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THE HISTORY OF CANADA'S AIR FORCE

RCAF Order of Battle January 1, 1943

Home War Establishment

Eastern Air Command - HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia

• No. 10 (BR) Squadron - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Douglas Digby
• No. 11 (BR) Squadron - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Lockheed Hudson III
• No. 116 (BR) Squadron - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Consolidated Catalina
• No. 117 (BR) Squadron - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Consolidated Canso A
• No. 126 (F) Squadron - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Hawker Hurricane Mk I
• No. 129 (F) Squadron - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Hawker Hurricane Mk I
• No. 121 (K) Squadron - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • various
• No. 113 (BR) Squadron - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Lockheed Hudson III
• No. 162 (BR) Squadron - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Consolidated Canso A
• No. 119 (BR) Squadron - Sydney, Nova Scotia
  • Lockheed Hudson III
• No. 128 (F) Squadron - Sydney, Nova Scoatia
  • Hawker Hurricane Mk I
• No. 130 (F) Squadron - Bagotville, Quebec
  • Hawker Hurricane Mk XII
No. 1 Group, HQ St. John's, Newfoundland
• No. 5 (BR) Squadron - Gander, Nfld.
  • Consolidated Canso A
• No. 127 (F) Squadron - Gander, Nfld.
  • Hawker Hurricane Mk I
• No. 145 (BR) Squadron - Torbay, Nfld.
  • Lockheed Hudson III
• No. 125 (F) Squadron - Torbay, Nfld.
  • Hawker Hurricane Mk I
No. 12 (Operational Training) Group, HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia
• No. 31 (RAF) OTU - Derbert, Nova Scotia
  • ferry
• No. 32 (RAF) OTU - Patricia Bay, British Columbia
  • torpedo bomber
• No. 34 (RAF) OTU - Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick
  • light bomber
• No. 1 (RCAF) OTU - Bagotville, Quebec
  • fighter
• No. 3 (RCAF) OTU - Patricia Bay, British Columbia
  • bomber reconaissance

Western Air Command - HQ Vancouver, British Columbia

No. 2 Group, HQ Victoria, British Columbia
• No. 147 (BR) Squadron - Sea Island, British Columbia
  • Bristol Bolingbroke Mk II
• No. 14 (F) Squadron - Sea Island, British Columbia
  • Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk I
• No. 149 (TB) Squadron - Patricia Bay, British Columbia
  • Bristol Beaufort
• No. 135 (F) Squadron - Patricia Bay, British Columbia
  • Hawker Hurricane Mk XII
• No. 122 (K) Squadron - Patricia Bay, British Columbia
  • various
• No. 4 (BR) Squadron - Ucluelet, British Columbia
  • Consolidated Canso A
• No. 120 (BR) Squadron - Coal Harbour, British Columbia
  • Supermarine Stranraer
• No. 132 (F) Squadron - Tofino, British Columbia
  • Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk I
• No. 133 (F) Squadron - Boundary Bay, British Columbia
  • Hawker Hurricane Mk XII
No. 4 Group, HQ Prince Rupert, British Columbia
• No. 6 (BR) Squadron - Alliford Bay, British Columbia
  • Supermarine Stranraer
• No. 7 (BR) Squadron - Prince Rupert, British Columbia
  • Blackburn Shark
• No. 9 (BR) Squaron - Bella Bella, British Columbia
  • Supermarine Stranraer

RCAF Wings, Detached Operations, Alaska, USA

"X" Wing, HQ Anchorage, Alaska, USA
• No. 8 (BR) Squadron - Anchorage, Alaska
  • Bristol Bolingbroke Mk IV
  Note: No. 8 (BR) Squadron transferred to Sea Island on February 26, 1942; replaced with No. 14 (F) Squaron with Kittyhawk Mk I's on March 3, 1943.
• No. 111 (F) Squadron - Kodiak, Alaska
  • Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk I
"Y" Wing, HQ Annette Island, Alaska
• No. 115 (BR) Squadron
  • Bristol Bolingbroke Mk IV
• No. 118 (F) Squadron
  • Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk I

Air Force Headquarters - HQ Ottawa, Ontario

• No. 12 (Comm) Squadron - Rockcliffe, Ontario
  • various
• No. 124 (Ferry) Squadron - Rockcliffe, Ontario

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