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Orders of Battle
June 6, 1944
Home War Establishment - Allied Invasion of Europe
Air Force Headquarters - Ottawa, Ontario
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 |
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| 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 |
| Squadrons Glossary | |||
| (B) | Bomber | (F) | Fighter |
| (GR) | General Reconnaissance | (GP) | General Purpose |
| (AC) | Army Co-operation | (CAC) | Coast Artillery Co-operation |
| (TB) | Torpedo Bomber | (Aux) | Auxillary Squadron |
| (Comm) | Communication | (K) | Composite |
| (BR) | Bomber Reconnaissance | OTU | Operational Training Unit |
| 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 |
