| No. 7 Squadron RCAF | |
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| Active | 1935-1939, 1941-1945 |
| Disbanded | 25 July 1945 |
| Country |  Canada |
| Branch | .svg) Royal Canadian Air Force |
| Role | Bomber Reconnaissance |
| Part of | RCAF Western Air Command |
| Battle honours | Pacific Coast 1941-1945[1] |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Patrol | Blackburn Shark Mk.III Supermarine Stranraer Consolidated Canso Consolidated Catalina |
| Transport | Fairchild 71 Bellanca Pacemaker |
No. 7 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron was aRoyal Canadian Air Force squadron that was active during theSecond World War.
It was amalgamated from various Rockcliffe based flights on 29 January 1936 atRCAF Station Rockcliffe nearOttawa, Ontario, asNo. 7 (General Purpose) Squadron and was disbanded on 10 September 1939 to allow its personnel to bring more critical combat units up to strength with the start of theSecond World War.[2]
It was reformed atRCAF Station Prince Rupert on 8 December 1941 as an anti-submarine unit withRCAF Western Air Command. The squadron flew theBlackburn Shark,Supermarine Stranraer,Consolidated Canso andConsolidated Catalina before disbanding a final time on 25 July 1945.[3]
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1Aircraft administered and serviced by the RCAF but manned 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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