424 Transport and Rescue Squadron (French: 424e Escadron de transport et de sauvetage), nicknamed "Tiger Squadron", is a Royal Canadian Air Force strategic transport and search and rescue unit based at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton in the Canadian province of Ontario. The squadron is the primary provider of search and rescue response for the Trenton Search and Rescue Region, which extends from Quebec City to the Rocky Mountains, and from the Canada–United States border to the North Pole, covering an area of over ten million square kilometres in Central, Western, and Northern Canada.
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| - Le 424e Escadron de transport et sauvetage est une unité de recherche et sauvetage de l'Aviation royale du Canada basée à la 8e Escadre Trenton, en Ontario. L'unité, qui opère des C-130 Hercules et des CH-146 Griffons, est le principal fournisseur de recherche et sauvetage dans une zone de plus 10 000 000 km2 qui s'étend de la Ville de Québec jusqu'aux montagnes Rocheuses et de la frontière américaine jusqu'au pôle Nord. (fr)
- 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron (French: 424e Escadron de transport et de sauvetage), nicknamed "Tiger Squadron", is a Royal Canadian Air Force strategic transport and search and rescue unit based at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton in the Canadian province of Ontario. The squadron is the primary provider of search and rescue response for the Trenton Search and Rescue Region, which extends from Quebec City to the Rocky Mountains, and from the Canada–United States border to the North Pole, covering an area of over ten million square kilometres in Central, Western, and Northern Canada. (en)
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| - 424 "Tiger" Transport and Rescue Squadron (en)
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| - Lockheed CC-130H Hercules and Bell CH-146 Griffon (en)
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| - English Channel and North Sea 1943–1945, Baltic 1944–1945, Fortress Europe 1943–1944, France and Germany 1944–1945, Biscay Ports 1943–1944, Ruhr 1943–1945, Berlin 1944, German Ports 1943–1945, Normandy 1944, Rhine, Biscay 1943–1944, Sicily 1943, Italy 1943, Salerno. (en)
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| - Lieutenant-Colonel J.P. Landry (en)
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| - Castigandos castigamus (en)
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| - 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron (French: 424e Escadron de transport et de sauvetage), nicknamed "Tiger Squadron", is a Royal Canadian Air Force strategic transport and search and rescue unit based at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton in the Canadian province of Ontario. The squadron is the primary provider of search and rescue response for the Trenton Search and Rescue Region, which extends from Quebec City to the Rocky Mountains, and from the Canada–United States border to the North Pole, covering an area of over ten million square kilometres in Central, Western, and Northern Canada. The squadron operates the Lockheed CC-130H Hercules transport aircraft and the Bell CH-146 Griffon helicopter. Pararescue specialists, known as Search and Rescue Technicians (SAR Techs) are on constant standby to deploy within 30 minutes of notification during weekdays and 2 hours at other times. (en)
- Le 424e Escadron de transport et sauvetage est une unité de recherche et sauvetage de l'Aviation royale du Canada basée à la 8e Escadre Trenton, en Ontario. L'unité, qui opère des C-130 Hercules et des CH-146 Griffons, est le principal fournisseur de recherche et sauvetage dans une zone de plus 10 000 000 km2 qui s'étend de la Ville de Québec jusqu'aux montagnes Rocheuses et de la frontière américaine jusqu'au pôle Nord. (fr)
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| - English Channel and North Sea 1943–1945, Baltic 1944–1945, Fortress Europe 1943–1944, France and Germany 1944–1945, Biscay Ports 1943–1944, Ruhr 1943–1945, Berlin 1944, German Ports 1943–1945, Normandy 1944, Rhine, Biscay 1943–1944, Sicily 1943, Italy 1943, Salerno.
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| - Castigandos castigamus (English: We chastise those who deserve to be chastised)
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