121 Squadron (RCAF) -

Lineage (excerpt)

Redesignated 'No.121 (Fighter) Squadron' 15 November 1937. Disbanded 30 September 1939.

Reformed as 'No.121 (Composite) Squadron' 10 January 1942. Disbanded 30 September 1945.

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on communications, target towing and rescue operations 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: 121 Sqn RCAF (41)

1942-July-05 Accident: 121 COMPOSITE Loc: Aerodrome Names: Oakley | Pettem
1942-July-12 Accident: 121 COMPOSITE Loc: Aerodrome Names: Forsythe | Whitten
1942-July-12 Accident: 121 COMPOSITE Loc: Runway Names: Forsythe | Whitten
1942-July-16 Accident: 121 COMPOSITE Loc: Wedgeport Nova Scotia Names: Kerr | Wright
1942-August-21 Accident: 121 COMPOSITE Loc: St Johns Names: Boyd | Ernst | Gillespie | Meaps | Pennock | Rogers | Scott | Taylor
1942-October-03 Accident: 121 COMP Squadron Loc: Port Hilford Nova Scotia Names: Henderson | Lanham
1942-October-31 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Scott
1942-October-31 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Scott
1942-November-07 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Trinity Bay Newfoundland Names: Arney | Ernst | Gow | Harber | Munro
1942-November-09 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Dartmouth Names: Douglas | Murray
1942-November-14 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: St John New Brunswick Names: Douglas | Spiers
1942-November-19 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: West Bay Road Nova Scotia Names: Brant | Smith
1942-November-23 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Aerodrome Names: Brant | Smallwood
1942-December-08 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Arnold Cove Newfoundland Names: Bishop | Gregory
1943-January-09 Accident: 121 COMP Squadron Loc: Scoudouc Names: Cheesman | Landry
1943-January-18 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Names: Cheesman | Landry | Nimmons
1943-January-22 Accident: 121 COMP Squadron Loc: Gander Names: Casey | Maloy | Millar | Roberts | Wilson
1943-January-23 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Stanley Nova Scotia Names: Acheson | Mckinnon | Mcwilliam
1943-February-03 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mclachlan | Shirey
1943-February-12 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Campbel | Dickson | Gardner | Pile | Waldron
1943-March-18 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Bangor Maine Names: O'Reilly
1943-March-19 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Aerodrome Names: Brant | Grandmaison
1943-March-27 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lunau | Swingler
1943-March-27 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lunau | Swingler
1943-April-09 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Airport Names: Maria | Swingler
1943-May-24 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: Eccles
1943-August-06 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: Abram | Barr | Daoust | Davis | Emans | Hansford | Lefebvre | Martin | Mckinnon | O'Riley | Paromick | Pitman | Seigel | Shottland | Simpson | Waldron
1943-September-28 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Sydney Aerodrome Names: Schooley | Whitten
1943-October-30 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Inverness Nova Scotia Names: Branch | Primeau
1943-December-14 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Names: Borman | Coping
1943-December-15 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dewit | Schooley
1943-December-20 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: Hendrick | MacDonald
1944-April-04 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Airport Names: Ordge | Patterson | Vivier | Westhaver
1944-April-19 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: 63° 22' West 44° 38' N Names: Gautreau | Mcdonald | Swinden
1944-August-16 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Names: Doyle | Patterson | Sternberg | Westhaver
1944-December-03 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Stn Names: Cole | Dewit | Sellers
1945-January-12 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: Demo | MacDonald
1945-January-12 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: Buchanan | MacDonald | Sargeant | Wilson
1945-January-12 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: Finlayson | Nicholson | Rutledge | Sergeant
1945-March-09 Accident: 121 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: Richard | Sutherland | Weatherbe
1945-June-20 Accident: 121 Squadron DET Loc: Pt Petrie Lake Ontario Names: Shay | Simpson

Unit Casualtues: 121 Sqn RCAF (10)

Charles Ernest Wright
1942-July-16
Killed in Action
Lysander Mk. II TT 466
Jasper, Ontario
Leslie Walter Kerr
1942-July-16
Killed in Action
Lysander Mk. II TT 466
Spirit River, Alberta
Herbert Bruce Munro
1942-November-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Goose Mk. II 925
Francis Robert William Gow
1942-November-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Goose Mk. II 925
Arnold Albert Ernst
1942-November-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Goose Mk. II 925
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
William George David Harber
1942-November-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Goose Mk. II 925
Midland, Ontario
Horace Montague Beck Arney
1942-November-07
Killed in Flying Accident
Goose Mk. II 925
Montreal, Quebec
Harold Alwin Swinden
1944-April-19
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9180
Toronto, Ontario
Duncan Joseph McDonald
1944-April-19
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9180
Mulgrave, Nova Scotia
Joseph Emile Gautreau
1944-April-19
Killed in Action
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 9180
Shediac, New Brunswick