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No. 9 Squadron RCAF

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No. 9 Squadron RCAF
Active9 December 1941 - 1 September 1944
Disbanded1 September 1944
Country Canada
Allegiance Canada
Branch Royal Canadian Air Force
RoleBomber Reconnaissance
Part ofWestern Air Command
Battle honoursPacific Coast 1941-1944[1]
Insignia
Unit CodesKA (1939-1942),
HJ (1942)
Aircraft flown
PatrolSupermarine 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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  • Kostenuk, S.; Griffin, J. (1977). RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft: 1924–1968. Toronto, ON: Samuel Stevens, Hakkert & Co. p. 31. ISBN 978-0888665775.