Royal Canadian Air Force squadron returns to RAF Leeming to take part in exercise for first time since it was based there in WWII

A Royal Canadian Air Force squadron has returned to RAF Leeming more than 70 years after using it as a base during World War Two.

A crew from 405 Squadron (RCAF) flew in to the base to take part in Exercise Joint Warrior – a multinational operation involving the Navy, Air Force and Army from the UK and visiting units from Allied nations.

Ships, submarines, aircraft and ground troops simulated battles at sea, in the air and on land in an area which stretches from the Irish Sea, north to Cape Wrath and east to the Moray Firth.

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