No. 5 Squadron RCAF

No. 5 Squadron RCAF
Active1934-1945
Disbanded15 July 1945
Country Canada
Branch Royal Canadian Air Force
RoleBomber Reconnaissance
Part ofRCAF Eastern Air Command
Nickname(s)Gannet
Motto(s)VOLANDO VINCIMUS - "By Flying We Conquer"
EngagementsSecond World War
Battle honoursNorth West Atlantic, 1939-1945[1]

No. 5 Squadron RCAF was a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron that was active during the Second World War. It was primarily used in an anti-submarine role with Eastern Air Command and was based at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Gander, Newfoundland, Torbay, Newfoundland, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Sydney, Nova Scotia. The squadron flew the Supermarine Stranraer, Consolidated Canso and Consolidated Catalina before disbanding on 15 July 1945.[2]