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About 538 'Buffalo' Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron

The first of four Air Cadet Squadrons now in the City of Calgary was organized in December of 1940 and designated 52 'City of Calgary' Squadron. In the fall of 1950, a group of former-RCAF members saw a need for a second Air Cadet Squadron in the city. Under the sponsorship of 70l Wing, Royal Canadian Air Force Association, 538 Buffalo Squadron came into being. To avoid the possibility of issuing a number to the new Squadron only to find that sufficient numbers of cadets were not recruited; the Air Cadet League assigned the name ‘Buffalo Squadron’ to the new Calgary unit. The Squadron surpassed the required strength quota in a very short time and in October 1951, the Air Cadet League of Canada presented the Squadron with its Charter. It was because of this decision that our name has remained 538 Buffalo Squadron.