426 Transport Training Squadron No. 426 (Thunderbird) Squadron RCAF
Active
15 October 1942 – 1 January 1946 1 August 1946 – September 1962 3 May 1971 until present day
Country
Canada
Branch
Royal Canadian Air Force
Nickname(s)
Thunderbirds
Motto(s)
On Wings of Fire
Battle honours
English Channel and North Sea 1943, Baltic 1943, Fortress Europe 1943–44, France and Germany 1944–45, Biscay Ports 1943–44, Ruhr 1943–45, Berlin 1943–44, German Ports 1943–45, Normandy 1944, Rhine, Biscay 1943
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry
A Thunderbird[1]
Squadron Codes
OW (Oct 1942 – Dec 1945)[2]
Aircraft flown
Transport
CC-130 Hercules E, H models
Military unit
426 Transport Training Squadron is a unit of the Canadian Forces under Royal Canadian Air Force, located at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario. It originated as a squadron in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) that fought during the Second World War as a bomber squadron.
The motto of the squadron is "On Wings of Fire" and the squadron's badge contains a Thunderbird. The badge refers to the squadron's Thunderbird designation.[3]
^Moyes 1976, p. 245.
^Cite error: The named reference raf.mod.uk/h426 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"426 Transport Training Squadron". www.airforce.forces.gc.ca. Retrieved 2008-01-23.[dead link]
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