   |
|
| MEDIA NOX MERIDIUS NOSTER-- MIDNIGHT IS OUR MOON |
| BATTLE HONOURS |
| THE DEFENCE OF BRITAIN 1941 -44 ,FORTRESS EUROPE 1942 -44 ., FRANCE AND GERMANY 1944 -45 ,RHINE AND NORMANDY 1944. |
| COLD WAR SQUADRON |
| #409 NIGHTHAWK WAS A NIGHT FIGHTER SQUADRON DURING W W II. REFORMED AFTER THE WAR AS #409 AW/F (ALL WEATHER FIGHTER) SQD. NOVEMBER 1 ,1954. AND WAS EQUIPPED WITH THE CF-100 CANUCK. 409 WAS BASED OUT OF COMOX,B.C. AND FLEW CF-100 ON NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENCE (NORAD) AND LATER WAS EQUIPPED WITH CF-101 VOODOO. IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES 409 WAS RE-EQUIPPED WITH CF-18 HORNETS BUT WAS STOOD DOWN AS AN ACTIVE SQUADRON AND EQUIPMENT WAS PUT IN STORAGE BECAUSE OF DEFENCE BUDGET REDUCTIONS....... TODAY #409 IS INACTIVE. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| #409 NIGHTHAWK |
| CALL SIGN (CUDGEL,HOTEL GOLF). |
| UNIT LETTER CODE (L P) |
| STATION (COMOX ,B C. |
| THIS IS A PERSONAL PAGE FIR THE HISTORY OF THE CF-100 AND THE SQUADRONS THAT FLEW THEM ...IMAGES ARE D.N.D.(CANADA) ,AVRO CANADA AND ORENDA LTD COPYRIGHT ..UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTIFIED . IF IN CONFLICT I WILL REMOVE IMAGE FROM THIS SITE ... |
 |
| CF-100 MK-5D #18790 #409 NIGHTHAWK SQUADRON . PRESERVED AT C.F.B. COMOX BRITISH COLUMBIA . |
 |
| FRONT VIEW |
| CF-100 |
| ORIGINS |
| YOU HAVE LANDED @ |
 |