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| THE 428 GHOST SQUADRON .. RECEIVED ITS DESIGNATION AND INSIGNA CREST DURING THE SECOND WORLD 428 WAR AS A NIGHT HEAVY BOMBER SQUADRON.428 RECEIVED BATTLE HONOURS IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL ,NORTH SEA 1943-44,BALTIC 1944,FRANCE AND GERMANY 1944-45, BERLIN 1943-44 AND NORMANDY 1944 AS WELL AS OTHERS . |
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| DURING THE COLD WAR ERA 428 GHOST SQUADRON WAS REFORMED AS A NIGHT FIGHTER SQUADRON .JUNE ,21.1954 AND FLEW THE CF-100 (CANUCK) AS ITS PRIMARY JET. IT HAD A FEW NICK-NAMES SOME NOT SO ENDEARING, THE CLUNK, THE LEAD SLED, AND OTHERS. CANADA HAD 13 OPERATIONAL SQUADRONS IN CANADA AND EUROPE . THE CF-100 WENT OUT OF SERVICE GRADUALLY BEING REPLACED BY THE VOODOO, AND CAME TO AN END AS AN ACTIVE FIGHTER SQUADRON MAY.31, 1961. |
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| -STATION--OTTAWA.... |
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