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Motto: IN EXCELSIS VINCIMUS (We conquer in the heights)
Badge: A representation of the schooner Bluenose
Battle Honours: English Channel and North Sea 1943-1944, Baltic
1943-1944, Fortress Europe 1943-1944, France and Germany 1944-1945, Biscay Ports
1944, Ruhr 1943-1945, Berlin 1943-1944, German Ports 1944-1945, Normandy 1944,
Rhine
History: 434 Bomber Squadron formed at Tholthorpe, England, on 13 June
1943. They moved to RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on 15 June 1945 and
were disbanded there on 5 September 1945. They re-activated at RCAF Station
Uplands on 1 July 1952 as 434 Fighter Squadron and went to 3 Wing Zweibrucken 7
March 1953. They deactivated on 16 June 1962, re-activated 8 April 1963 as a
Strike/Attack Squadron and disbanded on 1 March 1967. 434 Operational Training
Squadron formed at CFB Cold Lake on 15 February 1968. They changed names to 434
Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron on 9 September 1970, and again on
2 April 1976 to 434 Tactical Fighter Squadron. On 15 July 1982, the squadron
moved to CFB Bagotville and then to CFB Chatham in July 1985. They disbanded on
1 June 1988. 434 Composite Squadron formed at CFB Shearwater on 4 July 1992,
changed names to a Combat Support Squadron and moved to 14 Wing Greenwood in the
summer of 1995, and was later disbanded with the retirement of the CT-133 Silver Star and CE/CP-144 Challengers.
Aircraft flown by 434 Squadron:
- Handley Page Halifax
- Avro Lancaster
- Canadair (North American) F-86 Sabre
- Canadair (Lockheed) CF-104 Starfighter
- Canadair (Northrop) CF-5 Freedom Fighter
- Canadair (Lockheed) CE/CT-33 Silver Star
- Canadair CC/CP/CE-144 Challenger
Information reproduced from
http://www.airforce.dnd.ca
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