No. 432 Squadron RCAF - Misplaced Pages

No. 432 (Leaside) Squadron RCAF 432 All Weather Fighter Squadron RCAF

Active	1943–1945 1954–1961
Country	Canada
Branch	Royal Canadian Air Force
Role	Strategic bombing (1943–1945) Fighter-interceptor (1954–1961)
Part of	No. 6 Group RCAF (1943–1945)
Nickname(s)	Leaside
Motto(s)	Saeviter ad Lucem ("Ferociously towards the light")
Battle honours	English Channel & North Sea 1943 Fortress Europe 1944–1945 France and Germany 1944–1945 Biscay Ports 1944 Ruhr 1943–1945 Berlin 1943–1944 German Ports 1943–1945 Normandy 1944 Rhine, Biscay 1943
Insignia
Squadron Code	QO (1943–1945)
Squadron Badge	Argent in front of a full moon Argent a Cougar leaping downwards Sable armed and langued Gules.
Aircraft flown
Bomber	Vickers Wellington Mk.X Avro Lancaster Mk.II Handley Page Halifax Mk.III & VII (1943–1945)
Fighter	Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (1954–1961)

Military unit

No. 432 Squadron RCAF was a squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force formed during the Second World War.

History

It was first formed at RAF Skipton-on-Swale in May 1943, as part of No. 6 Group of RAF Bomber Command. The unit was equipped with Wellington Mk.X bombers.

The squadron deployed to RAF East Moor in mid-September, equipping with Lancaster Mk.IIs in October. In February 1944 they changed to Halifax Mk.IIIs, upgrading these to Halifax Mk.VIIs in July.

As part of a Royal Canadian Air Force public relations plan, the town of Leaside officially "adopted" No. 432 Squadron RCAF. Formed and adopted on 1 May 1943 the squadron took the town's name as its nickname, becoming 432 "Leaside" Squadron RCAF. The sponsorship lasted the duration of the war.

The squadron was disbanded at East Moor in May, 1945.

On October 1, 1954, it was reformed as a fighter squadron at CFB Bagotville flying the Canadian designed Avro CF-100. The squadron was again disbanded on October 15, 1961.

Manuel Sharko and Jack Stacy were mid-upper gunners in their respective Halifax bombers during the war.

References

^ "RAF Bomber Command No.432 (Leaside) Squadron". raf.mod.uk. 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
McNeill, Ross (March 1999). "No.432 (Leaside) Squadron RCAF". rafcommands.com. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
Fletcher, Mark (2013). "An Unimaginable Task : Vintage Wings of Canada". vintagewings.ca. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
"No. 432 Squadron, Canadian Air Force". canadianwings.com. 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.

Book Reference: The East Moor Experience by Brian Shields

External links

"432 All Weather Fighter Squadron" (PDF). Department of National Defence Directorate of History and Heritage. (in English and French)

"432 Squadron Dedication Page". (in English)

"432 Squadron Facebook Page". Facebook. (in English)

"432 Squadron Operations Record Book C12307 - Years May 1943 to May 1945". (in English)

"432 Squadron Operations Record Book C12308 - Years October 1954 to May 1961". (in English)

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Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons

Squadron
numbers

Pre-WWII Squadrons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 18
100-series squadrons	110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 145 147 149 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 170
WW2 400-series Article XV squadrons	400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443
WW2 600-series AOP squadrons	664 665 666
Post-war squadrons	103 444 445 446 447 448 449 450

Squadron
codes

WW2 Canada

1 August 1939 - May 1942	AY BK BT DM EX FD FY JY KA KO LT MX NA OP OY PB QN RE TM XE XO YO ZD
Unit formation in 1940 - May 1942	AN BF GK GV LU PO QE TQ RA
Dartmouth Hurricanes 1942	1 or 2 1 or 2 1 or 2
May 1942 - 16 October 1942	AE AF AG AN AZ BA BD BV DE DZ EA ED EN ET FG FN GA GR HA HJ JK KL LM LR LV LZ MA MK MR NO PQ QG RA RS SZ TF TN UV UY VD VW XP XY YA YH YZ ZM ZR

WW2 Overseas
1940-1946

Operational squadrons	AB AE AL AN AU AW BM BX 2I CI DB DG DH DN EE EQ 5V FD F3 6U GX G9 HU I8 9G KH KP KW LQ NA ND NH OW PT QB QL QO QY RA RR RU RV SE SP SW TH VR VZ WL YI YO YZ ZL ZU Z2
Transport squadrons	OWL ODM ODN ODO

Post-WW2
1947 - 1958

1947 - 1951 (VCXXA)	AA AB AC AD AG AH AK AM AN AO AP AQ AT AU AW AX BA BC BN BQ BU XV
1951 - 1958 (XXnnn)	AF AM AN AP AQ AS AX BA BB BH BQ BR BT BU BV DL FG GW HG HO IG JF JW KE KH LP MN NQ PF PR QP QT RX SA SP SV TF UD VN XK XV

Aircraft administered and serviced by the RCAF but manned by the Royal Canadian Artillery. Non-standard code as unit using OW added L. Letters normally denoted parent Command, aircraft type (L Liberator transport, D Dakota etc), unit, and individual aircraft.
VC

XXA where VC was the civil code used by the RCAF replacing CF-, XX was the unit code and A was the aircraft ID letter
XX

nnn where XX was the unit code and nnn was the last 3 digits of the serial number. Unit code was replaced with "RCAF" in 1958

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