8 Squadron (RCAF) -

Lineage (excerpt)

Authorized as 'No.8 (General Purpose) Squadron' 1 November 1935.

Redesignated 'No.8 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939. Disbanded 25 May 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: 8 Sqn RCAF (38)

1940-June-25 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Kelly Beach North Sydney Names: Bowen | Shaw
1940-July-13 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Kelly Beach Nova Scotia Names: Laberre | Willis
1940-August-16 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Hertford Island Nova Scotia Names: Hurley | Lay | Raymond
1940-August-28 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Kelly Beach North Sydney Names: Bordeleau | Gilmour | Thomas
1940-September-28 Accident: 8 Squadron DET Loc: Annapolis Basin Nova Scotia Names: Cook | Laflecke | Theobold | Wylie
1940-October-04 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: North Sydney Nova Scotia Names: Gilmour | Turner | Wilkie
1941-March-15 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: De Maurives | Rooney | Turner | Willis
1941-March-24 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Anderson | Cromwell | Smith | Wylie
1941-March-28 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Sydney Nova Scotia Names: Baker | Crich | Nutt | Shaw
1941-May-14 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Sydney Names: Anderson | Huggins
1941-May-22 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Sydney Aerodrome Names: Matteau | Parker | Wheatcroft
1941-May-27 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Sydney Names: Cross | Gilmour | Robb
1941-May-31 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Sydney Aerodrome Names: Allan | Anderson
1941-June-03 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Sydney Aerodrome Names: Chabot | Parker | Tibbett | Wylie
1941-June-03 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Sydney Aerodrome Names: Huggan | MacDonald | Robb | Wilson
1941-June-03 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Sydney Nova Scotia Names: Anderson | Crothers | Gilmour | Saunders
1941-July-02 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Arnold | Johnston | Stone | Willis
1941-September-08 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Names: Aldus | Evernden | Russell | Stevens
1941-September-26 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Sydney Names: Macmurray | Mills | Robb | Tinsley
1941-November-01 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Casey | MacDonald | Mcmurray | Robb
1941-December-03 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Hangar Apron Names: Grandall | Hayes | Manuel | West
1941-December-04 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gilchrist | Gowda | Purdy | Russell
1942-January-06 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Astorville Ontario Names: Chapman | Graham | Luetchford | Warrander
1942-January-28 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Lethbridge Names: Arnold | Casselman | Grace | Roberts
1942-March-23 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Pheasant Is Names: Chapman | Manuel | Mills | Woods
1942-April-09 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: North Of Vancouver Airport Names: Carr-harris | Henry | Malo
1942-May-20 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chapman | Mcguire | Via
1942-May-20 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Chapman | Mcguire | Via
1942-June-22 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: On The Runway Names: Aldus | Bray | Mcdonald | Myers
1942-July-20 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Attle | Blenis | Deeks | Horton
1943-January-19 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Kodiak Names: Graham | Horton | Johnstone
1943-April-04 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mcmurchy | Purdom | Robb | Wood
1943-April-24 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Fraser River British Columbia Names: Casselman | Evernden | Irving | Sentell
1943-August-04 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Biddlecombe | Fraser | Mcarthur
1943-September-20 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Crescent Beach British Columbia Names: Bristol | Mcintosh
1944-February-02 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Fort Hardy Names: Carter | Compton
1944-March-18 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Port Hardy Names: Berry | Morris | Sinclair
1944-May-23 Accident: 8 Squadron Loc: Patricia Bay British Columbia Names: Backing | Hanchet | Mcdonald | Mcquaid

Unit Casualtues: 8 Sqn RCAF (15)

David Alexander Rennie
1939-September-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Delta Mk. II 673
Ottawa, Ontario (parents)
James Edgerton Doan
1939-September-14
Killed in Flying Accident
Delta Mk. II 673
River Beach, Nova Scotia (parents)
Cecil Adrian Hale
1940-April-22
Killed
Ottawa, Ontario
Peter Charles Everett Lay
1940-August-16
Killed in Action
Delta Mk. II 682
Regina, Saskatchewan
Gerald Robert Raymond
1940-August-16
Killed in Action
Delta Mk. II 682
Norton Station, Kings County, New Brunswick
Andrew Joseph Hurley
1940-August-16
Killed in Action
Delta Mk. II 682
Montreal, Quebec
Leonard Joseph Reynold Chabot
1941-June-03
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9007
Hamilton, Ontario (parents)
Richard Brock Wylie
1941-June-03
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9007
Estevan, Saskatchewan
Floyd Joseph Tibbett
1941-June-03
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9007
Bracebridge, Ontario
Frederick James Parker
1941-June-03
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9007
Montreal, Quebec
David Rowland Heathcote
1941-September-15
Died
Grimsby, Ontario
James Edward Irving
1943-April-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9072
Burnaby, British Columbia
Jesse Gerald Evernden
1943-April-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9072
Bentley, Alberta
Donald John Casselman
1943-April-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9072
Morrisburg, Ontario
Walter Sentell
1943-April-24
Killed in Flying Accident
Bolingbroke Mk. IV 9072
Vancouver, British Columbia