Second World War Maritime Reconnaissance Squadrons

Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons hunted U-boats and shipping from bases in Britain, Northern Ireland, Iceland and Ceylon. This map shows 6 squadrons at the base where each formed and 53 later bases and stays, among them 162 Squadron's move from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, to Reykjavik and Wick. Click any dot for the squadron's name, dates and a link to its people and history.

Large dots are the base where a squadron formed (its first base); small dots are the bases it moved to, including short detachments. The dashed line follows a squadron's bases in order. Several squadrons often shared a base, so a numbered disc stands for that many squadrons: click it to see them all. Use the year slider (or Play) to see which bases were in use each year from 1941 to 1945, the country list to look at one country, and Full screen for a bigger map. Click the map, then scroll, to zoom. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.