419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron was a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The squadron was originally formed during the Second World War and was most recently based at CFB Cold Lake. In its latest incarnation it was responsible for advanced tactical fighter training for pilots of the RCAF and as part of the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) program using nine CT-155 Hawk trainers.
Loading a 4,000 lb "Cookie" on to a 419 Squadron Wellington at RAF Mildenhall, UK, May 1942
Personnel of No. 419 (Moose) Squadron, RCAF, with an Avro Lancaster B.X aircraft, Middleton St. George, England, 1944
W/C D.C. Hagerman, Commanding Officer of No. 419 Squadron, RCAF, in the cockpit of an Avro Lancaster B.X aircraft, England, 1944
RAF Middleton St George is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Bomber Command station during the Second World War. It was located in County Durham, 6 mi (9.7 km) east of Darlington, England. The station's motto was Shield and Deter. The aerodrome remains active as Teesside International Airport.
A crew of No. 78 Squadron RAF watch as engine adjustments are made to an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber, Z6743, before they take off for a raid from Middleton St George.
RAF. Middleton St George August 1960
