No. 3 Squadron RCAF

No. 3 Squadron RCAF
A No. 3 Squadron RCAF pilot standing in front of a Wapiti IIA, Rockcliffe, 1938
Active	1935–1939
Country	Canada
Branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
Role	Bomber
Size	Seven aircraft (August 1939)[1]
Part of	Eastern Air Command (1939)
Garrison/HQ	Halifax (September 1939)
Insignia
Unit code	OP (1939)[1]
Aircraft flown
Bomber	Westland Wapiti
Fighter	Armstrong Whitworth Siskin

No. 3 (Bomber) Squadron was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) squadron active during the late 1930s.

Formed in 1935 with bomber and fighter flights, the squadron took two years to receive its bomber aircraft, after which the fighter flight was expanded into a separate squadron. After the outbreak of World War II it moved to Halifax to provide anti-ship capability, but was redesignated as a fighter squadron while in transit. The squadron never actually became the latter and was disbanded within days of its move to Halifax, with its aircraft and personnel being transferred to a new bomber squadron.

The lineage of the squadron originates with No. 3 (Operations) Squadron, which flew forestry patrols over Ontario and Quebec to support civil government between 1925 and 1927. It was transferred to civilian control at the end of that period and its designation lapsed. The squadron was successively reformed on paper as No. 3 (Service) Squadron and No. 3 (Advanced Training) Squadron during the late 1920s, but never became active under these designations.