Nickname: Osprey
Formed as a Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on May 19, 1942 with Canso A aircraft, the squadron spent an uneventful eighteen months on East Coast anti-submarine duty. In January 1944 it was lent to RAF Coastal Command and stationed in Iceland to cover the mid-ocean portion of the North Atlantic shipping route. During June and July, the squadron operated from Wick, Scotland and scored a series of brilliant sucesses by sinking four German submarines, and sharing a fifth, that were attempting to break through the North Transit Area to attack the Allied D-Day invasion fleet. In one of these engagements F/L D.E. Hornell won the Victoria Cross. The Squadron was disbanded at Sydney, Nova Scotia on August 7, 1945.
1 VC, 2 DSO's, 2 MBE's, 16 DFC's, 3 AFC's, 4 DFM's, 1 BEM, 21 MiD's