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Squadrons Nos. 426 - 450
No. 426 Squadron
Nickname: Thunderbird
Squadrons Codes: OW (1940 -1946)
BC (1947 - 1948)
No. 427 Squadron
Nickname: Lion
Squadron Codes: ZL (1940 - 1946)
BB (1952 - 1958)
No. 428 Squadron
Nickname: Ghost
Squadron Codes: NA (1940 - 1946)
HG (1954 - 1958)
No. 429 Squadron
Nickname: Bison
Squadron Codes: AL (1940 - 1946)
No. 430 Squadron
Nickname: Silver Falcon, City of Sudbury
Squadron Codes: BH (1951 - 1958)
No. 431 Squadron
Nickname: Iroquois
Squadron Codes: SE (1940 - 1946)
No. 432 Squadron
Nickname: Leaside, Black Panther
Squadron Codes: QO (1940 - 1946)
DL (1954 - 1958)
No. 433 Squadron
Nickname: Porcupine
Squadron Codes: BM (1940 - 1946)
FG (1954 - 1958)
No. 434 Squadron
Nickname: Bluenose
Squadron Codes: WL (1940 - 1946)
BR (1952 - 1958)
No. 435 Squadron
Nickname: Chinthe
Squadron Codes: ODM (1945 - 1946)
BN (1947 - 1951)
No. 436 Squadron
Nickname: Elephant
Squadron Codes: ODN (1945 - 1946)
No. 437 Squadron
Nickname: Husky
Squadron Codes: Z2 (1940 - 1944)
ODO (1945 - 1946)
No. 438 Squadron
Nickname: Wildcat, City of Montreal
Squadron Codes: F3 (1940 - 1946)
BQ (1947 - 1958)
No. 439 Squadron
Nickname: Sabre-Toothed Tiger
Squadron Codes: 5V (1940 - 1946)
IG (1951 - 1958)
No. 440 Squadron
Nickname: Red Bat, City of Ottawa
Squadron Codes: I8 (1940 - 1946)
KE (1953 - 1958)
No. 441 Squadron
Nickname: Silver Fox
Squadron Codes: 9G (1940 - 1946)
BT (1951 - 1958)
No. 442 Squadron
Nickname: Caribou, Snake, City of Vancouver
Squadron Codes: Y2 (1940 - 1946)
BU (1947 - 1958)
No. 443 Squadron
Nickname: Hornet, City of New Westminster
Squadron Codes: 2I (1940 - 1946)
PF (1951 - 1948)
No. 444 Squadron
Nickname: Cobra
Squadron Codes: BV (1953 - 1958)
No. 445 Squadron
Nickname: Wolverine
No. 446 Squadron
Nickname: Griffon
No. 447 Squadron
No. 448 Squadron
No. 449 Squadron
Nickname: Unicorn
No. 450 Squadron
Nickname: Viking