No. 433 (Porcupine) Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force
Motto:
QUISY FROTTE SY PIQUE
(Who Opposes It Gets Hurt)
Updated: January 2008
Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Service History | |||||||
Formed with in No. 6 Group, RCAF on 25 September 1943. Remained an operational bomber squadron until the end of the war | |||||||
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Squadron Identity Letters |
Stations | ||||||
BM |
Skipton-on-Swale | ||||||
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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 |
Halifax |
123 |
39 |
0 |
1926 |
31 |
1.50 |
6 GP |
Lancaster |
28 |
14 |
0 |
390 |
3 |
0.80 |
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Totals |
151 |
53 |
0 |
2316 |
31 |
1.30 | |
Of Note: | |||||||
None | |||||||
Memorial | |||||||
No. 433 Squadron, RCAF |