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• Naval Air

Blazon

A lynx salient affrontee.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

This badge design utilizes the lynx as the main device because of its success as a predator. Not only does it have exceptional night vision and tracking capabilities, but it is rarely cheated of a kill. Just as these abilities are handed down from one generation of the cats to the next, this air squadron ensures that a high standard of proficiency is passed from one generation of aircrew to the next.

Remarks

The squadron was formed as 406 (Night Fighter) Squadron in England on May 10, 1941. It was redesignated 406 (Interceptor) Squadron on November 27, 1944 and disbanded in Cornwall on September 1, 1945. It was later reformed as 406 (TAC B) Squadron (AUX) in Saskatoon on April 1, 1947, then as 406 "City of Saskatoon" Squadron (AUX) on April 1, 1958. The unit was disbanded on April 1, 1964, but later reactivated as lIT-406 Squadron. Still operational it trains aircrew on the CH-124 Sea King helicopter at CFB Shearwater, Nova Scotia.

Motto

We kill by night

Battle Honours

Defence of Britain, 1941-1943; English Channel and North Sea, 1944; Fortress Europe, 1943-1944; France and Germany, 1944-1945; Biscay Ports, 1944; Normandy, 1944; Biscay, 1944.

References

Badges Of The Canadian Navy by Arbuckle, J. Graeme. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1987.