Heraldic Badges of Her Majesty's Air Forces

	Redesignated in english as '402 Squadron' and in french as '402e Escadron'.	01-Apr-93






	Redesignated '402 Air Reserve Squadron'.	01-Jan-69
	French designation '402e Escadron de la Réserve aérienne' added.	01-Dec-78





	Redesignated '402 "City of Winnipeg" (Fighter) Squadron'.	16-Nov-53
	Redesignated '402 "City of Winnipeg" (Transport) Squadron'.	29-Jan-57
	Redesignated '402 "City of Winnipeg" Squadron'.	31-Mar-58
	Redesignated '402 Squadron (Auxiliary)'.	22-Feb-64



	Authorized as 'No.12 (Army Co-Operation) Squadron'.	05-Oct-32
	Redesignated 'No.112 (Army Co-Operation) Squadron'.	15-Nov-37
	Redesignated 'No.112 (City of Winnipeg) (Army Co-Operation) Squadron'.	01-Jan-40
	Redesignated 'No.2 Canadian Squadron'.	11-Dec-40
	Redesignated 'No.402 Squadron'.	01-Mar-41
	Disbanded.	01-Jul-45
	Reformed as '402 (Fighter Bomber) Squadron'.	15-Apr-46
	Redesignated '402 Fighter Squadron (Auxiliary)'.	01-Mar-47
	Redesignated '402 (Fighter Bomber) Squadron'.	01-Apr-49
	Redesignated '402 "City of Winnipeg" (Fighter Bomber) Squadron'.	18-Sep-50

Notes:	1.	No lineal connection with '2 Army Co-Operation Squadron' of 1918-20, 1925-27, and 1935-39
	2.	All info from A-AD-267-000/AF-004, except annotations in blue.
	3.	A-AD-267-000/AF-004 shows most french designations as 'escadron', notwithstanding that 'escadrille' was used until Feb 1989 when CanForGen 003-89 mandated the use of 'escadron'.

Heraldic Badges - Royal Canadian Air Force