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424 Squadron Royal Canadian
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Motto: CASTINGANDOS CASTIGAMUS - We chastise those who deserve to be chastised
HistoryNo. 424 Squadron fornfed at Topcliffe on 15 October 1942 for bomber duties. As part of No. 4 Group it was initially equipped with Vickers Wellington Mk IIIs then Mk Xs, beginning operations in January 1943. After four months of bombing Germany it went to Kairouan in North Africa, bombing targets in Sicily and Italy in support of the invasions of these countries, then returned to become part of the newly-formed No. 6 Group, Bomber Command, at Skipton-on-Swale in November 1943. It now re-equipped with Handley Page Halifax Mk IIIs, which it began operating before the year was out. These it flew in the night offensive aganst Germany for a whole year until, in January 1945, it was re-equipped with Avro Lancaster Mk Is and Mk IIIs. After briefly converting to these the squadron was back on operations until its final sortie in April. Thereafter it flew on services repatriating POWs from Europe before disbanding at Skipton on 15 October 1945.
(Source and ©: rcaf.com)
Relevant Websites
rcaf.com
424 Squadron Research Project
Chris Barrett's pages on 424 squadron
Casualties of the squadron, buried in the Netherlands.
Number of known casualties: 22
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