Flag of the 404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron
Flag of the 404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron
Blazon
The Standard for a Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force charged with the Badge of the 404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron (Argent a bison’s head couped proper, all within the Badge Frame for Flying Squadrons, its scroll inscribed READY TO FIGHT), flanked by scrolls Argent inscribed in letters Sable, those to the dexter with ATLANTIC, 1941-1945 / ATLANTIQUE, 1941-1945; BALTIC, 1944-1945 / BALTIQUE, 1944-1945; those to the sinister with ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA, 1941-1945 / MANCHE ET MER DU NORD, 1941-1945; NORMANDY, 1944 / NORMANDIE, 1944; and that in base with BISCAY, 1943-1944 / GOLFE DE GASCOGNE, 1943-1944;
Symbolism
This flag is based on the pattern for standards for squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force, with the unit’s primary badge surrounded by the battle honours awarded to the unit.
