RCAF Eastern Air Command
Squadron Type of Aircraft Station
No . 5 Squadron RCAF Consolidated Canso RCAF Station Torbay
No . 10 Squadron RCAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator RCAF Station Torbay
No . 11 Squadron RCAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator RCAF Station Torbay - Moved to Dartmouth 18 June
No . 116 Squadron RCAF Consolidated Canso RCAF Station Gander
No . 127 Squadron RCAF Hawker Hurricane RCAF Station Gander
No . 129 Squadron RCAF Hawker Hurricane RCAF Station Dartmouth
Order of battle -- 6 June 1944
HQ Halifax , Nova Scotia Squadron Type of Aircraft Station No . 113 Squadron RCAF Lockheed Ventura RCAF Station Yarmouth - Moved to Torbay 21 June , disbanded 23 August No . 119 Squadron RCAF Lockheed Hudson RCAF Station Sydney No . 121 Squadron RCAF Various RCAF Station Dartmouth No . 126 Squadron RCAF Hawker Hurricane RCAF Station Dartmouth No . 128 Squadron RCAF Hawker Hurricane RCAF Station Dartmouth No . 145 Squadron RCAF Lockheed Ventura RCAF Station Yarmouth No . 160 Squadron RCAF Consolidated Canso RCAF Station Yarmouth No . 167 Squadron RCAF Various RCAF Station Dartmouth No . 1 Group , HQ St. John 's , Newfoundland
Eastern Air Command was the part of the Royal Canadian Air Force's Home War Establishment responsible for air operations on the Atlantic coast of Canada during the Second World War. It played a critical role in anti-submarine operations in Canadian and Newfoundland waters during the Battle of the Atlantic. Eastern Air Command also had several fighter squadrons and operational training units under its umbrella.