No. 428 (Ghost) Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force
Motto:
USQUE AD FINEM
(To The Very End)
Updated: January 2008
Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
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Service History | |||||||
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Formed with in No. 4 Group on 7 November 1942, but did not become operational until the squadron had been transferred to the newly formed No. 6 Group, RCAF in January 1943. Remained an operational bomber squadron until the end of the war | |||||||
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Squadron Identity Letters |
Stations | ||||||
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NA |
Dalton, Middleton-St.-George | ||||||
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Logistics |
Operational Performance |
Operational Sorties And Losses | |||||
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Group |
Aircraft |
Bombing Targets Tasked |
Mine Laying Areas Tasked |
Leaflets |
Total Sorties Flown |
Aircraft Lost |
Percent |
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6 GP |
Wellington |
26 |
9 |
0 |
350 |
17 |
4.90 |
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6 GP |
Halifax |
69 |
53 |
0 |
1406 |
32 |
2.30 |
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6 GP |
Lancaster |
111 |
0 |
0 |
1677 |
18 |
1.10 |
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Totals |
3433 |
67 |
2.00 |
3207 |
68 |
2.10 | |
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Of Note: | |||||||
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None | |||||||
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Memorial | |||||||
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No. 428 Squadron, RCAF | |||||||
