415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron

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-
Country Canada
Branch 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 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
  • Arabian Sea
Websitewww.canada.ca/en/air-force/corporate/squadrons/415-squadron.html
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.

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