No. 455 Squadron RCAF

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/No._455_Squadron_RCAF
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_base
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
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gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:De_Havilland_Mosquito
gptkb:Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II
gptkb:noble_title
gptkb:Mc_Donnell_Douglas_CF-101_Voodoo
gptkb:Hawker_Typhoon
gptkb:Handley_Page_Halifax
gptkb:North_American_B-25_Mitchell
gptkb:Lockheed_Hudson
gptkb:Consolidated_Liberator
gptkb:Boeing_B-24_Liberator
gptkb:Bristol_Beaufighter
gptkb:Avro_Anson
gptkb:Mc_Donnell_Douglas_CF-188_Hornet
gptkb:Avro_Lancaster_B._Mk_III
gptkb:starship
gptkb:Boeing_B-17_G
gptkb:Avro_Lancaster_B._Mk_I
gptkbp:arrangements Over 300
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Commonwealth_Air_Training_Plan
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Cross
gptkb:Mentioned_in_Dispatches
gptkbp:base gptkb:RAF_Mepal
gptkbp:battle_honors Europe 1944-1945
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Wing_Commander_J._A._M._Mc_Donald
gptkbp:country gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:crew Over 1,000
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:disbandment_date gptkb:1964
gptkbp:formed gptkb:1942
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Ottawa,_Ontario
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label No. 455 Squadron RCAF
gptkbp:insignia A winged lion
gptkbp:losses Over 50
gptkbp:mission 1943
1945
Strategic bombing
gptkbp:motto gptkb:In_Omnia_Paratus
gptkbp:nickname The Flying Canucks
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command
gptkbp:reform 1951
gptkbp:role Bomber
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:A_lion_rampant
gptkbp:successor gptkb:No._455_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_RCAF