During the war it was flown by 119 BR (Bomber Reconnaissance) Hamilton "Tiger" Squadron at Yarmouth N.S.
	The Tiger Squadron took its name from the Hamilton Tiger Football Club which we know today as the Hamilton Tiger Cats.
	The I.O.D.E., an active supporter of the Boly restoration, raised sufficient funds during the war to buy a Bolingbroke for the war effort. Known as "Ida" it was flown by Hamilton Squadron.
	Was the first RCAF aircraft to attack German submarines off Canada's east coast, and was used in the first successful RCAF attack on a Japanese submarine off Canada's west coast.
	Was assigned to the combined Canadian-American defense campaign to protect the Aleutian Islands and the west coast of Alaska from Japanese attack.
	Was the first modern, all aluminum aircraft built in Canada.
	Served with the RCAF in Canada until the end of the war as a wireless operator and gunnery training aircraft?