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Royal Canadian Airforce

RCAF, Canadian Armed Forces, 7.12.1941
Royal Canadian Air Force

Administrative Order of Battle
7 December 1941
 
 
Command Aircraft Location and Status Commander      
HOME WAR ESTABLISHMENT
Air Force Headquarters   Ottawa, Ontario  
• No 12 (Communications) Sqn various aircraft Rockcliffe, Ontario  
Eastern Air Command
Headquarters   Halifax, Nova Scotia  
RCAF No 1 Group   St John's, Newfoundland  
• No 10 (Bomber Recon) Sqn Digby  Gander, Newfoundland  
• No 5 (Bomber Recon) Sqn Canso A Dartmouth, Nova Scotia  
• No 8 (Bomber Recon) Sqn Bolingbroke I & IV Sydney, Nova Scotia  
• No 11 (Bomber Recon) Sqn Hudson I Dartmouth, Nova Scotia  
  • Detatchment No 11 Sqdn Hudson I  Torbay, Newfoundland  
• No 116 (Bomber Recon) Sqn Canso A & Catalina I & IB Dartmouth, Nova Scotia   
• No 118 (Fighter) Sqn Goblin & Kittyhawk I Dartmouth, Nova Scotia  
• No 119 (Bomber Recon) Sqn Bolingbroke IV Yarmouth, Nova Scotia  
Western Air Command
Headquarters   Victoria, British Columbia  
• No 4 (Bomber Recon) Sqn Shark III & Stranraer Ucluelet, British Columbia  
• No 6 (Bomber Recon) Sqn Shark II & III & Stranraer Alliford Bay, British Columbia  
• No 13 (Training) Sqn Bolingbroke IV, Fairchild 71, Goose I, Hudson I, Lockheed 10B, Norseman IV & Stranraer Patricia Bay, British Columbia  
• No 115 (Fighter) Sqn Bolingbroke I & IV Patricia Bay, British Columbia  
• No 120 (Bomber Recon) Sqn Stranraer Patricia Bay, British Columbia  
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
• No 1 Training Command   Toronto, Ontario  
• No 2 Training Command   Winnipeg, Manitoba  
• No 3 Training Command   Montreal, Quebec  
   Conversion Training Sqn various training types Picton, Ontario  
   School of Army Cooperation Lysander II  Rockcliffe, Ontario  
• No 111 (Fighter) Sqn Kittyhawk I Rockcliffe, Ontario  
• No 4 Training Command   Calgary, Alberta  
OVERSEAS WAR ESTABLISHMENT
RAF Army Cooperation Command
RAF No 35 (Army Cooperation) Wing    
• No 400 Army Cooperation Sqn Tomahawk I, IIA & IIB Odiham, Hants  
• No 414 Army Cooperation Sqn Lysander III & Tomahawk I & II Croydon, Surrey  
RAF Bomber Command
RAF No 4 Group      
• No 405 (Bomber) Sqn Wellington II  Pocklington, Yorks  
RAF No 5 Group      
• No 408 (Bomber) Sqn Hampden I Syerston, Notts  
RAF Coastal Command
RAF No 16 Group      
• No 407 (Coastal Strike) Sqn Hudson III & V  North Coates, Lincs  
• No 415 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn Beaufort I Thorney Is, Hants  
RAF No 18 Group      
• No 404 (Coastal Fighter) Sqn Blenheim IV Sumburgh, Shetland Is  
• No 413 (General Recon) Sqn Catalina I, IB & IV Sullom Voe, Shetland Is  
RAF Fighter Command
RAF No 10 Group      
• No 402 (Fighter) Sqn Hurricane IIB(B) Warmwell, Dorset  
• No 417 (Fighter) Sqn Spitfire IIA & IIB Charmy Down, Som  
RAF No 11 Group      
• No 401 (Fighter) Sqn Spitfire VB Biggin Hill, Kent  
• No 403 (Fighter) Sqn Spitfire VB Martlesham Heath, Suffolk  
• No 411 (Fighter) Sqn Spitfire VB Hornchurch, Essex  
• No 418 (Intruder) Sqn Boston III Debden, Essex  
RAF No 12 Group      
Canadian Digby Wing   Digby, Lincs  
• No 412 (Fighter) Sqn Spitfire VB Wellingore, Lincs  
• No 409 (Night Fighter) Sqn Beaufighter IIF Coleby Grange, Lincs  
RAF No 13 Group      
• No 406 (Night Fighter) Sqn Beaufighter IIF & VIF Acklington, Northumb  
• No 410 (Night Fighter) Sqn Defiant IF Drem, E Loth, Scotland
"A" Flight at Acklington, Northumb
 
RAF No 14 Group      
• No 416 (Fighter) Sqn Spitfire IIA & IIB Peterhead, Aber, Scotland  
 
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