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Formed as a Heavy Transport unit at Rockcliffe, Ontario on October 18, 1943. The squadron flew Fortress and Liberator aircraft in delivering mail to Canadian servicemen in the United Kingdom and on the Continent until disbanded on April 21, 1946.
Representative Aircraft
- Lodestar (October 1943 - January 1944)
- Fortress IIA (December 1943 - April 1946)
- Dakota I/III/IV (February 1944 - April 1946)
- B-24J Liberator (August 1944 - April 1946)
- Liberator C.IV (October 1945 - April 1946)
Operational History
- Trans-Atlantic Mail Flights: 332 Liberator, 240 Fortress, 64 Dakota
- Flying Hours: 26,417
- Airlifted: 2,245,269 pounds of mail; including 9,125,000 letters 2,762,771 pound of freight, 42,057 passengers
- Casualties: 5 aircraft; 18 personal killed or missing, 7 injured
Honours & Awards
1 DFC, 8 AFC's, 1 AFM, 1 BEM, 1 Croix de Guerre (French)
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