426 Squadron Lineage
| Authorized 15 October 1942 and incorporates the following units. | |||
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426 Squadron | ||
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Reformed as '426 Transport Training Squadron' from '4 Field Technical Training Unit' (authorized 10 Mar 1959) and '4 Transport Operational Training Unit' (authorized 1 Mar 1952). | 03-May-71 | |
| French designation '426e Escadron d'entraînement au transport' added. | 09-Sep-77 | ||
| Disbanded | 31-Aug-62 | ||
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Authorized as 'No.426 (Bomber) Squadron' | 15-Oct-42 | |
| Redesignated '426 (Transport) Squadron' | 25-May-45 | ||
| Disbanded | 31-Dec-45 | ||
| Reformed from the Dartmouth detachment of '164 (Transport) Squadron' (see below). | 01-Aug-46 | ||
| No Badge Authorized | 164 Squadron | Authorized as '164 (Transport) Squadron' | 23-Jan-43 |
| Divided into two units, with the Dartmouth detachment being redesignated '426 (Transport) Squadron', as above, and the Edmonton detachment redesignated '435 (Transport) Squadron' (see also 435 Sqn). | 01-Aug-46 | ||
| Notes: | 1. | All info from A-AD-267-000/AF-004. |
| 2. | 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'. |