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443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron

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for an air-firing course the squadron missed the Luftwaffe's New Year's attack on Allied airfields. Unlike its two fellow squadrons, it did not return to Britain, but stayed on the continent, following the Allied armies advance into Germany equipped with the Spitfire Mk. XVI. With the end of the war
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Canadian Department of National Defence – Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces 10th Edition – 2016. Accessed 14 March 2019
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until late 1943, when it was selected for overseas service. Arriving in Britain on 8 February 1944, it was redesignated No. 443 Squadron at
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Originally formed as No. 127 (Fighter) Squadron in the fighter role in July 1942, it operated along the East Coast of Canada (Including
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role. It was now heavily involved in ground attack sorties and continued to move forward following the Allied advance through
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RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912
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XXA where VC was the civil code used by the RCAF replacing CF-, XX was the unit code and A was the aircraft ID letter
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Combat Codes: A full explanation and listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied air force unit codes since 1938
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the squadron carried out deep penetration missions using 90-imperial-gallon (410 L) drop tanks. During the
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Non-standard code as unit using OW added L. Letters normally denoted parent Command, aircraft type (L
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themselves, the squadron provided low-level fighter cover and on 15 June it moved to France in the
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after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. As of March 2019, the squadron operates three
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the squadron joined the British Air Forces of Occupation until disbanding at
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to maintain its close air support of the ground forces. Having returned to
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Aircraft administered and serviced by the RCAF but manned by the
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The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988
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51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron
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on Vancouver Island. In 1995 the squadron changed its name to
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A Spitfire Mark IX of No. 443 Squadron taxies to dispersal at
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helicopter in support of Canadian Forces warships in the
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No. 443 was reactivated again on 25 October 1974 as
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Index


Royal Canadian Air Force
12 Wing Shearwater
Patricia Bay
Battle honours
rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/squadron/443-squadron.page
Attack
Supermarine Spitfire
North American Mustang
North American F-86 Sabre
Helicopter
Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King
CH-148 Cyclone
Trainer
North American Harvard
Beechcraft Model 18
Canadian Armed Forces
Royal Canadian Air Force
Vancouver Island
Second World War
RAF Fighter Command
Supermarine Spitfire

B-2 Bazenville
RCAF Gander
Hawker Hurricanes
Bournemouth
RAF Digby
Article XV squadrons
Spitfire Mk. Vs

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