No. 6 Group RCAF

No. 6 Group RCAF
Active25 October 1942 – 31 August 1945
Country Canada
Branch Royal Canadian Air Force
RoleStrategic and tactical bombing
Size14 squadrons at peak strength
Part ofRAF Bomber Command
Garrison/HQAllerton Park, Yorkshire
Motto(s)Latin: Sollertia et ingenium
("Initiative and skill")[1]
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Air Vice-Marshal G.E. Brookes,
Air Vice-Marshal C.M. McEwen
Insignia
Group badge heraldryA maple leaf superimposed on a York rose[1]
Aircraft flown
BomberVickers Wellington
Short Stirling
Handley Page Halifax
Avro Lancaster
TrainerBritish Aircraft Eagle
Foster Wikner Wicko
Airspeed Oxford

No. 6 Group RCAF was a group of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) heavy bomber squadrons in Europe during the Second World War, between 1942 and 1945. The group operated out of airfields in Yorkshire, England.

  1. ^ a b Moyes 1976, p. 344.