429 Transport Squadron

Squadron standard

Badge

Description

Argent on a mount Vert a bison Gules hoofed and horned Or the head lowered.

Significance

The bison is a fierce and powerful animal, indigenous to Canada.

Motto

FORTUNAE NIHIL (Nothing to chance)

Battle honours

The Second World War

ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA, 1943-1945; BALTIC, 1943-1945; FORTRESS EUROPE, 1943-1944; FRANCE AND GERMANY, 1944-1945; Biscay Ports, 1943-1944; Ruhr, 1943-1945; Berlin, 1943-1944; German Ports, 1943-1945; Normandy, 1944; Rhine; BISCAY, 1943-1944.

SOUTH-WEST ASIA

AFGHANISTAN

Lineage

• Authorized as '429 (Bomber) Squadron' 15 October 1942.^{Footnote 1}
• Disbanded 31 May 1946.^{Footnote 2}
• Reformed as '429 (Tactical Transport) Squadron' 14 July 1967.^{Footnote 3}
• Disbanded 1 September 1971.^{Footnote 4}
• Reformed as '429 Composite Squadron' 6 July 1972.^{Footnote 5}
• Designated in French “429e Escadron composite” 9 August 1977. ^{Footnote 6}
• Redesignated '429 Transport Squadron' 1 August 1981.^{Footnote 7}

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on heavy bombing operations in Great Britain under 'Bomber Command'.^{Footnote 8}

South-West Asia

429 Transport Squadron reinforced various Air Force units and formations as part of Joint Task Force Afghanistan, Air Wing, between 2001 and 2014.^{Footnote 9}