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Gold Squadron was an Rebel Alliance squadron consisting of Y-wing starfighters during the Galactic Civil War. The squadron most famously fought at both the Battle of Yavin and the Battle of Endor.

Aboard Independence

A Gold Squadron was stationed aboard the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser Independence during the build up to the Battle of Yavin. Many members were transferred to Yavin Base and reassigned to different squadrons for the Death Star assault.

Battle of Yavin

During the Battle of Yavin, Gold Squadron under the command of Jon "Dutch" Vander was tasked with attacking the Death Star's thermal exhaust port while Red Squadron flew cover. The entire squadron was wiped out except for Keyan Farlander, after which Red Squadron made the final successful trench run.^[1]

Gold Leader—Jon Vander
Gold Two—Tiree
Gold Three—Ryle Torsyn
Gold Four—Lepira
Gold Five—Davish Krail
Gold Six—Hol Okand
Gold Seven—Keyan Farlander^[2]

After Yavin

In the months following the Battle of Yavin, General Crix Madine led a Gold Squadron of Y-wings working closely with Rogue Squadron on a number of bombing raids, including the Battle of Gerrard V.

Following the Battle of Hoth, a Gold Squadron flying X-wing fighters was stationed aboard the cruiser Liberty during operations against Imperial Task Force Vengeance in the Airam sector. It seems far more likely that 'Gold Squadron' is a combat designation rather than an official unit title. This explains the large number of 'Gold Squadrons' operating simultaneously in the Star Wars universe, allowing each theater of operations to assign combat callsigns to their respective starfighter units.

Battle of Endor

During the Battle of Endor (in which it was also referred to as "Gold Wing"), Gold Squadron fought as a mixed squadron^[source?] of X-wings, Y-wings and other ships under the command of Lando Calrissian piloting the YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon.

Gold Leader—Lando Calrissian with Nien Nunb and Ace Azzameen (flying the Millennium Falcon)
Gold Wing—unknown

Alliance of Free Planets

Shortly after the victory at Endor, the squadron fought Nagai forces in the Second Battle of Endor. It later engaged the Tof forces in the Battle of Saijo, destroying half of their Tof starfighters.