No. 10 Squadron RCAF was a Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Canadian Air Force

The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force . In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force and granted royal sanction by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968...

 squadron that was active during the Second World War. It was primarily used in an anti-submarine role and was based on the east coast of Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and Newfoundland. It established the RCAF record for attacks on U-boats

U-boat

U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...

 with 22 and was successful in sinking 3, earning the unofficial nickname of North Atlantic Squadron. The squadron flew the Westland Wapiti

Westland Wapiti

The Westland Wapiti was a British two-seat general purpose military single-engined biplane of the 1920s. It was designed and built by Westland Aircraft Works to replace the Airco DH.9A in Royal Air Force service....

, Douglas Digby, and Consolidated B-24 Liberator before disbanding on 13 August 1945.

Victories

• 30 October 1942 - U-520
• 19 September 1943 - U-341
• 26 October 1943 - U-420