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50th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Active	Early September 1915 - Late July 1919
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Corps
Type	Signaller
Part of	British Expeditionary Force 1st Army Canadian Corps 4th Division 1st Brigade
Garrison/HQ	N/A (Moved around)
Nickname(s)	Mason's Man-Eaters
Engagements	Second Battle of Ypres Battle of Ancre Heights Battle of the Somme Battle of Vimy Ridge Battle of Lens Battle of Passchendaele Kaiser's Battle Battle of Amiens Second Battle of the Somme (1918) Battle of Cambrai Drocourt-Queant Battle of the Canal du Nord Battle of Valenciennes
Commanders
Current commander	N/A (Not existing now)
Colonel of the Regiment	Colonel E.G Mason

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

RF-101C-55-MC (56-0220), assigned to 18th TRS, 460th TRW. This aircraft was shot down by a SAM over North Vietnam on 7 March 1966, killing the pilot.

• 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)

References

Bibliography

• 18th Reconnaissance Squadron History