No. 434 (Bluenose) Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force
Motto:
INEXCELSIS VINCIMUS
(We Conquer The Heights)
Updated: JUne 2009
Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Service History | |||||||
Formed with in No. 6 Group, RCAF in June 1943. Remained an operational bomber squadron until the end of the war | |||||||
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Squadron Identity Letters |
Stations | ||||||
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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 |
Halifax |
135 |
17 |
0 |
2038 |
53 |
2.60 |
6 GP |
Lancaster |
41 |
0 |
0 |
559 |
5 |
0.90 |
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Totals |
176 |
17 |
0 |
2597 |
58 |
2.20 | |
Of Note: | |||||||
An additional 15 Halifax’s and 2 Lancaster’s destroyed in non-operational crashes | |||||||
Memorial | |||||||
Unknown |