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| #440 BAT SQD. |
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| CF-100 ORIGINS |
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| KA GANIWAITAK SAGUENAY- |
| -HE WHO PROTECTS THE SAGUENAY |
| #440 BAT SQD. |
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| -CALL SIGN ..RHUBARB |
| -UNIT ID ...(KE) |
| STATION ..BAGOTVILLE,PQ.. |
| FORTRESS EUROPE 1944 ,NORMANDY 1944 , FRANCE 1944-1945 ,GERMANY 1944-1945 ,ALEUTIANS 1942-1943 AND ARNHEIM RHINE 1942-1943.. |
| BATTLE HONOURS |
| COLD WAR |
| 440 BAT WAS A FIGHTER BOMBER SQUADRON DURING THE WAR . WAS REFORMED AS 440 AW/F (ALL WEATHER FIGHTER ) .ON OCTOBER 1,1953 AND FIRST FLEW F-86 SABRES THEN CF-100s ON MAY 11,1957 440 DEPARTED FOR OPERATIONS IN ZWEIKBRUCKEN ,GERMANY AND JOINED #3(F) WING .440 DISBANDED AS AW/F SQUADRON ON DECEMBER 31,1962..(TODAY 440 IS OPERATIONAL AS A SEARCH AND RESCUE SQD. IN TE N.W.T. AND FLIES CF-138 TWIN OTTERS.. |
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| CF-100 s MK-5 #18498 䠺 # 440 BAT SQUADRON |
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