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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron
| native_name = {{nativename|fr|nolink=on|407<sup>e</sup> Escadron de patrouille à longue portée}}
| image = No._407_Squadron_RCAF_badge.jpg
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* 1941–1945
* 1952–present
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| country = Canada
| branch = [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]
| type =
| role = [[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol|Long range patrol]]
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| command_structure = [[19 Wing Comox]]
| garrison = [[CFB Comox]]
| garrison_label = Based at
| nickname = Demon Squadron
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| motto = To hold on high
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* Atlantic, 1943–1945
* English Channel and North Sea, 1941–1945
* Fortress Europe, 1942
* German Ports, 1942
* Normandy, 1944
* Biscay, 1942–1945<ref name="linneage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/list-flying-squadrons/407-squadron.html |title=407 Long Range Patrol Squadron |publisher=Government of Canada |date=5 December 2024 |access-date=9 June 2025}}</ref>
* Libya, 2011<ref name="linneage"/>
* Arabian Sea<ref name="linneage"/>
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* [[Bristol Blenheim]]
* [[Lockheed Hudson]]
* [[Vickers Wellington]]
* [[Avro Lancaster]]
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* [[Lockheed P-2 Neptune|Lockheed CP-122 Neptune]]
* [[Canadair CP-107 Argus]]
* [[Lockheed CP-140 Aurora]]
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[[File:PL-4609 407 Sqn RCAF.jpg|thumb|407 Sqn Hudsons over the UK in 1942]]
'''407 Long Range Patrol Squadron''' (abbreviated '''407 LRP Sqn''', formerly '''407 Maritime Patrol Squadron''') is a long range and maritime patrol squadron of the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]. It is located at [[19 Wing Comox]], on [[Vancouver Island]], British Columbia, and operates the [[Lockheed CP-140 Aurora]]. The unit was formed during the [[Second World War]], operating from British bases as maritime patrol and strike unit.

==History==
No. 407 Coastal Strike [[Squadron (aviation)|Squadron]] was formed at [[RAF Thorney Island]], [[England]] on 8 May 1941, first training on the [[Bristol Blenheim]]. It was one of seven [[Article XV squadrons|Article XV]] RCAF units to serve with [[RAF Coastal Command]].

The squadron's wartime history can be divided into two periods. From September 1941 to January 1943, the squadron operated as a "strike" squadron attacking enemy shipping with the [[Lockheed Hudson]]. It was as a strike squadron that it won its reputation and its nickname "The Demon Squadron". On 29 January 1943 it was re-designated as 407 General [[Reconnaissance]] Squadron, and for the remainder of the war it protected friendly shipping from the [[U-boat]] threat operating the [[Vickers Wellington]]. The squadron was disbanded on 4 June 1945 following the end of the [[Second World War]].

On 1 July 1952 the squadron was reactivated at [[RCAF Station Comox]] as 407 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron flying the [[Avro Lancaster]]. On 17 July 1956 it was redesignated as a Maritime Patrol Squadron. The squadron has served continuously in Comox since 1952 flying the Lancaster, [[Lockheed P-2 Neptune|Lockheed Neptune]], and [[Canadair CP-107 Argus]]. On 28 June 1975, the squadron was presented its standard by [[Walter Stewart Owen]], [[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]]. 407 Squadron flies the [[Lockheed CP-140 Aurora]] on coastal patrol, [[anti-submarine]] and long range patrol duties. It used these aircraft to conduct operations in the [[Arabian Sea]] after the [[11 September 2001]] terrorist attacks.

==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
[[File:RCAF 407 Demons Sqn Crest Craft patch.JPG|thumb|407 Squadron uniform patch, probably from the 1960s]]
*{{cite book|last=Abbott|first=Kim|title=Gathering of demons : 407 Demon Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force, during its first year of operations, between May 8, 1941, and June 30, 1942, when it was engaged on low level shipping attacks along the coasts of occupied Europe|publisher=Inkerman House|location=Perth, Ontario|year=1987|isbn=096926710X}}
*{{cite book|editor-last= Montgomery |editor-first=B. T.|title=The Demon Squadron, 407 Squadron in War and Peace|publisher=E.W. Binkle Ltd.|location=CFB Comox, British Columbia|year=1975|asin=B000PB087O}}
*{{cite book|last=Procter|first=Tom|title=407 Squadron History, 1941-1996|publisher=407 Maritime Patrol Squadron Association|year=1996}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* [https://www.canada.ca/fr/ministere-defense-nationale/services/histoire-militaire/histoire-patrimoine/histoires-militaire-lignees-officielles/lignees/liste-escadrons/407e-escadron.html CAF – History of 407 Squadron]
* [https://archive.today/20110611203733/http://www.airforce.forces.ca/v2/hst/page-eng.asp?id=567 CAF – World War II Coastal Command]

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{{Canadian Forces Air Command units}}
{{Canadian Forces Air Command}}
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[[Category:Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons]]
[[Category:Canadian Forces aircraft squadrons]]

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