No. 432 (Leaside) Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force
Motto:
SAEVITER AD LUCEM
(Ferociously Toward The Light)
Updated: January 2008
Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Service History | |||||||
Formed with in No. 6 Group, RCAF in May 1943. Remained an operational bomber squadron until the end of the war | |||||||
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Squadron Identity Letters |
Stations | ||||||
QO |
Skipton-on-Swale, East Moor | ||||||
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Logistics |
Operational Performance |
Operational Sorties And Losses | |||||
Group |
Aircraft |
Bombing Targets Tasked |
Mine Laying Areas Tasked |
Leaflets |
Total Sorties Flown |
Aircraft Lost |
Percent |
6 GP |
Wellington |
18 |
29 |
0 |
494 |
16 |
3.20 |
6 GP |
Lancaster |
16 |
0 |
0 |
190 |
8 |
4.20 |
6 GP |
Halifax |
167 |
0 |
0 |
2416 |
41 |
1.70 |
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Totals |
201 |
29 |
0 |
3100 |
65 |
2.10 | |
Of Note: | |||||||
Flew the most Wellington sorties in No. 6 Group, RCAF | |||||||
Memorial | |||||||
No. 432 Squadron, RCAF |