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Orders 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 |
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No. 13 (P) Squadron - Rockcliffe, On |
Mitchell, Canso |
No. 9 (Transport) Group - HQ Rockcliffe, On |
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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 |
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No. 170 (Ferry) Squadron - Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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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 |
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No. 419 (B) Squadron - Yarmouth, NS |
Lancaster X |
No. 428 (B) Squadron - Yarmouth, NS |
Lancaster X |
No. 662 (HB) Wing, HQ Dartmouth, NS |
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No. 431 (B) Squadron - Dartmouth, NS |
Lancaster X |
No. 434 (B) Squadron - Dartmouth, NS |
Lancaster X |
No. 663 (HB) Wing, HQ Debert, NS |
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No. 420 (B) Squadron - Debert, NS |
Lancaster X |
No. 425 (B) Squadron - Debert, NS |
Lancaster X |
No. 664 (HB) Wing, HQ Greenwood, NS |
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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 |
| 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 |
