Service History

Formed with in No. 5 Group on 19 December 1941 before being transferred to No. 4 Group in August 1942. Transferred to the newly formed No. 6 Group, RCAF in January 1943. Detached to the Middle East in May 1943, but returned to England and No. 6 Group, RCAF in November 1943; where the squadron remained operational in a bombing role until the end of the war

Squadron Identity Letters

Stations

DT

Waddington, Skipton-os-Swale, Middleton-St.-George, Tholthorpe

Logistics

Operational Performance

Operational Sorties And Losses

Group

Aircraft

Bombing Targets Tasked

Mine Laying Areas Tasked

Leaflets

Total Sorties

Flown

Aircraft Lost

Percent

5 GP

Hampden

44

37

8

535

19

3.60

4 GP

Wellington

13

10

0

142

2

1.40

6 GP

Wellington

30

10

0

325

14

4.30

6 GP

Halifax

160

0

0

2477

25

1.00

Totals

247

57

8

3479

60

1.70

Of Note:

Flew 1 weather reconnaissance operation with 5 GP Hampden’s (included in Op’s and Losses)

Flew 1 weather reconnaissance operation with 4 GP Wellington’s (included in Op’s and Losses)

Memorial

#1 No. 420 Squadron, RCAF