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No. 401 Squadron RCAF
Second World War variant of the squadron badge
Active
  • 21 September 1937 – 1 March 1941 (as No. 1)
  • 1 March 1941 – 10 July 1945
  • 15 April 1946 – 23 June 1996
  • 30 June 2015 – present
CountryCanada
BranchRoyal Canadian Air Force
RoleFighter, Helicopter and Training
Nickname(s)City of Westmount, Ram
Motto(s)Mors celerrima hostibus (Latin for 'Very swift death for the enemy')
Battle honours
  • Battle of Britain, 1940
  • Defence of Britain, 1940–1944
  • English Channel and North Sea, 1942
  • Fortress Europe, 1941–1944
  • Dieppe
  • France and Germany, 1944–1945
  • Normandy, 1944
  • Arnhem
  • Rhine
Websitecanada.ca/en/air-force/corporate/squadrons/401-squadron.html Edit this at Wikidata
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant-Colonel Reid Surkan
Squadron CWOChief Warrant Officer Mark Riach
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryA Rocky Mountain sheep's head, caboshed[1]
Squadron CodesYO (July/August 1940 – May 1945)

No. 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron , a.k.a. "City of Westmount" Squadron (originally No. 1 Squadron), is a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron based at CFB Cold Lake. During World War II it was a fighter squadron and is notable for having fought in the Battle of Britain. Postwar, the squadron operated in Canada as an auxiliary squadron, reserve squadron and a helicopter and training squadron. In 2015 it was reactivated as a tactical fighter squadron.

  1. ^ Halley (1988), p.490.

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