Astra in Quinte West in Hastings County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
437 Transport Squadron
"The Huskies"
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2025
1. 437 Transport Squadron Memorial
This cairn is dedicated to all past and present
members of 437 Squadron
aux membres actuels du 437e Escadron
[Dedicated] May 26, 2001
Omnia Passim
Anything Anywhere
Erected 2001.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold • War, World II.
Location. 44° 6.852′ N, 77° 32.994′ W. Memorial is in Quinte West, Ontario, in Hastings County. It is in Astra. It can be reached from Hastings 21. Memorial is in the National Air Force Museum of Canada's Memorial Air Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 220 RCAF Road, Quinte West ON K0K 3V0, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Ontario and specifically in Southeastern Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: RCAF Police and Air Force Security Services (a few steps from this marker); Fighter Air Crews of World War II and Korea (a few steps from this marker); No. 6 RCAF Group (a few steps from this marker); CF100 and CF 101 Aircrews (a few steps from this marker); CF-101 Voodoo (a few steps from this marker); 429 Bison Squadron (a few steps from this marker); CF-188 Hornet (a few steps from this marker); Stalker 822 (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Quinte West.
More about this memorial. Admission required, and the outdoor Air Park is closed during inclement weather.
Also see . . . National Air Force Museum of Canada. (Submitted on May 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
via Government of Canada/RCAF, unknown
2. 437 Transport Squadron badge
OMNIA PASSIM (Anything, anywhere)
Nicknamed the "Husky Squadron", this unit adopted as its badge a husky's head indicative of its Second World War function of glider towing and the transportation of freight.
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Nicknamed the "Husky Squadron", this unit adopted as its badge a husky's head indicative of its Second World War function of glider towing and the transportation of freight.
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2025
3. 437 Transport Squadron Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on February 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 104 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on February 18, 2026, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on May 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
