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443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron
443e Escadron d'hélicoptères maritimes (French)
Active
  • 20 April 1942–15 March 1946
  • 12 September 1951–31 March 1964
  • 25 October 1974–present
Country443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron Canada
Branch443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force
RoleMaritime helicopter
Part of12 Wing Shearwater
BasePatricia Bay, British Columbia
Nickname(s)Hornet
Motto(s)Our sting is death
Battle honours
  • Fortress Europe, 1944
  • France and Germany, 1944–1945
  • Normandy, 1944
  • Arnhem
  • Rhine
  • Arabian Sea[1]
Websitercaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/squadron/443-squadron.page
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldryA hornet affronté[2]
Squadron codes=2I (Feb 1944 – Mar 1946)[3]
PF (Sep 1951 – 1958)[4]
Aircraft flown
AttackSupermarine Spitfire, North American Mustang, North American F-86 Sabre
HelicopterSikorsky CH-124 Sea King, CH-148 Cyclone
TrainerNorth American Harvard, Beechcraft Model 18

443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron (French: 443e Escadron d'hélicoptères maritimes) is a Canadian Armed Forces helicopter squadron under the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It was originally a Second World War RCAF squadron that operated as part of RAF Fighter Command in Europe with the Supermarine Spitfire.

  1. ^ Canadian DND – Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces 10th Edition – 2016, pg 46.
  2. ^ Halley 1988, p. 518.
  3. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 56.
  4. ^ Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 165.

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