412 Transport Squadron

412 Transport Squadron
Active1941–present
Country Canada
BranchCanada Royal Canadian Air Force
RoleVIP transport and general duties
Home stationOttawa, Ontario
Motto(s)Promptus Ad Vindictam
("Swift to avenge")
Battle honours
  • Defence of Britain 1941–44
  • English Channel and North Sea 1942–43
  • Fortress Europe 1941–44
  • Dieppe
  • France and Germany 1944–45
  • Normandy 1944
  • Arnhem
  • Rhine
Insignia
Squadron BadgeA falcon volant
Aircraft flown
TransportCC-144 Challenger

No. 412 Transport Squadron is one of three Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) transport squadrons attached to Ottawa, Ontario. The squadron operates with a strength of about 29 out of the Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Annex. The Annex officially opened on January 11, 1995.[1]

No. 412 Squadron began as a unit of the RCAF during the Second World War.