No. 9 Squadron RCAF explained

Unit Name:No. 9 Squadron RCAF
Dates:9 December 1941 - 1 September 1944
Allegiance: Canada
Branch: Royal Canadian Air Force
Role:Bomber Reconnaissance
Command Structure:Western Air Command
Battle Honours:Pacific Coast 1941-1944[1]
Disbanded:1 September 1944
Identification Symbol:KA (1939-1942),
HJ (1942)
Identification Symbol Label:Unit Codes
Aircraft Patrol:Supermarine Stranraer
Consolidated Canso
Consolidated Catalina

No. 9 Squadron RCAF was a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron active during the Second World War, primarily in an anti-submarine role with Western Air Command and was based at Bella Bella, British Columbia. The squadron flew the Supermarine Stranraer, Consolidated Canso and Consolidated Catalina before disbanding on 1 September 1944.[2]

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  1. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-4/9-sqn-eng.asp DND Directorate of History and Heritage
  2. http://www.canadianwings.com/Squadrons/squadronDetail.php?No.-9-Squadron-19 Canadian Wings