400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron

Squadron standard

Badge

Description

Argent in front of two tomahawks in saltire an eagle's head erased Gules langued Azure.

Significance

The eagle's head indicates the squadron's former role as a reconnaissance unit on army cooperation work; the tomahawks indicate the type of aircraft with which it was once equipped.

Motto

PERCUSSURI VIGILES (On the watch to strike)

Battle honours

The Second World War

FORTRESS EUROPE, 1941-1944; Dieppe; FRANCE AND GERMANY, 1944-1945; Normandy, 1944; Arnhem; Rhine; BISCAY, 1942-1943.

Lineage

• Authorized as 'No.10 (Army Co-Operation) Squadron' 5 October 1932.^{Footnote 1}
• Redesignated 'No.10 (City of Toronto) (Army Co-Operation) Squadron' 15 April 1935.^{Footnote 2}
• Redesignated 'No.110 (City of Toronto) (Army Co-Operation) Squadron' 15 November 1937.^{Footnote 3}
• Redesignated 'No.400 Squadron' 1 March 1941.^{Footnote 4}
• Redesignated '400 (Fighter Reconnaissance) Squadron' 28 June 1943.^{Footnote 5}
• Disbanded 7 August 1945.^{Footnote 6}
• Reformed as '400 (Fighter-Bomber) Squadron (Auxiliary)' 15 April 1946.^{Footnote 7}
• Redesignated '400 (Fighter) Squadron (Auxiliary)' 1 February 1947.^{Footnote 8}
• Redesignated '400 "City of Toronto" (Fighter) Squadron' 6 November 1952.^{Footnote 9}
• Redesignated '400 Squadron' 1 October 1958.^{Footnote 10}
• Redesignated '400 Squadron (Auxiliary)' 22 February 1964.^{Footnote 11}
• Redesignated '400 Air Reserve Squadron' 1 January 1969.^{Footnote 12}
• Redesignated '400 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron' 22 October 1991.^{Footnote 14}
• Redesignated '400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron' 1 January 1998.^{Footnote 15}

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on army co-operation and fighter reconnaissance operations in Britain, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands under 'Army Co-Operation Command', 'Fighter Command' and '2nd Tactical Air Force'. It remained in Germany after the war with 'British Air Forces of Occupation (Germany)'.^{Footnote 16}

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