416 Tactical Fighter Squadron
Motto:
AD SALTUM PARATUS(Ready for the leap)
Battle
Honours:
Defence of Britain 1942-44, English Channel and North Sea 1943, Fortress Europe 1942-44, Dieppe, France and Germany 1944-45, Normandy 1944, Arnhem, Rhine, Gulf and Kuwait
History:
416 Fighter Squadron stood-up at Peterhead, Scotland, on 22 November 1941. On 16 June 1944, the squadron moved to France and they remained on the continent until they were disbanded at Utersen, Germany, on 21 March 1946. 416 reformed at RCAF Station Uplands on 8 January 1951 and went to 2 Wing Grostenquin, France, on 28 September 1952. They deactivated there on 31 January 1957 and reactivated the next day at RCAF Station St Hubert as 416 All-Weather Fighter Squadron.
On 1 September 1961, the squadron deactivated and moved to RCAF Station Bagotville, reactivating on 1 January 1962. On 16 November 1962, the squadron moved to CFB Chatham, New Brunswick, where they stayed until 1984.
On December 9, 1988, 416 Lynx Squadron reclaimed its colours from the City of Oshawa and formed the last of the CF-18 fighter squadrons in the Canadian Forces.
On June 30, 2006 416 Tactical Fighter Squadron and 441 Tactical Fighter Squadron were amalgamated with the newly reformed 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron.
Placed by a member
of the Lakeland Geocachers