9 Squadron (RCAF) -

Lineage (excerpt)

Authorized as 'No.9 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron' on 1 April 1938.

Redesignated 'No.9 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 8 December 1941. Disbanded 1 September 1944.

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Pacific Coast under 'Western 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: 9 Sqn RCAF (15)

1942-January-03 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Names: Brownley | Clark | Coppendale | Eichenberger | MacDonald | Mckee | Toye | Waugh
1942-February-05 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Bella Bella Names: Ashton | Bessette | Egan | Heasson | Matheson | Mckay | Webster | Wood
1942-June-22 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Rose Harbour British Columbia Names: Brewster | Harrison | Matheson | Maysmith | Mcgregor | Rioux | Thomson
1942-July-29 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Goose Is Names: Ballantyne | Cuttle | Hildebrand | Middagh | Smith | Waugh | Williams
1942-August-31 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Bella Bella Names: Burrows | Coakwell | Cowman | Decourcy | Maysmith | Scholes | Smith
1942-October-02 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Bella Bella Names: Brooks | Dewar | Duff | Kimmerly | Shirra | Struthers | Waldron
1942-October-28 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Alliford Bay Names: Bowen | Carter | Denroche | Easson | Garnett | Ledbetter
1943-February-10 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Estevan Island British Columbia Names: De Courcy | Harris | Hawkes | Laginskie | Shirra | Smyth | Todd
1943-June-25 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: East Of Station Names: Brown | Burrows | Johnson | Middaugh | Mitchell | Robertson
1943-July-30 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Alarm Cove Bella Bella Names: Brown | Cowman | Jones | Joseph | Kershaw | Rawlinson | Shirra | Travis
1943-November-05 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Bella Bella British Columbia Names: Boyle | Denroche | Gorst | Greensides | Johnston | O'Connor | Oakes | Stanbrook | Topp
1943-December-09 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Captain's Cove British Columbia Names: Betteridge | Kimmerly | Komich | Mckillop | Thomas
1944-March-20 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Estevan Island Scow Names: Aitken | Benson | Ewing | Freeman | Gilbert | Henningsen | Lamb | Leyland | Mcknight | Robinson | Scholes | Sobol | Springborn
1944-May-27 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Bella Bella Names: Baldwin | Burnett | Fairburn | O'Brien | Partolo | Schwartz | Stewart | Young
1944-June-08 Accident: 9 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bell | Brebner | Campbell | Cook | Langill | Schwartz | Thom | Thompson | Whitby

Unit Casualtues: 9 Sqn RCAF (2)

Ian Alexander MacDonald
1942-January-03
Drowned
Summerland, British Columbia
James Allan Cowman
1943-July-30
Killed in Action
Canso A 9789
Hamilton, Ontario (parents)