No. 7 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron was a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron that was active during the Second World War.

No. 7 Squadron RCAF
Active1935-1939, 1941-1945
Disbanded25 July 1945
Country Canada
Branch Royal Canadian Air Force
RoleBomber Reconnaissance
Part ofRCAF Western Air Command
Battle honoursPacific Coast 1941-1945[1]
Aircraft flown
PatrolBlackburn Shark Mk.III
Supermarine Stranraer
Consolidated Canso
Consolidated Catalina
TransportFairchild 71
Bellanca Pacemaker

It was amalgamated from various Rockcliffe based flights on 29 January 1936 at RCAF Station Rockcliffe near Ottawa, Ontario, as No. 7 (General Purpose) Squadron and was disbanded on 10 September 1939 to allow its personnel to bring more critical combat units up to strength with the start of the Second World War.[2]

It was reformed at RCAF Station Prince Rupert on 8 December 1941 as an anti-submarine unit with RCAF Western Air Command. The squadron flew the Blackburn Shark, Supermarine Stranraer, Consolidated Canso and Consolidated Catalina before disbanding a final time on 25 July 1945.[3]

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  • Kostenuk, S.; Griffin, J. (1977). RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft: 1924–1968. Toronto, ON: Samuel Stevens, Hakkert & Co. ISBN 978-0888665775.