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No. 4 Squadron RCAF
Active 1925-1945
Disbanded 7 August 1945
Country Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 Canada
Branch Royal Canadian Air Force Ensign (1941-1968) Royal Canadian Air Force
Role Bomber Reconnaissance
Part of RCAF Western Air Command
Battle honours Pacific Coast 1941-1945[1]

No. 4 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron was a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron that was active during the Second World War. It was formed on 17 January 1933 at RCAF Station Jericho Beach and flew civil operations until 1939. During the war it was primarily used in an anti-submarine role with Western Air Command and was based at Tofino, British Columbia. The squadron flew the Blackburn Shark, Supermarine Stranraer, Consolidated Canso and Consolidated Catalina before disbanding on 7 August 1945.[2]

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