405 Long Range Patrol Squadron is a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force within the Canadian Forces, initially formed as No. 405 Squadron RCAF during the Second World War.
No. 405 Squadron RCAF badge
Armourers check over a mixed bomb load of three 1,000 lb MC bombs and small bomb containers (SBCs) filled with 30 lb incendiary bombs, loaded into the bomb-bay and wing cells of a Handley Page Halifax Mark II of 405 Squadron RCAF at RAF Pocklington, England
405 Squadron Halifax "Ruhr Valley Express" at RAF Pocklington. This aircraft was lost returning from a raid on Flensburg in October 1942
Lancaster of 405 Squadron at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida in 1953.
Lockheed CP-140 Aurora
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The Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is a maritime patrol aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. The aircraft is based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe, but mounts the electronics suite of the Loc
405 Long Range Patrol Squadron
…of being the first to fly the Canadian-built CP-107 Argus. The squadron made its last flight in the Argus on 10 November 1980 before introducing the CP-140 Aurora. Though 405 Squadron's primary combat functions are anti-submarine (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASUW), most of its time is spent fulfilling a variety…
CP-140 Aurora 140107 flying at John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport near Mount Hope, Ontario
CP-140 Aurora 140105 departing from London International Airport near London, Ontario, in 2004
CP-140s and South Korean P-3s at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base in Hawaii
A CP-140A Arcturus 140120 at Downsview Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2008