RCAF Eastern Air Command

Eastern Air Command
Active	15 November 1938 - 1 March 1947
Country	Canada
Allegiance	Canada
Branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
Motto(s)	Seaward
Engagements	Second World War Battle of the Atlantic Battle of the St. Lawrence

Eastern Air Command was the part of the Royal Canadian Air Force's Home War Establishment responsible for air operations on the Atlantic coast of Canada during the Second World War. It played a critical role in anti-submarine operations in Canadian and Newfoundland waters during the Battle of the Atlantic. Eastern Air Command also had several fighter squadrons and operational training units under its umbrella.

Order of battle

10 September 1939

HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 1 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station St. Hubert
No. 2 Squadron RCAF	Armstrong Whitworth Atlas	RCAF Station Saint John - disbanded 16 December
No. 5 Squadron RCAF	Supermarine Stranraer	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 8 Squadron RCAF	Northrop Delta	RCAF Station Sydney
No. 10 Squadron RCAF	Westland Wapiti	RCAF Station Halifax
No. 116 Squadron RCAF	No aircraft	RCAF Station Halifax - disbanded 2 November
No. 117 Squadron RCAF	No aircraft	RCAF Station Saint John - disbanded 28 October

1 January 1943

HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 10 Squadron RCAF	Douglas Digby	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 11 Squadron RCAF	Lockheed Hudson	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 113 Squadron RCAF	Lockheed Hudson	RCAF Station Yarmouth
No. 116 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated PBY Catalina	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 117 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated Canso	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 119 Squadron RCAF	Lockheed Hudson	RCAF Station Sydney
No. 121 Squadron RCAF	Various	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 126 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 128 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 129 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 130 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station Bagotville
No. 162 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated Canso	RCAF Station Yarmouth

No. 1 Group. HQ St. Johns, Newfoundland

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 5 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated Canso	RCAF Station Gander
No. 125 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station Torbay
No. 127 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station Torbay
No. 145 Squadron RCAF	Lockheed Hudson	RCAF Station Torbay

6 June 1944

HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 113 Squadron RCAF	Lockheed Ventura	RCAF Station Yarmouth - Moved to Torbay 21 June, disbanded 23 August
No. 119 Squadron RCAF	Lockheed Hudson	RCAF Station Sydney
No. 121 Squadron RCAF	Various	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 126 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 128 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station Dartmouth
No. 145 Squadron RCAF	Lockheed Ventura	RCAF Station Yarmouth
No. 160 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated Canso	RCAF Station Yarmouth
No. 167 Squadron RCAF	Various	RCAF Station Dartmouth

No. 1 Group, HQ St. John's, Newfoundland

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 5 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated Canso	RCAF Station Torbay
No. 10 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated B-24 Liberator	RCAF Station Torbay
No. 11 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated B-24 Liberator	RCAF Station Torbay - Moved to Dartmouth 18 June
No. 116 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated Canso	RCAF Station Gander
No. 127 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station Gander
No. 129 Squadron RCAF	Hawker Hurricane	RCAF Station Dartmouth

No. 5 (Gulf) Group, HQ Gaspé, Quebec

Squadron	Type of Aircraft	Station
No. 161 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated Canso	RCAF Station Gaspé
No. 162 Squadron RCAF	Consolidated Canso	RAF Reykjavik - On loan to Coastal Command

See also

• RCAF Western Air Command
• David Ernest Hornell
• Convoy ONS 5
• Battle of the St. Lawrence
• Leonard Birchall
• Canadian Northwest Atlantic