About: No. 8 Squadron RCAF

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Formed on the 14 February 1936 as a General Purpose (GP) squadron at Winnipeg Manitoba. Moved to Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport in February 1937, where it was tasked as a photographic unit, equipped with Fairchild 71, Bellanca Pacemaker and Canadian Vickers Vedette. Mobilized on the 10 September 1939 as No. 8 (GR) Squadron at Sydney, Nova Scotia, It was redesignated Bomber Reconnaissance (BR) at the end of October 1939. Equipped with Northrop Deltas and Bristol Bolingbrokes, the Squadron was tasked with anti-submarine duty while serving with Eastern Air Command.

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rdfs:label	No. 8 Squadron RCAF
rdfs:comment	Formed on the 14 February 1936 as a General Purpose (GP) squadron at Winnipeg Manitoba. Moved to Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport in February 1937, where it was tasked as a photographic unit, equipped with Fairchild 71, Bellanca Pacemaker and Canadian Vickers Vedette. Mobilized on the 10 September 1939 as No. 8 (GR) Squadron at Sydney, Nova Scotia, It was redesignated Bomber Reconnaissance (BR) at the end of October 1939. Equipped with Northrop Deltas and Bristol Bolingbrokes, the Squadron was tasked with anti-submarine duty while serving with Eastern Air Command.
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Branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
Role	Bomber Reconnaissance
identification symbol	YO , GA
Nickname	Musk Ox
Dates	--05-25
Unit Name	No. 8 Squadron RCAF
battle honours	Aleutian Islands Campaign Battle of the St. Lawrence Pacific Coast
Motto	"Determined to Defend"
identification symbol 2 label	Squadron Codes
abstract	Formed on the 14 February 1936 as a General Purpose (GP) squadron at Winnipeg Manitoba. Moved to Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport in February 1937, where it was tasked as a photographic unit, equipped with Fairchild 71, Bellanca Pacemaker and Canadian Vickers Vedette. Mobilized on the 10 September 1939 as No. 8 (GR) Squadron at Sydney, Nova Scotia, It was redesignated Bomber Reconnaissance (BR) at the end of October 1939. Equipped with Northrop Deltas and Bristol Bolingbrokes, the Squadron was tasked with anti-submarine duty while serving with Eastern Air Command. In December 1941, after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor the Squadron was moved to RCAF Station Sea Island on the west coast of Canada as part of Western Air Command. In June 1942 in response to the Japanese attack on the Aleutians, it was moved to Alaska, operating from Elmendorf Army Airfield (Anchorage), with small detachments stationed at Naval Air Station Kodiak and Marks Air Force Base (Nome). Returned to RCAF Station Sea Island in March 1943. Converted to Lockheed Ventura GR.V in May 1943, the Squadron continued with anti-submarine duty based from RCAF Station Port Hardy and RCAF Station Patricia Bay. Disbanded at Patricia Bay, B.C. 25 May 1945.

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