426 Squadron

General Information:

Based:

• RAF Station Dishforth, Yorkshire. 15 October 1942 – 17 June 1943
• RAF Station Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, England – 18 June 1943 – 24 May 1945.
• RCAF Station Dartmouth – – 1 August 1946 – March 1947
• RCAF Station Lachine – March 1947 –
• McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Washington, USA – July 1950 – July 1951
• RCAF Station Lachine – July 1951 – August 1959
• RCAF Station Trenton – September 1959 – December 1961
• RCAF Station St Hubert – January 1962 – September 1962
• CFB Trenton – July 1971 – Present

Years Active:1949 – 1962

Aircraft Used:

• Vickers Wellington Mk.III – October 1942 – April 1943
• Vickers Wellington, Bomber Mk.X – March 1943 – June 1943
• Avro Lancaster, Bomber Mk.II – July 1943 – May 1944
• Handley Page Halifax, Bomber Mk.III – April 1944 – June 1944, December 1944 – March 1945
• Handley Page Halifax, Bomber Mk.VII – June 1944 – May 1945
• Consolidated Liberator, Cargo Mk.VI – July 1945 – December 1945
• Consolidated Liberator, Cargo Mk.VIII – July 1945 – December 1945
• Dakota
• Lodestar
• North Star

Commanding Officer / Officer Commanding:

Wing Commander Sedley Selby Blanchard Killed in action.	15 October 1942 – 14 February 1943
Wing Commander Leslie Crooks, DSO, DFC Killed in action (RAF)	15 February 1943 – 17 August 1943
Wing Commander W.H. Swetman, DSO, DFC	18 August 1943 – 4 April 1944
Wing Commander E.C. Hamber, DFC	8 April 1944 – 10 July 1944
Wing Commander C.W. Burgess	11 July 1944 – 2 January 1945
Wing Commander Fitzroy Cavendish Carling-Kelly Prisoner of War	3 January 1945 – 28 January 45
Wing Commander C.M. Black, DFC	29 January 1945 – 24 May 45
Wing Commander D.R. Miller, AFC	25 May 1945 – 11 December 1945.
Wing Commander J.F. Green, DFC	12 December 1945 – 1 January 1946.
Wing Commander C.A. Willis, DFC	August 1946 – February 1947
Wing Commander C.G.W. Chapman, DSO	March 1947 – February 1949
Wing Commander C.H. Mussells, OBE, DSO, DFC	February 1949 – March 1951
Wing Commander J.K.F. MacDonald, DFC, CD	June 1951 – August 1952
Wing Commander H.W. Lupton, AFC	September 1952 – July 1955
Wing Commander A.J. Mackie, DFC, CD	July 1955 – November 1959
Wing Commander J.O. Maitland, CD	November 1959 – October 1961
Wing Commander A.J. Mackie, DFC, CD	October 1961 – September 1962
Lieutenant Colonel D. Kuhn	July 1971 –

Battle Honors:

ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA	1943
BALTIC	1943
BISCAY	1943
FORTRESS EUROPE	1943-1944
FRANCE AND GERMANY	1944-1945
Biscay Ports	1943-1944
Ruhr	1943-1945
Berlin	1943-1944
German Ports,	1943-1945
Normandy	1944
Rhine

Daily Diary / Historical Reports / ORB Links:

Key Dates / Notes:

1 August 1946 – Reform Squadron at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

• Organization Order 332
• Amendment 1 – 5 October 1946

1 March 1947 – Squadron Relocated to Dorval, Quebec

• Organization Order 847

May 1949 – Reissue all Organization Orders

• Organization Order 76/49

July 1950 – Unit operating out of McChord Air Force Base Tacoma, Washington, USA. The unit was located here to support operations on the Pacific Airlift.

• Organization Order 39/50

1 July 1951 – Relocate Squadron Back to Dorval, Quebec

• Organization Order 71/51
• Amendment 1 – 10 July 1951
• Amendment 2 – 22 August 1951
• Amendment 3 – 2 February 1952

December 1954 – Rewrite of all organization orders

• Organization Order 8.2.1
• Amendment 1 – 8 August 1955
• Amendment 2 – 30 November 1960

After 1 January 1961 – Squadron relocated to RCAF Station St Hubert, Quebec from RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario.

• Organization order 8.9.1
• Organization Order 8.21(L)

31 August 1962 – Squadron disbanded at RCAF Station St Hubert, Quebec. A rear party was to be maintained to continue supporting the Pisa component until their closeout on 9 September 1962.

• ATCHQ Organization Directive 15/62
• Organization Order 8.21(L)

Ephemera:

Internal Links:

External Links:

• Government of Canada
• Wikipedia