Editing RAF Digby (section)

===RCAF Digby===
On 16 September 1942 control of Digby formally passed to Canada and the station was renamed Royal Canadian Air Force Station Digby under the command of Group Captain McNab RCAF. In February 1943 the first [[de Havilland Mosquito]]s arrived at Digby and were allocated to No. 410 Squadron.<ref name=rafinfo1942>{{cite web|url=http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/digby/digbyhistory_ch3_1942_1944.htm|title=RAF Digby - RCAF Digby: A history: 1942 - 1944|publisher=RAF Lincolnshire info|access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref>

During early 1944 Digby was a hive of activity with all of the resident squadrons and several visiting squadrons, including several Czech and Belgian squadrons, taken up with training for [[Operation Overlord|D-day invasion]] support. When the invasion took place all of the squadrons relocated to captured airfields in France and Digby became an almost deserted 'ghost town'. All that remained were [[No. 116 Squadron RAF]] flying a small number of [[Airspeed Oxford]]s in an anti-aircraft training role and two squadrons flying elderly Blenheims for radar calibration off the east coast.<ref name=rafinfo1942/>

In May 1945 control of the station was handed back by the Canadians and it again became RAF Digby, although the new [[Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force|station badge]] showed the autumn gold maple leaf to permanently acknowledge its history as a Canadian facility for three years. By the time the war in Europe ended on 8 May 1945, RAF Digby had been the wartime home to 30 RAF squadrons, 13 Canadian squadrons, 4 Polish squadrons, 2 Belgian squadrons and 1 Czech squadron. Those airmen had flown Hurricane, Spitfire, Defiant, Blenheim, Beaufighter, Mosquito, Mustang, Wellington, Oxford and Anson aircraft. The station had also hosted the full range of visiting RAF heavy bombers and their crews, as well as no fewer than 30 USAAF B-17Gs on a foggy night in November 1944.<ref name=rafinfo1942/>