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880 Maritime Reconnaisance Squadron
Motto: Repérer Et Détruire (To Seek And To Destroy)
The squadron served as one of the Royal Canadian Navy's Anti-Submarine squadrons flying from the carriers HMCS Magnificent and HMCS Bonaventure as 825 Squadron. When the requirement for ASW was minimized the squadron was renumbered and its role changed in May 1951 and it became Utility Squadron VS 880 under the US Naval system of numbering in November 1952. Upon unification of the Forces the squadrons role was changed to that of Martime Reconnaisance which included sovereignty patrols, fisheries patrols, pollution control and fleet support. The squadron continued in this role until the closure of it base, CFB Summerside, in 1990. The squardron still exists as zero-strength squadron and has not been officially disbanded.
The squadron has operated the following aicraft during it tenure:
- Fairey Firefly
- Grumman Avenger
- CP-121 Tracker