425 Tactical Fighter
Squadron
Motto:
JE TE PLUMERAI
(I shall pluck you)
Battle Honours:
English Channel and North Sea 1942-1943, Fortress Europe
1942-1944, France and Germany 1944-1945, Biscay Ports 1943-1944,
Ruhr 1942-1945, Berlin 1944, German Ports 1942-1945, Normandy 1944,
Rhine, Biscay 1942-1943, Sicily, Italy 1943,
Salerno
History:
On 25 June 1942, 425 Bomber Squadron formed at Dishforth,
England. The squadron saw wartime service in England, North Africa
and RCAF Station Debert, Nova Scotia, where they were disbanded on
5 September 1945. They reformed at RCAF Station St. Hubert on 1
October 1954 as an All-Weather Fighter Squadron. They spent a short
time at RCAF Station Namao (from October 1961 to July 1962) as the
CF-101 Operational Training Unit before moving to their present
home at 3 Wing Bagotville. Now known as 425 Tactical Fighter
Squadron, it is equipped with the CF-18.
Placed by a member of the Lakeland
Geocachers