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The 50th Canadian Battalion (18 RS) was part of the 4th Division (Canada) in World War I, 1914-1918 The Battalion was commanded by Colonel E.G Mason. The Battalion recruiting headquarters was in Calgary. It was formed to add men to being formed Canadian fourth division.

History
The 50th Canadian Battalion was a battalion of volunteers from Calgary and area.They were added into the forming 4th Division, because the Brigade of Canadian Mounted Rifles took over the last few spots in the Third Division.

Operations

 * World War I 
 * October Revolution (also known as Russian Bolshevik Revolution) in 1919

Lineage

 * 381st Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) (1943)
 * 381st Fighter Squadron, Single Engine (1943 - 1944)
 * 161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (1944 - 1946)
 * 161st Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo (Jet Propelled) (1946 - 1948)
 * 161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo-Jet (1948 - 1950)
 * 18th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo-Jet (1950 - 1966)
 * 18th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (1966 - 2006)
 * 18th Reconnaissance Squadron (2006 - Present)

Assignments

 * 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group (1943 - 1945)
 * Attached: 10th Photographic Group (23 December 1944 - 3 January 1945)
 * 67th Reconnaissance Group (1945)
 * 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group (1946 - 1949)
 * Fourteenth Air Force (1949 - 1951)
 * Attached: 20th Fighter Wing (20 September 1949 - 2 April 1951)


 * 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group (1951 - 1958)
 * 432d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (1958 - 1959)
 * 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (1959 - 1970)
 * 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (1970 - 1979)
 * 9th Reconnaissance Wing (2006 - Present)

Bases stationed

 * Hamilton Field, California (1943)
 * Santa Rosa Army Air Field, California (1943)
 * Sacramento Municipal Airport, California (1943)
 * RAF Keevil, England (1943 - 1944)
 * RAF Rivenhall, England (1944)
 * RAF Staplehurst, England (1944)
 * Maupertus-sur-Mer, France (1944)
 * Azeville, France (1944)
 * Montrevil, France (1944)
 * Sandwieler, Luxembourg (1944)
 * Le Culot, Belgium (1944 - 1945)
 * Operated From: Conflans, France (23 December 1944 - 4 January 1945)
 * Venlo, Netherlands (1945)


 * Gütersloh, Germany (1945)
 * Braunschweig, Germany (1945)
 * Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Germany (1945)
 * Reims, France (1945)
 * Drew Field, Florida (1945)
 * Brooks Field, Texas (1946)
 * Langley Air Force Base, Virginia (1946 - 1949)
 * Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina (1949 - 1959)
 * Laon-Couvron Air Base, France (1959 - 1966)
 * RAF Upper Heyford, England (1966 - 1970)
 * Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina (1970 - 1979)
 * Beale Air Force Base, California (2006 - Present)

Aircraft Operated

 * P-39 Airacobra (1943)
 * P-51 Mustang (1944 - 1945)
 * F-6 Mustang (1944 - 1945, 1946 - 1947)
 * FP-80 (1946 - 1955)
 * T-33 Shooting Star (1950 - 1954)
 * RF-84 Thunderflash (1954 - 1957)
 * RF-101 Voodoo (1957 - 1970)
 * RF-4 Phantom II (1970 - 1979)