 (Night Fighter) Sqn, Acklington, Northumb
Mk VIF: No 406 (Night Fighter) Sqn, Acklington, Northumb
Beaufort Mk I, Bristol Type 152: No 415 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn, Thorney Is,
Hants
Blenheim Mk IV, Bristol Type 142M: No 404 (Coastal Fighter) Sqn,
Sumburgh, Shetland Is
Bolingbroke, Bristol Type 149
Mk I
No 8 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Sydney, NS
No 115 (Fighter) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC
Mk IV
No 8 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Sydney, NS
No 13 (Operational Training) Sqn, Patricia Bay,
BC
No 115 (Fighter) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC
No 119 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Yarmouth, NS
Boston Mk III, Douglas: No 418 (Intruder) Sqn, Debden, Essex
Canso A, Consolidated
No 5 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS
No 116 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS
Catalina, Consolidated
Mk I
No 116 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth,
NS
No 413 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn, Sullom Voe,
Shetland Is
Mk IB
No 116 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth,
NS
No 413 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn, Sullom Voe,
Shetland Is
Mk IV: No 413 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn, Sullom Voe, Shetland
Is
Defiant Mk IF, Boulton Paul Model P.82: No 410 (Night Fighter) Sqn, Drem,
E Loth, Scotland with "A" Flight at Acklington, Northumb
Digby, Douglas: No 10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Gander, NF
Fairchild 71B: No 13 (Operational Training) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC
Goblin, Grumman G23: No 118 (Fighter) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS
Goose Mk I, Grumman G21A: No 13 (Operational Training) Sqn, Patricia Bay,
BC
Hampden Mk I, Handley Page H.P. 52: No 408 (Bomber) Sqn, Syerston,
Notts
Hudson, Lockheed
Mk I
No 11 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS w/
detachment at Torby, NF
No 13 (Operational Training) Sqn, Patricia Bay,
BC
Mk III: No 407 (Coastal Strike) Sqn, North Coates, Lincs
Mk V: No 407 (Coastal Strike) Sqn, North Coates, Lincs
Hurricane Mk IIB(B), Hawker: No 402 (Fighter) Sqn, Warmwell, Dorset
Kittyhawk Mk I, Curtiss
No 111 (Fighter) Sqn, Rockcliffe, ON
No 118 (Fighter) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS
Lockheed 10B: No 13 (Operational Training) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC
Lysander, Westland:
Mk II: School of Army Cooperation, Rockcliffe, ON
Mk III: No 414 (Army Cooperation) Sqn, Croydon, Surrey
Norseman Mk IV, Noorduyn: No 13 (Operational Training) Sqn, Patricia Bay,
BC
Shark, Blackburn
Mk II: No 6 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Alliford Bay, BC
Mk III
No 4 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Ucluelet, BC
No 6 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Alliford Bay,
BC
Spitfire, Supermarine
Mks IIA and IIB, Type 329
No 417 (Fighter) Sqn, Charmy Down, Som
No 416 (Fighter) Sqn, Peterhead, Aber, Scotland
Mk VB, Type 349
No 401 (Fighter) Sqn, Biggin Hill, Kent
No 403 (Fighter) Sqn, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk
No 411 (Fighter) Sqn, Hornchurch, Essex
No 412 (Fighter) Sqn, Wellingore, Lincs
Stranraer, Supermarine
No 4 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Ucluelet, BC
No 6 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Alliford Bay, BC
No 13 (Operational Training) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC
No 120 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC
Tomahawk, Curtiss
Mk I
No 400 (Army Cooperation) Sqn, Odiham, Hants
No 414 (Army Cooperation) Sqn, Croydon, Surrey
Mk II: No 414 (Army Cooperation) Sqn, Croydon, Surrey
Mk IIA: No 400 (Army Cooperation) Sqn, Odiham, Hants
Mk IIB: No 400 (Army Cooperation) Sqn, Odiham, Hants
Wellington Mk II, Vickers: No 405 (Bomber) Sqn, Pocklington, Yorks
PART IV Unit Codes
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AE No 402 (Fighter) Sqn, Warmwell, Dorset [Hurricane IIB(B)]
AN No 13 (Operational Training) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC (Bolingbroke
IV, Fairchild 71, Goose I, Hudson I, Lockheed 10B, Norseman IV and
Stranraer)
AN No 417 (Fighter) Sqn, Charmy Down, Som (Spitfire IIA and
IIB)
BK No 115 (Fighter) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC (Bolingbroke I and
IV)
DB No 411 (Fighter) Sqn, Hornchurch, Essex (Spitfire VB)
DM No 119 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Yarmouth, NS (Bolingbroke
IV)
DN No 416 (Fighter) Sqn, Peterhead, Aber, Scotland (Spitfire IIA
and IIB)
EE No 404 (Coastal Fighter) Sqn, Sumburgh, Shetland Is ( Blenheim
IV)
EQ No 408 (Bomber) Sqn, Syerston, Notts (Hampden I)
FY No 4 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Ucluelet, BC (Shark III and
Stranraer)
GX No 415 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn, Thorney Is, Hants (Beaufort
I)
HU No 406 (Night Fighter) Sqn, Acklington, Northumb (Beaufighter
IIF and VIF)
KH No 403 (Fighter) Sqn, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk (Spitfire
VB)
KP No 409 (Night Fighter) Sqn, Coleby Grange, Lincs (Beaufighter
IIF)
LQ No 405 (Bomber) Sqn, Pocklington, Yorks (Wellington II)
MX No 120 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Patricia Bay, BC
(Stranraer)
OY No 11 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS with detachment
at Torbay, NF (Hudson I)
PB No 10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Gander, NF (Digby)
QE No 12 (Communications) Sqn, Rockcliffe, ON (various
aircraft)
QL No 413 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn, Sullom Voe, Shetland Is
(Catalina I)
QN No 5 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS (Canso A)
RA No 410 (Night Fighter) Sqn, Drem, E Loth, Scotland with
"A" Flight at Acklington, Northumb (Defiant IF)
RE No 118 (Fighter) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS (Goblin and Kittyhawk
I)
RR No 407 (Coastal Strike) Sqn, North Coates, Lincs (Hudson III
and V)
RU No 414 Army Cooperation Sqn, Croydon, Surrey (Lysander III and
Tomahawk I and II)
TH No 418 (Intruder) Sqn, Debden, Essex (Boston III)
TM No 111 (Fighter) Sqn, Rockcliffe, ON (Kittyhawk I)
VD School of Army Cooperation, Rockcliffe, ON (Lysander II)
VZ No 412 (Fighter) Sqn, Wellingore, Lincs (Spitfire VB)
XE No 6 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Alliford Bay, BC (Shark II
and III and Stranraer)
YO No 8 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Sydney, NS (Bolingbroke I
and IV)
YO No 401 (Fighter) Sqn, Biggin Hill, Kent (Spitfire VB)
ZD No 116 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS (Canso A and
Catalina I and IB)