No. 6 Group RCAF | |
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Active | 25 October 1942 – 31 August 1945 |
Country | Canada |
Branch | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Role | Strategic and tactical bombing |
Size | 14 squadrons at peak strength |
Part of | RAF Bomber Command |
Garrison/HQ | Allerton 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 heraldry | A maple leaf superimposed on a York rose[1] |
Aircraft flown | |
Bomber | Vickers Wellington Short Stirling Handley Page Halifax Avro Lancaster |
Trainer | British 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.