The picture source gives "No. 427 Squadron formed at Croft ...{County Durham}... as another of the RCAF's bomber squadrons, becoming part of No. 6 Group on 1 January 1943." Moved to RAF Leeming, Yorkshire in May 1943.
Latin motto: Ferte Manus Certas - translates as 'Striking sure'.
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427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
{The plaque is divided graphically into 3 vertical sections. The central pane...
Flight Sergeant Frederick Carleton Austin was born on 22 August 1918 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, the younger child of Captain John Buchanan Austin (1886-1918) and Erminie Idah Buchanan née Calvin (189...
RAF fighter pilot. Born John Randall Daniel Braham in Holcombe, Somerset, and known as 'Bob'. In World War II, he was one of the most successful night fighter pilots. He was awarded the DSO & T...
Engineer and politician. Born at Maple Ridge Farm in Trenton, Ontario. He came to London in 1878 and with his brothers, established a company specialising in machinery for the confectionery and bak...
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Caleb Arron Dack was born on 22 December 1961 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, the son of Robert Alan Dack (1938-1...
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