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Motto: READY TO FIGHT
Badge: Argent a buffalo's head couped proper.
Battle Honours: Atlantic 1941-45, English Channel
and North Sea 1941-45, Baltic 1944-45, Normandy 1944, Biscay 1943-44
History: On 15 April 1941, 404 Coastal Fighter
Squadron formed at Thorney Island in England. Tasked with coastal patrol and
attack, the squadron flew the Bristol Beaufighter, doing so until they were
disbanded on 25 May 1945.
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404
Squadron - Overseas - 1942 |
The squadron was reformed on April 30, 1951, at RCAF
Station Greenwood as 404 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron. On 17 July 1956, 404
Squadron was redesignated as a Maritime Patrol squadron, and when the CP-140
Aurora came into service the title was changed again to 404 Maritime Patrol and
Training Squadron.
Aircraft flown by 404 Squadron:
- Bristol Blenheim
- Bristol Beaufighter
- de Havilland Mosquito
- Avro Lancaster
- Beech CT-128 (C-45) Expeditor
- Lockheed CP-122 (P2V-7) Neptune
- Canadair CP-107 Argus
- Lockheed CP-140 Aurora
Information reproduced from
http://www.airforce.dnd.ca
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404 Squadron's Website
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