433 Tactical Fighter Squadron
Motto:
QUI S'Y FROTT S'Y PIQUE
(Who opposes it gets hurt)
Battle Honours:
English Channel and North Sea 1944-1945, Baltic 1944-1945, Fortress Europe 1944, France and Germany 1944-1945, Biscay Ports 1944, Ruhr 1944-1945, Berlin 1944, German Ports 1944-1945, Normandy 1944, Rhine, Biscay 1944
History:
On 25 September 1943, 433 Bomber Squadron formed at Skipton-on-Swale, England. They never moved and were disbanded on 15 October 1945. No. 433 Squadron reformed as an All-Weather (Fighter) unit at Cold Lake, Alberta on 15 November 1954, and moved to North Bay, Ontario in October 1955, the squadron flew CF-100 aircraft on North American air defence until disbanded on 1 August 1961.Reformed post unification No. 433 Escadrille tactique de combat was a French language squadron of Mobile Command based at CFB Bagotville, Quebec. No. 433 Escadrille flew the CF-5 Freedom Fighter in the tactical and reconnaissance role until conversion to the CF-18 Hornet in 1984. No. 433 Escadrille tactique de combat was recently amalgamated with No. 425e Escadrille tactique de combat from CFB Bagotville, Quebec.
Placed by a member of the Lakeland Geocachers