No. 448 Squadron RCAF explained

Unit Name:448 Test Squadron
Dates:20 June 1967 - 1 September 1971
Country:Canada
Branch:Royal Canadian Air Force / Canadian Forces
Role:aircraft test and evaluation
Motto:Latin: In agendo praestantie|lit=Excel at assigned tasks[1]
Disbanded:1971

No. 448 Squadron RCAF was a test and evaluation squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

History

From the formation of the Air Board, air service flight testing and research was based at the Ottawa Air Station, and conducted from Rockcliffe and Shirley's Bay. By 1930, a Test Flight was established at Rockcliffe. The Test Flight was expanded into the RCAF Test and Development Establishment in November 1940 to meet the demands of the Second World War; it was renamed to the Experimental and Proving Establishment in 1946. Additional units included the Winter Experimental Establishment at Edmonton, and the RCAF (National Research Council) Unit at Arnprior.[2]

In 1951, all air force experimental units were amalgamated into the Central Experimental and Proving Establishment (CEPE). In 1957, CEPE headquarters moved from Rockcliffe to RCAF Station Uplands; jet aircraft testing required a longer runway.[2] In 1954, CEPE's Air Armament Evaluation Detachment (AAED) was created at Cold Lake. In turn, AAED became 448 Test Squadron in 1967. In 1970, 448 Squadron, CEPE and the Royal Canadian Navy's 10 Experimental Squadron (1952) merged to create the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment (AETE);[3] 10 Squadron RCN disbanded on 1 July 1970.[4] 448 Squadron was formally redesignated as Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment, Cold Lake in 1971.[1]

Aircraft tested

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Government of Canada . Government of Canada . 448 Test Squadron . 4 April 2019 . 12 November 2020.
  2. Web site: National Defence (Canada) Headquarters Directorate of History and Heritage . Series 3 - Central Experimental and Proving Establishment Reports . Archeion . 1949–1968 . 12 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame . Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame . Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment (AETE) . 2015 . 12 November 2020.
  4. Encyclopedia: Department of National Defence of Canada . Department of National Defence (Canada) . Operational Flying Squadrons . The Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces . 4 . 5 April 2000 . 2–22 . A-AD-267-000/AF-004 . 12 November 2020.