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400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron

[400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron] image located by Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023
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The Standard for a Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force charged with the Badge of the 400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (Argent two tomahawks in saltire Or surmounted by an eagle’s head erased Gules, all within the Badge Frame for Flying Squadrons, its scroll inscribed PERCUSSURI VIGILES), flanked by scrolls Argent inscribed in letters Sable, those to the dexter with FORTRESS EUROPE, 1941-1944 / FORTERESSE DE L’EUROPE, 1941-1944; DIEPPE; ARNHEM; those to the sinister with BISCAY, 1942-1943 / GOLFE DE GASCOGNE, 1942-1943; NORMANDY, 1944 / NORMANDIE, 1944; RHINE / RHIN; and that in base inscribed FRANCE AND GERMANY, 1944-1945 / FRANCE ET ALLEMAGNE, 1944-1945
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Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023


401 Tactical Fighter Squadron

[401 Tactical Fighter Squadron] image located by Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023
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The Standard for a Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force charged with the Badge of the 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron (Argent a mountain sheep’s head caboshed Sable accorné Or, all within the Badge Frame for Flying Squadrons, its scroll inscribed MORS CELERRIMA HOSTIBUS), flanked by scrolls Argent inscribed in letters Sable, those to the dexter with BATTLE OF BRITAIN, 1940 / BATAILLE D’ANGLETERRE, 1940; ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA, 1942 / MANCHE ET MER DU NORD, 1942; FRANCE AND GERMANY, 1944-1945 / FRANCE ET ALLEMAGNE, 1944-1945; DIEPPE; those to the sinister with DEFENCE OF BRITAIN, 1940-1944 / DÉFENSE DE L’ANGLETERRE, 1940-1944; FORTRESS EUROPE, 1941-1944 / FORTERESSE DE L’EUROPE, 1941-1944; NORMANDY, 1944 / NORMANDIE, 1944; ARNHEM
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Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023


404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron

[404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron] image located by Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023
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The Standard for a Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force charged with the Badge of the 404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron (Argent a bison’s head couped proper, all within the Badge Frame for Flying Squadrons, its scroll inscribed READY TO FIGHT), flanked by scrolls Argent inscribed in letters Sable, those to the dexter with ATLANTIC, 1941-1945 / ATLANTIQUE, 1941-1945; BALTIC, 1944-1945 / BALTIQUE, 1944-1945; those to the sinister with ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA, 1941-1945 / MANCHE ET MER DU NORD, 1941-1945; NORMANDY, 1944 / NORMANDIE, 1944; and that in base with BISCAY, 1943-1944 / GOLFE DE GASCOGNE, 1943-1944
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Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023


409 Tactical Fighter Squadron

[409 Tactical Fighter Squadron] image located by Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023
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The Standard for a Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force charged with the Badge of the 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron (Argent a cloak Sable its cord and lining Azure surmounted by a crossbow Or, all within the Badge Frame for Flying Squadrons, its scroll inscribed MEDIA NOX MERIDIES NOSTER), flanked by scrolls Argent inscribed in letters Sable, those to the dexter with DEFENCE OF BRITAIN, 1941-1944 / DÉFENSE DE L’ANGLETERRE, 1941-1944; FRANCE AND GERMANY, 1944-1945 / FRANCE ET ALLEMAGNE, 1944-1945; those to the sinister with FORTRESS EUROPE, 1942-1944 / FORTERESSE DE L’EUROPE, 1942-1944; NORMANDY, 1944 / NORMANDIE, 1944; and that in base with RHINE / RHIN
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Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023


417 Combat Support Squadron

[417 Combat Support Squadron] image located by Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023
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The Standard for a Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force charged with the Badge of the 417 Combat Support Squadron (Argent a sword bendwise Azure and a fasces bendwise sinister Gules surmounting a palm tree Or, all within the Badge Frame for Flying Squadrons, its scroll inscribed SUPPORTING LIBERTY AND JUSTICE), flanked by scrolls Argent inscribed in letters Sable, those to the dexter with DEFENCE OF BRITAIN, 1942 / DÉFENSE DE L’ANGLETERRE, 1942; NORTH AFRICA, 1943 / AFRIQUE DU NORD, 1943; ITALY, 1943-1945 / ITALIE, 1943-1945; ANZIO AND NETTUNO / ANZIO ET NETTUNO; those to the sinister with EGYPT AND LIBYA, 1942-1943 / ÉGYPTE ET LIBYE, 1942-1943; SICILY, 1943 / SICILE, 1943; SALERNO / SALERNE; GUSTAV LINE / LIGNE GUSTAV; and that in base with ARABIAN SEA / MER D’ARABIE
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418 Squadron

[Royal Canadian Air Force 418 Squadron flag] image by Darrell Neuman, 11 November 2010

This picture is of a World War 2 era flag which is on display at the Edmonton Air Museum. The illustration, presented to Captain Tom Langeste in October 1990 is of the flag of 418 Squadron RCAF, which was Canada's highest-scoring squadron in WWII, in terms of both air-to-air and air-to-ground kills, and in terms of both day and night operations. Depicted in the middle of the flag is the Squadron badge which features an Inuit hunter in traditional clothes and spear with the Northern Lights in the background. The Squadron motto in Inuktitut is Piyautailili ('Defend Even Unto Death').
Darrell Neuman, 11 November 2010

Detail of badge

[Royal Canadian Air Force 418 Squadron flag] image by Darrell Neuman, 11 November 2010


429 Transport Squadron

[429 Transport Squadron flag] image located by Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023
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The Standard for a Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force charged with the Badge of the 429 Transport Squadron (Argent on a grassy mount Vert a bison preparing to charge Gules unguled and accorné Or, all within the Badge Frame for Flying Squadrons, its scroll inscribed FORTUNAE NIHIL), flanked by scrolls Argent inscribed in letters Sable, those to the dexter with ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA, 1943-1945 / MANCHE ET MER DU NORD, 1943-1945; FORTRESS EUROPE, 1943-1944 / FORTERESSE DE L’EUROPE, 1943-1944; BERLIN, 1943-1944; NORMANDY, 1944 / NORMANDIE, 1944; those to the sinister with BALTIC, 1943-1945 / BALTIQUE, 1943-1945; BISCAY, 1943-1944 / GOLFE DE GASCOGNE, 1943-1944; FRANCE AND GERMANY, 1944-1945 / FRANCE ET ALLEMAGNE, 1944-1945; RHINE / RHIN; and that in base with AFGHANISTAN
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Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023


435 Transport and Rescue Squadron

[435 Transport and Rescue Squadron flag] image located by Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023
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The Standard for a Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force charged with the Badge of the 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron (Argent a chinthe on a plinth Or, all within the Badge Frame for Flying Squadrons, its scroll inscribed CERTI PROVEHENDI), above a scroll in base Argent inscribed in letters Sable BURMA, 1944-1945 / BIRMANIE, 1944-1945
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Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023


440 Transport Squadron

[440 Transport Squadron flag] image located by Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023
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The Standard for a Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force charged with the Badge of the 440 Transport Squadron (Argent a bat displayed Gules surmounting a cloud Argent, all within the Badge Frame for Flying Squadrons, its scroll inscribed KA GANAWAITAK SAGUENAY), flanked by scrolls Argent inscribed in letters Sable, those to the dexter with FORTRESS EUROPE, 1944 / FORTERESSE DE L’EUROPE, 1944; ALEUTIANS, 1942-1943 / ALÉOUTIENNES, 1942-1943; ARNHEM; those to the sinister with FRANCE AND GERMANY, 1944-1945 / FRANCE ET ALLEMAGNE, 1944-1945; NORMANDY, 1944 / NORMANDIE, 1944; RHINE / RHIN
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Dave Fowler, 21 December 2023