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| No. 422 (Flying Yachtsman) Squadron RCAF | |
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| Active | 1942-1980 |
| Country |  Canada |
| Branch | .svg) Royal Canadian Air Force |
| Nickname | Flying Yachtsman Tomahawk |
| Equipment | Canadair CF-104 Starfighter |
| Battle honours | Atlantic 1942-45, English Channel and North Sea 1944-45, Normandy 1944, Biscay 1944-45, Arctic 1942.[1] |
No. 422 Squadron RCAF was a unit of theRoyal Canadian Air Force, formed duringWorld War II.
422 General Reconnaissance Squadron formed atRAF Castle Archdale near Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, in April 1942. It was a flying-boat squadron, flying Cansos andShort Sunderlands to patrol the North Atlantic for GermanU-boats. They were redesignated aTransport Squadron in June 1945, and disbanded in September 1945.[2]
The squadron was reformed atRCAF Station Uplands in January 1953 as422 Fighter Squadron. The squadron went to 4 WingRCAF Station Baden-Soellingen in August 1953, becoming part of theCanadian Armed Forces in 1968. Becoming422 Fighter Squadron, CAF, it remaining there until deactivation in July 1970.[2]
The squadron was reactivated as422 Tactical Helicopter Squadron in January 1971, and remained a helicopter squadron until it was disbanded in August 1980.[2]
422 General Reconnaissance Squadron
422 Fighter Squadron
422 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
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1Aircraft administered and serviced by the RCAF but crewed by theRoyal Canadian Artillery. 2 Non-standard code as unit using OW added L. Letters normally denoted parent Command, aircraft type (LLiberator transport, DDakota etc), unit, and individual aircraft. 3 VC .svg) XXA where VC was the civil code used by the RCAF replacing CF-, XX was the unit code and A was the aircraft ID letter4 XX nnn where XX was the unit code and nnn was the last 3 digits of the serial number. Unit code was replaced with "RCAF" in 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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