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THE HISTORY OF CANADA'S AIR FORCE

RCAF Order of Battle September 10, 1939

Home War Establishment - Canada Declares War on Germany

Eastern Air Command - HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia

• No. 10 (B) Squadron - Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Westland Wapiti
• No. 116 (F) Squadron (Aux) - Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • non-assigned
• No. 5 (GR) Squadron - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Supermarine Stranraer
• No. 8 (GP) Squadron - Sydney, Nova Scotia
  • Northrop Delta
• No. 2 (AC) Squadron - Saint John, New Brunswick
  • Armstrong-Whitworth Atlas
• No. 117 (CAC) Squadron - Saint John, New Brunswick
  • non-assigned
• No. 1 (F) Squadron - St. Hubert, Quebec
  • Hawker Huricane Mk I

Western Air Command - HQ Vancouver, British Columbia

• No. 4 (GR) Squadron - Jericho Beach, BC
  • Supermarine Stranraer
• No. 6 (TB) Squadron - Jericho Beach, BC
  • Blackburn Shark
• No. 111 (CAC) Squadron (Aux) - Sea Island, BC
  • Avro 621, 626
• No. 112 (AC) Squadron (Aux) - Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Avro 626
• No. 120 (B) Squadron (Aux) - Regina, Saskatchewan
  • deHavilland D.H. 82a Tiger Moth

Air Training Command - HQ Toronto, Ontario

• No. 111 (AC) Squadron (Aux) - Toronto, Ontario
  • Avro 626
• No. 114 (B) Squadron (Aux) - London, Ontario
  • non-assigned
• No. 119 (B) Squadron (Aux) - Hamilton, Ontario
  • deHavilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth

Air Force Headquarters - HQ Ottawa, Ontario

• No. 7 (GP) Squadron - Rockcliffe, Ontario
  • Fairchild FC 71, Bellanca Pacemaker
• No. 115 (F) Squadron (Aux) - Montreal, Quebec
  • Fleet Fawn
• No. 118 (B) Squadron (Aux) - Montreal, Quebec
  • DH 60 Moth
• No. 121 (B) Squadron (Aux) - Quebec City, Quebec
  • non-assigned

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