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'.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
{The plaque is divided graphically into 3 vertical sections. The central pane...
Full title: The Most Honourable Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC . Born via Maggio, Florence, Italy, died at home at Helen...
Person, Politics & Administration, Canada, India, Ireland, Syria
Ship surgeon. Harwood Island off the coast of the Powell River, British Columbia, Canada, was named after him.
Civil engineer. Born at Clogher, near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He worked on a wide range of projects around the world including the Forth Bridge, the Aswam Dam and the aborted Chignecto Ship ...
Prince Arthur of Connaught. Born Arthur William Patrick Albert. Seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich at 16 years old, and in 1900 was app...
Fur-trader, surveyor and mapmaker. Born Dafydd ap Thomas at Marsham Street, London. He was chosen to be an apprentice to the Hudson Bay Company. Transferring to the North West Company in 1797 he em...
