(RCAF) 6 Group in Yorkshire,U.K. Canadians served with Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons in the No. 6 Bomber Group – the only non-British group to serve in Bomber Command. By the end of the Second World War, No. 6 Bomber Group had carried out more than 40,000 sorties and approximately 8,000 decorations for bravery were awarded to its members.The map shows the northerly location of the RCAF 6 Group. This northerly location resulted in much poor weather for the Canadian Group due to fog and severe icing conditions. Stations operated by the RCAF, 6 Group in Yorkshire from Jan 1943 to war's end. In total 11 stations were controlled by the RCAF by 1945. Skipton-on-Swale: 433 Squadron and 424 (from Nov 43) Dalton: 428 Squadron and 424(May, 43) Croft: 427 Squadron Dishforth: 425 and 426 Squadron Middleton St George: 419 and 420 Squadrons Leeming: 408 and 424 Squadrons(from Apr-May, 43) Linton-on-Ouse: 408 & 426 Squadrons from June 43 Tholthorpe: 420 Squadron (from Dec 43) No. 1659 HCU Topcliffe: 419 Squadron East Moor Wombleton Group HQ at Allerton Park (Allerton Castle) Training Units: Long Marston Honeybourne All Canadian Squadrons were in the 400 number series and in total there were 15 Squadrons in the 400 series which served in 6 Group. Flying Wellington, Halifax and Lancaster bombers, No. 6 Group flew 39,584 operational sorties and suffered the lowest loss rate of all bomber groups at two per cent. Royal Canadian Air Force Bomber Squadrons,May,1945 405 (City of Vancouver) Gransden Lodge 408 (Goose) Linton-on-Ouse 415 (Swordfish) East Moor 419 (Moose) Middleton St.George 420 (Snowy Owl) Tholthorpe 424 (Tiger) Skipton-on-Swale 425 (Alouette) Tholthorpe 426 (Thunderbird) Linton-on-Ouse 427 (Lion) Leeming 428 (Ghost) Middleton St.George 429 (Bison) Leeming 431 (Iroquois) Croft 432 (Leaside) East Moor 433 (Porcupine) Skipton-on-Swale 434 (Bluenose) Croft Canadian Virtual Military Museum
