130 Squadron (RCAF) -

Lineage (excerpt)

Authorized as 'No.130 (Fighter) Squadron' 1 May 1942. Disbanded 15 March 1944.

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on air defence 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: 130 Sqn RCAF (43)

1942-May-06 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dionne
1942-May-09 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Rockliffe Aerodrome Names: Taillefer
1942-May-14 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dionne
1942-May-14 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allison
1942-June-08 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: St Octave Quebec Names: Dionne | Peacock
1942-June-20 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Mont Joli Names: Bertrand
1942-July-06 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Capchat Quebec Names: Chevrier
1942-July-16 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Burns | Klersey
1942-July-22 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Saguenay Quebec Names: Klersey
1942-July-25 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Saguenay Quebec Names: Robillard
1942-August-24 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Bagotville Names: Baccham | Mcdiarmid
1942-August-26 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Saguenay Names: Deniverville
1942-September-09 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Lake St John Names: Benoit | Vallee
1942-September-26 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Reid
1942-September-26 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bertrand | Blair
1942-September-26 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bertrand | Blair
1942-October-28 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Cap A L'aigle Quebec Names: Leblond
1942-November-04 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Bagotville Quebec Names: Bohemier
1942-December-09 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: St Fulgence Names: Allison | Bertrand | Blair | Vallee
1942-December-09 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: St Fulgence Names: Allison | Bertrand | Blair | Valleee
1943-January-09 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Bagotville Names: Sabourin
1943-January-23 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Bagotville Names: Leblond
1943-February-13 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Ancienne Lorette Quebec Names: Reid
1943-March-25 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Lefebvre
1943-March-25 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cowan | Trewin
1943-March-29 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: De Niverville
1943-April-09 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Tosh
1943-May-19 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Arvida Names: Taillefer
1943-May-29 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: North Of St Tite Des Caps Quebec Names: Cumming | Greenwood
1943-June-09 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Baldwin
1943-June-16 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: B Portion Of Low Flying Area Names: Kubicki
1943-June-22 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1943-June-22 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names:
1943-August-18 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cumming
1943-September-09 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Arvida Quebec Names: Teal
1943-September-26 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Saint-Honore Quebec Aerodrome Names: Dunkeld
1943-September-30 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Chicoutimi Quebec Names: Urie
1943-December-17 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cumming
1944-January-02 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Goose Bay Aerodrome Names: Pieri
1944-January-17 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Churchman
1944-January-26 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Goose Bay Names: Johns
1944-March-13 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Names: Mitchell
1944-March-13 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Goose Bay Names: Binette | Martyn

Unit Casualtues: 130 Sqn RCAF (5)

Joseph Armond Jacques Chevrier
1942-July-06
Killed in Action
Kittyhawk Mk. I AK915
St Lambert, Quebec (parents)
Charles Joseph Vallee
1942-December-09
Killed in Action
Harvard Mk.IIB 3036
Windsor, Ontario
Joseph Guy Bertrand
1942-December-09
Killed in Action
Harvard Mk.IIB 3036
L'Original, Ontario
Gordon Keith Teal
1943-September-09
Killed in Action
Hurricane Mk. XII 5686
Ridgeway, Ontario
Thomas Ridley Mitchell
1944-March-13
Killed in Action
Hurricane Mk. XII 5663
Toronto, Ontario