No. 431 (Iroquois) Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force
Motto:
THE HATUTEN RONTERIIOS
(Warriors Of The Air)
Updated: January 2008
Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Service History | |||||||
Formed with in No. 4 Group on 11 November 1942, but did not become operational until transferred to No. 6 Group, RCAF in March 1943. Remained an operational bomber squadron until the end of the war | |||||||
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Squadron Identity Letters |
Stations | ||||||
SE |
Burn, Tholthorpe, Croft | ||||||
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Logistics |
Operational Performance |
Operational Sorties And Losses | |||||
Group |
Aircraft |
Bombing Targets Tasked |
Mine Laying Areas Tasked |
Leaflets |
Total Sorties Flown |
Aircraft Lost |
Percent |
6 GP |
Wellington |
25 |
24 |
0 |
321 |
18 |
5.60 |
6 GP |
Halifax |
111 |
6 |
0 |
1461 |
46 |
3.10 |
6 GP |
Lancaster |
51 |
0 |
0 |
796 |
11 |
1.40 |
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Totals |
187 |
30 |
0 |
2578 |
75 |
2.90 | |
Of Note: | |||||||
Suffered the highest percentage losses in No. 6 Group, RCAF | |||||||
Memorial | |||||||
Unknown |