145 Squadron (RCAF) -

Lineage (excerpt)

Authorized as 'No.145 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 30 May 1942. Disbanded 30 June 1945.

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Atlantic Coast under 'Eastern Air Command'.

Government of Canada, The Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces, Volume 4: Operational Flying Squadrons (A-AD-267-000/AF-004)

Unit Accident Records: 145 Sqn RCAF (35)

1942-July-30 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Dartmouth Names: Dickle | Harron | La Jambe | Lindsay | Pritchard | Ross | Todd | Todor
1942-September-03 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baker | Maltby | Nelson | Seymour
1942-September-16 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Torbay Names: Buchanan | Butler | Hollinger | Ross
1942-September-16 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Torbay Names: Buchanan | Butler | Hollinger | Ross
1942-October-13 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cann | Feldman | Page | Parker | Robinson | Snow | Stevens | Wells
1942-November-01 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Over Atlantic Ocean Names: Beattie | Davies | Feldman | Robinson
1942-November-16 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Torbay Names: Dalgleish | Harle | Richmond | Suzak
1942-November-27 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Torbay Names: French | Govier | Hastie
1943-January-28 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Over The Atlantic Ocean Names: Barnes | Boyer | Quellette | Snow
1943-February-14 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Between Torbay & Dartmouth Names: Hook | Rolfe | Snell | Stick | Thompson | Watterson
1943-February-14 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Between Torbay & Dartmouth Names: Hook | Rolfe | Snell | Stick | Thompson | Watterson
1943-March-10 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Torbay Aerodrome Names: Corbett | Lunny | Robinson | Williams
1943-July-09 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Charlottetown Names: Campbell | Doods | Hall | Hastie | Moir | Tinsley
1943-July-20 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dalgleish | Griff | Purdie
1943-August-02 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Birch | Dalgleish | Griff | Prudie | Richmond
1943-August-05 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Names: Drynan | Griff | Lee | Richardson
1943-September-21 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Torbay Names: Gutowsli | Harris | Mcfadden | Skrove
1943-October-02 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Torbay Names: Daunt | Lee | Robinson
1944-January-21 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: French | Mcmitcheal | Stevenson | Tinsley
1944-February-09 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Names: Cann | Ross | Toman | Walle
1944-February-16 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Names: Ashworth | Carney | Fluelling | Moffatt | Thorndycraft
1944-March-04 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Stuart Lake Names: Edgley | Harris | Mcmichael | Tanner
1944-April-20 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bredt | Killingsworth | Simmons
1944-May-09 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Aerodrome Names: Janke | Penfold | Sutoff | Walters
1944-June-19 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bodnarek | Campbell | Marriott
1944-June-28 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Names: McLeod | Smith | Young
1944-July-06 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Goose Bay Labrador Names: Bell | Cole | Duquette | Foris | Harris | Hume | Leard | St Louis | Stephenson | Tanner | Wood
1944-July-15 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Andruchuk | Lumley | MacDermid | Scott | Sime | Stanley
1944-October-03 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: Adams | Arnold | Clark
1945-February-03 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Names: McColman | Northgrave | O'Connell | Smith
1945-March-09 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Torbay Newfoundland Names: Berry | Delf | Ham | Mcnamara | Saucier
1945-March-10 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: Mcbain | Merritt | Owen | Parker
1945-March-19 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Stephenville Newfoundland Names: Bishop | Farmer | Hunt | Mcmanus | Randall | Trimble
1945-April-21 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Moncton Aerodrome Names: Baxter | Britt | Fletcher | Leamen | Lemieux
1945-May-27 Accident: 145 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Delf | Ham | Watt

Unit Casualtues: 145 Sqn RCAF (31)

Lewis Gerald Robinson
1942-November-01
Killed in Action
Hudson Mk. III BW449
Edmonton, Alberta
Leonard Feldman
1942-November-01
Killed in Action
Hudson Mk. III BW449
Windsor, Ontario
William Field Crichton Snow
1943-January-28
Killed in Action
Hudson I 760
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joseph Edmond Ouellette
1943-January-28
Killed in Action
Hudson I 760
Grand Falls, New Brunswick
Jack Sinclair Boyer
1943-January-28
Killed in Action
Hudson I 760
Torbay, Newfoundland
Roland Roy Barnes
1943-January-28
Killed in Action
Hudson I 760
Mettagami Heights, Ontario
Eugene Estes Snell
1943-February-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson I 771
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Thomas Albert Kidd Watterson
1943-February-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson I 771
Manotick, Ontario
William Hector Thompson
1943-February-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson I 771
Ottawa, Ontario
James Robin Stick
1943-February-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson I 771
St John's, Newfoundland
Robert Cecil Rolfe
1943-February-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson I 771
Huntingdon, Quebec
John Thomas Hook
1943-February-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson I 771
Brockville, Ontario
Jack Renwick Hastie
1943-July-09
Killed in Flying Accident
Hudson I 762
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Wilbur Moats Lee
1943-August-05
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2169
DonaIda, Alberta
William Robert Gale Richardson
1943-August-05
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2169
Waterloo, Ontario
Milton Eric Griff
1943-August-05
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2169
Stratford, Ontario
Richard Le Roy Lee
1943-October-02
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2160
Centreville, New Brunswick
Edward Lapage Robinson
1943-October-02
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2160
Vancouver, British Columbia
William Godfrey Leard
1944-July-06
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2171
Fortune Cove, Prince Edward Island
Melville Stanley Wood
1944-July-06
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2171
Shelburne, Ontario
John Charles Tanner
1944-July-06
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2171
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Harold Archibald Stephenson
1944-July-06
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2171
Tako, Saskatchewan
Lionel Charles St Louis
1944-July-06
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2171
Sudbury, Ontario
Donald William Hume
1944-July-06
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2171
Kinross, Prince Edward Island
William Arthur Harris
1944-July-06
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2171
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Louis Charles Foris
1944-July-06
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2171
Hamilton, Ontario
Henry Hedley Bell
1944-July-06
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2171
Halifax, Nova Scotia
John Moody Smith
1945-February-03
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2266
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Robert Emmett O'Connell
1945-February-03
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2266
Montreal, Quebec
John Milne Northgrave
1945-February-03
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2266
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
James Murray McColman
1945-February-03
Killed in Action
Ventura G.R. Mk. V 2266
Toronto, Ontario