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415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron
415e Escadron de développement de la force de patrouille à long rayon d'action
Argent a swordfish proper variant
Active1941-1945, 1961-2005, 2015-
Country415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron Canada
BranchCanada Royal Canadian Air Force
RoleMaritime patrol
Part of14 Wing Greenwood
Based atCFB Greenwood
Nickname(s)Swordfish
Motto(s)Latin: Ad metam, lit. 'To the mark'
EngagementsSecond World War
  • Battle of the Atlantic
  • Strategic bombing of Europe
Battle honours
  • Atlantic, 1942
  • English Channel and North Sea, 1942–44
  • France and Germany, 1944–45
  • Biscay Ports, 1944
  • Ruhr, 1944–45
  • German Ports, 1944–45
  • Normandy 1944
  • Rhine
  • Biscay, 1942–43[1]
  • Arabian Sea[2]
Websitercaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/squadron/415-squadron.page Edit this at Wikidata
Aircraft flown
BomberHandley Page Hampden, Vickers Wellington, Fairey Albacore, Handley Page Halifax
PatrolLockheed CP-140 Aurora
ReconnaissanceCanadair CP-107 Argus

415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron is an air squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force that first saw service during the Second World War.

  1. ^ http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-4/2561-eng.asp DND Directorate of History and Heritage
  2. ^ Canadian Department of National Defence - Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces 10th Edition - 2016, pg 46.

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