No. 6 Group RCAF was a group of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) heavy bomber squadrons in Europe during the Second World War, between 1942 and 1945. The...
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in his commanding No. 6 Group RCAF in England from 28 February 1944 to 13 July 1945. During his command the performance of the RCAF was greatly improved...
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7, 1942. The squadron was initially assigned to No. 4 Group RAF. With the creation of No. 6 Group RCAF, the squadron was reallocated on January 1, 1943...
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had been taken over by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for training as part of No. 6 Group RCAF. The station is now the site of Croft Circuit, a motor...
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405 Long Range Patrol Squadron (redirect from No. 405 (Vancouver) Squadron RCAF)
1943, the squadron flew with No. 6 Group RCAF for short time before being selected for the elite No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group based at Gransden Lodge Airfield...
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Snowbirds (aerobatic team) (redirect from No. 431 Squadron RCAF)
part of the move to bring all RCAF squadrons into one operational group – No. 6 Group RCAF – and converted to Halifax B.V four-engined heavy bombers. In December...
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424 Transport and Rescue Squadron (redirect from No. 424 Squadron RCAF)
(later Mk Xs). It began operations on 15 January 1943, having joined No. 6 Group RCAF seeing moves to RAF Leeming, and then RAF Dalton. By the end of April...
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427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (redirect from No. 427 Squadron RCAF)
November 1942 and spent its wartime entirely in England as a part of No. 6 Group RCAF, part of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command. 427 flew Vickers...
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handed over from the RAF to the Royal Canadian Air Force (No. 4 Group RAF to No. 6 Group RCAF. Operations were concentrated at Leeming, Linton-on-Ouse...
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pushed for its bomber aircrew to be organised in one Group for greater recognition – No. 6 Group RCAF. Arnold correctly anticipated that the U.S. would have...
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September 1981) was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Base Commander of No. 62 Base, No. 6 Group RCAF in Yorkshire, England during the Second World War...
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History of the Royal Canadian Air Force (redirect from History of the RCAF)
in the RAF to RCAF, which became No. 6 Group RCAF of Bomber Command under Air Vice-Marshal G.E. Brookes. The air crews serving in 6 Group were based in...
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squadron was transferred to RAF Tholthorpe and became part of No. 6 Group RCAF. On 1 January 1944 No. 658 Squadron RAF moved to the airfield from RAF Clifton...
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in No. 6 Group RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, and RAF Ferry Command. Those posted to Home Defence in Canada served in RCAF Eastern Air Command or RCAF Western...
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425 Tactical Fighter Squadron (redirect from No. 425 Squadron RCAF)
on 5 September 1945 at RCAF Station Debert, less than three weeks after the Japanese surrender. The squadron was reformed at RCAF Station St Hubert in October...
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No. 432 Squadron RCAF was a squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force formed during the Second World War. It was first formed at RAF Skipton-on-Swale in...
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National Air Force Museum of Canada (redirect from RCAF Memorial Museum)
FK466 There are 29 memorials and cairns dedicated to RCAF squadrons and units: No. 6 Group RCAF No. 6 Repair Depot 306 Maple Leaf Wing RCAFA 405 Squadron...
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Eder. Formation No. 2, numbering five aircraft, piloted by Flt Lt Joe McCarthy (an American serving in the RCAF), P/O Vernon Byers (RCAF), Flt Lt Norman...
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No. 664 "Air Observation Post" Squadron RCAF was formed in England during the Second World War. It was manned principally by Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA)...
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the Second World War (for the headquarters of RAF Bomber Command's No. 6 Group RCAF) and in 1965. The family ceased to live there after the death of the...
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own bomber squadron known as "Porcupine Squadron No. 433", a heavy bomber unit of No. 6 group RCAF in Skipton-on-Swale, England. Timmins' economy suffered...
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during the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the 509th Composite Group, USAAF. Electronics portal Aviation portal List of radars List of World...
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In July 1944, the squadron was transferred to RAF Bomber Command's No. 6 Group (RCAF) and transitioned to East Moor. There, it re-equipped with Halifax...
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1 Canadian Air Division (redirect from No. 1 Air Division RCAF (Europe))
the place No. 1 Air Division (RCAF) after RCAF leaves France. 1968: The unified Canadian Armed Forces is created and No. 1 Canadian Air Group is reduced...
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Bomber Command's No. 6 Group RCAF, and along with the main station at Topcliffe and the station at Dishforth, was designated part of No. 61 (Training) Base...
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RAF Topcliffe (redirect from No. 635 Volunteer Gliding School)
to No. 6 Group RCAF and became a training station. No. 61 (RCAF) Base RAF was here between 25 March 1943 and November 1944 and became No. 76 (RCAF) Base...
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RAF Linton-on-Ouse (redirect from No. 642 Volunteer Gliding School)
(RCAF) Group RAF No. 6 Group Communication Flight RCAF No. 7 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF No. 12 Blind Approach Training Flight RAF became No....
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relations plan, the town of Leaside officially "adopted" No. 432 Squadron RCAF of No. 6 Group RCAF. Formed and adopted on 1 May 1943, the squadron took the...
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Unlike Canada, which concentrated its heavy bomber squadrons into No. 6 Group RCAF in 1943, the RAAF squadrons in Bomber Command were always part of British...
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and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Bomber Command station during the Second World War. It was located in County Durham, 6 mi (9.7 km) east of Darlington...
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