405 Long Range Patrol Squadron
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405 Long Range Patrol Squadron is a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) within the Canadian Forces, initially formed as No. 405 Squadron RCAF during the Second World War.
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405 Long Range Patrol Squadron | |
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Active | April 1941 – September 1945 April 1947–present |
Country | Canada |
Branch | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Role | Long Range Maritime Patrol |
Based at | CFB Greenwood, Gransden Lodge Airfield |
Motto(s) | Ducimus ("We Lead") |
Battle honours | Fortress Europe 1941–44 France & Germany Biscay Ports 1941–45 Ruhr 1941–45 Berlin 1941 German Ports 1941–45 Normandy 1944 Walcheren Rhine Biscay 1942–43 Arabian Sea[1] |
Insignia | |
Squadron Badge heraldry | An eagle's head erased, facing to the sinister and holding in the beak a sprig of maple. |
Aircraft flown | |
Bomber | Wellington Halifax Lancaster |
Patrol | C-45 Expeditor CP-127 (P2V-7) Neptune CP-107 Argus CP-140 Aurora |
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