433 Tactical Fighter Squadron

433 Tactical Fighter Squadron
Active 1943-1945
1954-1961
1968-2005
Country  Canada
Allegiance  Canada
Branch Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Role Tactical Fighter
Nickname Porcupine
Motto QUI S'Y FROTTE S'Y PIQUE (Who opposes it gets hurt)
Battle honours English Channel and North Sea 1944-1945
Baltic 1944-1945
Fortress Europe 1944
France and Germany 1944-1945
Biscay Ports 1944
Ruhr 1944-1945
Berlin 1944
German Ports 1944-1945
Normandy 1944
Rhine
Biscay 1944

433 Tactical Fighter Squadron was a unit of the Canadian Forces under Royal Canadian Air Force. It operated CF-188 Hornet fighter jets from CFB Bagotville in Quebec, Canada.

The squadron was deactivated in 2005, and its assets and personnel amalgamated into 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron.[1] The squadron was originally a Royal Canadian Air Force bomber squadron formed in England during World War II.

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