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While awaiting final word on its disbandment No. 123 carried on its normal routine, training the twelfth (and last) Army Air Support course, engaging in shoots at Chatham with the 7th Division Artillery and various other co-operation schemes.  During one flour-bombing exercise with the Army a civilian received a direct hit  from a bomb. He was uninjured and indeed seemed quite please with the whole show.

Sports flourished, and on 22 September there was a Squadron field day, for which the meteorological people provided perfect weather, the athletes brilliant performances, and the cooks a splendid chicken dinner.  The Squadron softball team played its way through to the finals in the Maritimes league, where it lost out in two keenly contested games with Saint John

Photo source: 439 Sqn archives

On 14 October 1943 the cloak of mystery shrouding the Squadron's future was finally lifted with  official notification that No. 123 was to proceed overseas as a unit.  Needless to say everyone was very pleased and the grumbling of past weeks was soon forgotten. Secret Organisation Order 143 of the 8^th October gave "the gen".  It stated that "due to the reduced scales of attack on the East and West Coats of Canada" six home-based squadrons were to be provided for service overseas.  No. 1l8 on the West Coast was detailed as the first to go, and would be followed by No. 123 in the last week of November.