450 Squadron Lineage

Authorized 10 December 1963 and incorporates the following units.
 
450 Squadron badge 450 Squadron Redesignated in english as '450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron' and
in french as '450e Escadron tactique d'hélicoptères'.
15-Jun-93
 Disbanded01-Jan-98
 Reformed and designated in english as '450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron' and
in french as '450e Escadron tactique d'hélicoptères'.
02-May-12
 
 
450 Squadron badge Authorized as '450 Heavy Transport Helicopter Squadron' from '1 Transport Helicopter Platoon' (see below).29-Mar-68
Redesignated '450 Transport Helicopter Squadron'20-May-70
French designation '450e Escadron d'hélicoptères de transport' added.27-Jun-78
 
 
 
 
 
1 Transport Helicopter Platoon badge 1 THP Authorized as '1 Transport Helicopter Platoon, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps'10-Dec-63
Redesignated '450 Heavy Transport Helicopter Squadron', as above.29-Mar-68
 
 
 
 
 

Notes:1.No lineal connection with 450 Squadron RAAF.
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'.
4.A-AD-267-000/AF-004 incorrectly references '1 Transport Helicopter Platoon' as '1 Army Helicopter Transport Platoon'.