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Whaler Squadron, RCAF?
I recently picked up this Crest Craft patch but I'm uncertain about its origin. I can't find any definitive reference to a Canadian RCAF Squadron which was nick-named, "Whaler". The Makers back-stamp indicates it was manufactured between 1942 and 1955.
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Wayne. My guess is likely one of the 100 series Maritime Patrol squadrons.... 113, 116, 117 etc.... I can do some checking after work today through some reference material
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MIKE Collecting RCAF Wings Uniforms Badges and Insignia |
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Whaler Squadron
My dad was in the Whaler Squadron in WW2. I have the crest at home and he was in the 16pth Squadron of the RCAF.
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Hi Kim. Thanks for that. Just to confirm, that's 116 Sqdn out of Botwood Harbour Newfoundland? I have read they didn't have an "official" badge so this must have just been something they had ordered up for their jackets.
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Whaler's Squadron
Yes, I had a typing error on my post, it was the 116th Squadron, but he flew out of Gander quite a bit; that's from the limited information I could get out of him about the war.
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Whaler Squadron, RCAF?
My father was in the 116th Squadron. Botwood in the summer, Halifax in the winter. Here are some patches.
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116 Squadron patch 2. Hopefully it comes through!
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Sweetheart pin.
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Mxke, those are great items to have as memoirs from your dad. All very rare (to me) and unique designs for 116 Squadron; congratulations.
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We kids are fortunate that Dad wrote a short story of his life in the RCAF.
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Another patch
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Last one
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crest craft, patch, rcaf, whaler sqdn |
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