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405 Long Range Patrol Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	405 Long Range Patrol Squadron
image	No._405_Squadron_RCAF_badge.jpg
dates	April 1941 – September 1945
April 1947–present
country
branch	CAN Royal Canadian Air Force
role	Long Range Maritime Patrol
garrison	CFB Greenwood, Gransden Lodge Airfield
garrison_label	Based at
motto	Ducimus ("We Lead")
battle_honours	Fortress Europe 1941–44
France & Germany Biscay Ports 1941–45
Ruhr 1941–45
Berlin 1941
German Ports 1941–45
Normandy 1944
Walcheren Rhine Biscay 1942–43
Arabian Sea
Libya
identification_symbol	An eagle's head erased, facing to the sinister and holding in the beak a sprig of maple.
identification_symbol_label	Squadron Badge heraldry
aircraft_bomber	Wellington
Halifax
Lancaster
aircraft_patrol	C-45 Expeditor
CP-127 (P2V-7) Neptune
CP-107 Argus
CP-140 Aurora

April 1947–present France & Germany Biscay Ports 1941–45 Ruhr 1941–45 Berlin 1941 German Ports 1941–45 Normandy 1944 Walcheren Rhine Biscay 1942–43 Arabian Sea Libya Halifax Lancaster CP-127 (P2V-7) Neptune CP-107 Argus CP-140 Aurora 405 Long Range Patrol Squadron is a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) within the Canadian Forces, initially formed as No. 405 Squadron RCAF during the Second World War.

Service history

World War II

No. 405 Squadron RCAF was formed at Driffield, Yorkshire, on 23 April 1941 as an Article XV squadron and equipped with the Vickers Wellington bomber. It flew the RCAF's first bombing operation ten weeks later on 12/13 June, attacking the railway marshalling yards at Schwerte. It converted to the Handley Page Halifax in April 1942, taking part in the historic 1,000-bomber raid on Cologne on the night of 30/31 May 1942.{{cite web |access-date=26 July 2010

In late October 1942, the squadron was loaned to Coastal Command to fly anti-submarine patrols in the Bay of Biscay at the time of the North African landings.

Returning to Bomber Command at the beginning of March 1943, the squadron flew with No. 6 Group RCAF for short time before being selected for the elite No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group based at Gransden Lodge Airfield, with which it served until the end of the war. Through the last 20 months of the bomber offensive the squadron was equipped with the Avro Lancaster.

The squadron's last operational mission took place on 25 April 1945 when nine Lancasters bombed the Berghof, and four aircraft bombed enemy gun batteries on island of Wangerooge. The squadron was disbanded on 5 September 1945.

Post war

The squadron was reformed on 1 April 1947 as No. 405 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron at RCAF Station Greenwood, and was later redesignated No. 405 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron and then No. 405 Maritime Patrol Squadron.{{cite web |access-date = 26 July 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110611200233/http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/hst/page-eng.asp?id=699 |archive-date = 11 June 2011 |url-status = dead

In April 1950, as a Maritime Patrol Squadron, the squadron was equipped with modified Mark X Lancasters. These were replaced in mid-1955 by the P2V7 Neptune giving the squadron a much greater anti-submarine capability. |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206104128/http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/14w-14e/sqns-escs/page-eng.asp?id=426 |archive-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead

In April 1958 the squadron was given the distinction of being the first to fly the Canadian-built CP-107 Argus. The squadron made its last flight in the Argus on 10 November 1980 before introducing the CP-140 Aurora.

Current operations

Though 405 Squadron's primary combat functions are anti-submarine (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASUW), most of its time is spent fulfilling a variety of non-combat roles. These include search and rescue, counter-drug operations with the RCMP, and anti-pollution and fisheries patrols.{{cite web |access-date = 26 July 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101206103510/http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/14w-14e/sqns-escs/page-eng.asp?id=425 |archive-date = 6 December 2010 |url-status = dead

References

;Notes

;Bibliography

405 Squadron
405 Maritime Patrol Squadron
History of 405 Squadron
Canadian Department of National Defence – Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces 10th Edition – 2016. Accessed 14 March 2019

References

Canadian DND – Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces 10th Edition – 2016, pg 46.
Canadian DND - Honours & Recognition for Members of the Canadian Armed Forces 2024, pg 96

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