No. 424 Squadron — Tiger
- Group
- 6 Group
- Home station
- RAF Skipton-on-Swale
About
No. 424 “Tiger” Squadron formed in Britain in October 1942 as a Royal Canadian Air Force bomber unit, joining the Canadian No. 6 Group at the start of 1943. After a few months flying the Vickers Wellington at home it was sent to North Africa to support the invasions of Sicily and Italy, returning to Britain late in 1943 to re-equip with the Handley Page Halifax and, in 1945, the Avro Lancaster. Its wartime home was RAF Skipton-on-Swale in Yorkshire.
The squadron was adopted by the city of Hamilton, Ontario, and its tiger badge nodded to a local sports team. Its motto, Castigandos castigamus, declared that “we chastise those who deserve to be chastised”.
Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including Bomber Command Museum of Canada — No. 424 (Tiger) Squadron and History of War — No. 424 (Tiger) Squadron (RCAF) in the Second World War. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.
Operations flown
- Operation Nuremberg raid — 30 March 1944 (Nuremberg)
Aircraft (2)
| Serial | Code | Type | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| LV879 | QB-A | Handley Page Halifax | Lost on operations |
| LV944 | QB-U | Handley Page Halifax | Lost on operations |
No service records linked to this squadron yet. Aircraft, crews and sorties will appear here soon.