High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! No. 434 Squadron was a Royal Canadian Air Force bomber squadron that flew bombing operations over Europe during World War II and was later a post-war fighter and combat support unit. It was last disbanded in 2000. The unit was first formed at Tholthorpe, United Kingdom on 13 June 1943 flying the Handley Page Halifax Mk V. On 13 August 1943 they flew their first operational sortie, a bombing raid across the Alps to Milan, Italy. In May 1944 the unit received Halifax Mk IIIs to replace their Mk Vs. The squadron was adopted by the Rotary Club of Halifax, Nova Scotia and to show their connection to the city adopted the nickname "Bluenose Squadron", the common nickname for people from Nova Scotia and a tribute to the schooner Bluenose.

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