Group    From 7/11/1942  To 31/5/1946

427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

Countries: Canada

The picture source gives "No. 427 Squadron formed at Croft ...{County Durham}... as another of the RCAF's bomber squadrons, becoming part of No. 6 Group on 1 January 1943." Moved to RAF Leeming, Yorkshire in May 1943.

Latin motto: Ferte Manus Certas - translates as 'Striking sure'.

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427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

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WW2 aircraft crash

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