RCAF Eastern Air Command

Eastern Air Command was the part of the Royal Canadian Air Force's Home War Establishment responsible for air operations on the Atlantic coast of Canada during the Second World War. It played a critical role in anti-submarine operations in Canadian and Newfoundland waters during the Battle of the Atlantic. Eastern Air Command also had several fighter squadrons and operational training units under its umbrella.

10 September 1939

 * HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1 January 1943

 * HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia
 * No. 1 Group. HQ St. Johns, Newfoundland

6 June 1944

 * HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia


 * No. 1 Group, HQ St. John's, Newfoundland


 * No. 5 (Gulf) Group, HQ Gaspé, Quebec