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No. 10 Squadron RCAF
Active5 September 1939 – 15 August 1945
Disbanded15 August 1945
Country Canada
Branch Royal Canadian Air Force
RoleBomber Reconnaissance
Part ofEastern Air Command
Nickname(s)North Atlantic Squadron
EngagementsSecond World War
Battle honoursNorth-West Atlantic 1940–1945
Insignia
Squadron CodesPB (Aug 1939 - May 1942),
JK (May - Oct 1942)
Aircraft flown
BomberWestland Wapiti Mk.IIA
Douglas Digby
Consolidated Liberator III, V & VI
Military unit

No. 10 (Army Cooperation) Squadron RCAF was formed on 5 October 1932 and renumbered as No. 110 Squadron on 15 November 1937, and then as No. 400 Squadron on 1 March 1941, as the first of the Article XV squadrons, manned and led by Canadians, but equipped with aircraft provided by the British. No. 10 (Bomber) Squadron RCAF was a new, unrelated unit that was formed by the Royal Canadian Air Force on 5 September 1939 for anti-submarine warfare using the same, now disused squadron number, and was active for the duration of the Second World War.

While based on the east coast of Canada and Newfoundland it established an RCAF record for 22 attacks on U-boats and successfully sank 3, garnering the unofficial nickname of North Atlantic Squadron. The squadron flew the Westland Wapiti, Douglas Digby, and Consolidated Liberator.

Victories

  • 30 October 1942 – U-520
  • 19 September 1943 – U-341
  • 26 October 1943 – U-420

References

  1. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-4/h0017-eng.asp DND Directorate of History and Heritage
  2. Kostenuk, 1977, p.40
  3. Kostenuk, 1977, p.31
  4. http://www.rcaf.com/Squadrons/squadronDetail.php?No.-10-Squadron-20 www.rcaf.com

Bibliography

  • Kostenuk, S.; Griffin, J. (1977). RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft: 1924–1968. Toronto, ON: Samuel Stevens, Hakkert & Co. p. 31. ISBN 978-0888665775.
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