RCAF history ep17: 414 Squadron

[@ReneGate63]

You forgot to mention that 414 squadron was at Upland base in Ottawa Canada. I know because I was an airframe tech on the CF 100 and the T 33 in 1969. I was transferred to Bagotville in the spring to 1972. I have documentation to prove it.

[@SeansAviation]

You are correct. Temporarily based at Uplands for 6 months in 1962 while North Bay had the runways repaved. Good catch!!

[@ReneGate63]

@@SeansAviation wrong. I arrived at Uplands assigned to 414 squadron in March 1969, was transferred from 414 squadron Uplands to 416 squadron in Bagotville in1972. That is 3 years in Ottawa, not counting the years the squadron was there before and after it was there. Dig deeper to get the real history of a great squadron I still think about today. Get the history straight. A proud black knight.

[@SeansAviation]

I have been doing some more digging and the only reference I can find for 414 being based at Uplands was that there was a detachment assigned to the Canadian Forces Airborne Sensing Unit, which only lasted from 1971-1975. I usually focus on where a unit is home based in my videos as units almost always have detachment's assigned somewhere and it becomes cumbersome to track all of them.

[@ReneGate63]

@@SeansAviation keep digging. I was with 414 squadron in Uplands for 3 years. Their must be some documentation somewhere.