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429 Transport Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	429 Transport Squadron
image	No._429_Squadron_RCAF_badge.jpg
dates	1942–1945
1967–2005
2007–current
country
branch	CAN Royal Canadian Air Force
garrison	CFB Trenton
garrison_label	Current base
nickname	"Bisons"
motto	"FORTUNAE NIHIL" (Nothing to chance)
mascot	Bison
battle_honours	English Channel and North Sea 1943-1945, Baltic 1943-1945, Fortress Europe 1943-1944, France and Germany 1944-1945, Biscay Ports 1943-1944, Ruhr 1943-1944, Berlin 1943-1944, German Ports 1943-1944, Normandy 1944, Rhine, Biscay 1943-1944, Afghanistan
website
notable_commanders
identification_symbol	Argent on a mount Vert a Bison Gules hoofed and horned Or the head lowered
identification_symbol_4_label
aircraft_bomber	Vickers Wellington
Handley Page Halifax
Avro Lancaster
aircraft_transport	Douglas CC-129 Dakota
De Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo
Lockheed CC-130 Hercules transport
CC-177 Globemaster III

1967–2005 2007–current Handley Page Halifax Avro Lancaster De Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo Lockheed CC-130 Hercules transport CC-177 Globemaster III 429 Transport Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force is one of four squadrons attached to CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario. The squadron was originally formed as a bomber squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) attached to RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War.

History

The squadron was formed on 7 November 1942 as the 429 (Bomber) Squadron RCAF with No 4 Group at RAF East Moor, but reassigned to No. 6 Group shortly after and disbanded on May 31, 1946. The squadron moved to RAF Leeming in 1943.

The current transport role was established at RCAF Station St Hubert on August 21, 1967, as 429 Tactical Transport Unit and in August 1981 renamed 429 Transport Squadron and moved to CFB Winnipeg. The final move was in 1990 to 8 Wing in Trenton, Ontario. 429 Squadron was disbanded in 2005.

Two years later in August 2007, 429 Squadron was again re-activated, this time operating the CC-177 Globemaster III strategic transport aircraft. It used these new aircraft in support of Canada's operations in Afghanistan.

Aircraft used by 429 Sqn include:

World War II

Vickers Wellington - Medium bomber/ASW November 1942 to August 1943
Handley Page Halifax - heavy bomber August 1943 to March 1945
Avro Lancaster B.I and III - heavy bomber/ASW March 1945 to May 1946
Douglas CC-129 Dakota Transport aircraft

Post War

Douglas CC-129 Dakota Transport aircraft
De Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo Transport aircraft
Lockheed CC-130 Hercules transport aircraft
Boeing CC-177 Globemaster III - strategic transport

References

Canadian Department of National Defence - Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces 10th Edition - 2016. Accessed 14 March 2019

References

*Canadian DND - ''Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Armed Forces 10th Edition'' - 2016, pg 46.
"RAF - Bomber Command No.429 Squadron RCAF".

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