432 Sqn

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
May
Wg Cdr	H W Kerby	1 May 1943	Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 432 Sqn
Fg Off	W E R Boone	xx May 1943	Arrived on posting for duty as Engineer Officer
Sqn Ldr	A W McKay	3 May 1943	Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'B' Flight
Flt Lt	C B Sinton	3 May 1943	Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'A' Flight
Flt Lt	G H Rainville	3 May 1943	Arrived on posting for duty as Gunnery Leader
Flt Lt	G Belcher RAF	3 May 1943	Arrived on posting for duty as Navigation Officer
Fg Off	R H Hamer RAF	3 May 1943	Arrived on posting for duty as Bombing Leader
Fg Off	K E Crosby RAF	3 May 1943	Arrived on posting for duty as Signals Leader
Flt Lt	C B Sinton	xx May 1943	Promoted to Act Sqn Ldr
Flt Lt	Banfield	5 May 1943	Arrived on posting?
Flt Lt	Hamilton	11 May 1943	Arrived on posting for duty as Medical Officer
Sgt	L G Collins	23 May 1943	Admitted to Northallerton Hospital after being wounded in action
Plt Off	R E Taylor DFM	28 May 1943	Killed in action
Plt Off	R G Grant
Fg Off	J A Farnham
Plt Off	R M Murray
WO II	A G Bailey
Sgt	F T Dingwall	30 May 1943	Killed in a flying accident
Flt Lt	L D Blight		Killed in a flying accident
Sgt	D Harmon		Injured in a flying accident
Sgt	F J Naylor
Sgt	K E la Chappelle
Sgt	W Leadley
Sgt	W H Grigg	30 May 1943	Failed to return from an operation, later reported to be POWs
Sgt	K M Jordan RAF
Sgt	J J H Barrier RAF
Sgt	L G Hardy RAF		Killed in action
Flt Sgt	G W Thompson		Killed in action
June
Sgt	Andrews & crew	4 Jun 1943	Posted to No 405 Sqn
Sgt	Erickson & crew	4 Jun 1943	Posted to No 199 Sqn
Flt Sgt	D R Kelly	11 Jun 1943	Admitted to Northallerton Hospital after walking into a propeller
Flt Lt	L A Bourgeois	12 Jun 1943	Killed in action
Flt Sgt	J A M Philpott
Fg Off	G A McClintock
Plt Off	H D Warner
Flt Sgt	D S McRae
Flt Sgt	D R Kelly	12 Jun 1943	Died from injuries
Plt Off	Clinton & crew	15 Jun 1943	Screened from their first tour
Sgt	N Goldie RAF	25 Jun 1943	Killed in action
Sgt	G Liddle RAF
Sgt	F W N Trowbridge RAF
Sgt	C K Killick RAF
Flt Sgt	W A Sparrow
Flt Sgt	J J C Mercier	25 Jun 1943	Killed in action
Fg Off	J R G Gingras
Flt Sgt	M R Deverell
Sgt	M P Tobin RAF
Flt Sgt	J M C Lagace
WO I	W W Horn	27 Jun 1943	Killed in action
Flt Sgt	F H Schull
Flt Sgt	G D W Tate
WO II	L J Davidson
Sgt	L G McKenzie
Fg Off	C B Hess	xx Jun 1943	Promoted to Flt Lt
Fg Off	W W Strachan	xx Jun 1943	Promoted to Flt Lt
Fg Off	W E R Boone	xx Jun 1943	Engineer Officer, promoted to Flt Lt
July
Sgt	J W Baker	4 Jul 1943	Killed in a flying accident
Sgt	G E Lewis
Sgt	J Holmes RAF
Plt Off	E W Bovard		Injured in a flying accident
Sgt	D K Ryan		Injured in a flying accident
Sgt	J D Bell	4 Jul 1943	Killed in a flying accident
Sgt	P K Chambers	4 Jul 1943	Killed in action
Flt Sgt	R F Moore
Flt Sgt	B L Owen
Sgt	L H A McCormick
Sgt	B H Garoutte
Plt Off	W H Taylor	4 Jul 1943	Killed in action
Plt Off	G R Bousfield
Sgt	W E Armstrong
Sgt	F B Jackson RAF
Sgt	D A Hogg
Sgt	C L Dyson	14 Jul 1943	Killed in action
Sgt	R Stewart
Sgt	H O Lee
Sgt	W C Campbell
Sgt	J W McKendry
Fg Off	J E Morris	16 Jul 1943	Killed in a flying accident
Flt Sgt	G B Nesbitt
Flt Sgt	J W Campbell
Sgt	H V Baldwin RAF
Flt Sgt	V F Rector
LAC	T M Kearnes
Sqn Ldr	C B Sinton	25 Jul 1943	Ditched off Cromer and rescued by the Cromer Lifeboat, returning to the unit on 26 Jul 1943
Sgt	G W Sharpe
Plt Off	S A Sinclair
Sgt	R E Pearce
Plt Off	K R Patterson
Wg Cdr	H W Kerby	30 Jul 1943	Killed in action
Plt Off	V J Jewell
Fg Off	J Bennett
Plt Off	P S J Murphy
Sgt	J H Smith		Failed to return from an operation, later reported to be a POW
Sqn Ldr	A W McKay	30 Jul 1943	Assumed temporary command of No 432 Sqn
August
Sqn Ldr	A W McKay	3 Aug 1943	Promoted to Act Wg Cdr and assumed command of No 432 Sqn
Flt Lt	C B Hess	3 Aug 1943	Promoted to Act Sqn Ldr and assumed command of 'B' Flight
Fg Off	C R Barrett	3 Aug 1943	Promoted to Temp Flt Lt
Plt Off	D R C McDonald	3 Aug 1943	Killed in action
Fg Off	M E Balkam
Flt Sgt	H P Gaudry
Sgt	L H Lythgoe RAF
Flt Sgt	T Y Kirkham
Plt Off	S Noble	13 Aug 1943	Killed in action
Flt Sgt	K R Bourne
Flt Sgt	M Smith
Sgt	D Ruston RAF
Sgt	J W Neal RAF
Flt Lt	Hess & crew	21 Aug 1943	Proceeded to RAF Feltwell for a Bombing Tactics course
Flt Sgt	J E Pendleton RAF	31 Aug 1943	Killed in action
Sgt	D Collins RAF
Fg Off	G Jarvis RAF
Flt Sgt	R C White RAF
Sgt	B J Pierce
Flt Sgt	J Jensky
September
Flt Lt	Barrett & crew	9 Sep 1943	Proceeded to RAF East Moor for conversion training
Sgt	Meaden & crew	9 Sep 1943	Proceeded to RAF East Moor for conversion training
Sgt	Esdale & crew	9 Sep 1943	Proceeded to RAF East Moor for conversion training
Sgt	Burgess & crew	9 Sep 1943	Proceeded to RAF East Moor for conversion training

Sgt	R M Barlow	23 Sep 1943	Killed in a flying accident
Sgt	F G Reeson RAF		Killed in a flying accident
Sgt	A Buchan		Admitted to Immingham Hospital after ditching in the North Sea and being rescued after 12 hours in their dinghy
Sgt	W J Mayo
Sgt	A V H Haggins
Sgt	L J Tierney RAF	23 Sep 1943	Failed to return from an operation, later reported to be POWs
Plt Off	J R Sewell RAF
Plt Off	L M Whetton RAF
Sgt	J H Mercer RAF
Flt Sgt	B Williams RNZAF
Sgt	A Buchan	25 Sep 1943	Discharged from hospital and returned to the unit
Sgt	W J Mayo
Sgt	A V H Haggins
Plt Off	S K Atkinson	27 Sep 1943	Killed in action
Flt Sgt	I C R Bowden
Sgt	L F Cook
Plt Off	A W Chubb RAF
Sgt	W A Grant		Failed to return from an operation, later reported to be POWs
Sgt	S C Bybee
October
Flt Sgt	D C Baker	9 Oct 1943	Killed in action
Flt Sgt	C N Hurl
Flt Sgt	G W Thompson
Sgt	J Black
Sgt	J Taylor
Cpl	K R Eckel	22 Oct 1943	Admitted to SSQ following a traffic accident and later transferred to York Military Hospital
LAC	J A G Poudrette	22 Oct 1943	Admitted to SSQ following a traffic accident and later transferred to York Military Hospital
LAC	J A G Poudrette	23 Oct 1943	Died from injuries
November
Sqn Ldr	C B Sinton	5 Nov 1943	Posted to No 433 Sqn to command and promoted to Act Wg Cdr, wef 1 Nov 1943
Flt Lt	W W Strachan	5 Nov 1943	Promoted to Act Sqn Ldr and assumed command of 'A' Flight, wef 1 Nov 1943
Flt Lt	C R Barrett	5 Nov 1943	Assumed duties of Deputy Flight Commander, 'A' Flight, wef 1 Nov 1943
Plt Off	R W Donaldson RAF	5 Nov 1943	Promoted to Act Flt Lt, wef 25 Oct 1943 for duty as Engineer Leader
Fg Off	R A Davis	6 Nov 1943	Killed in a flying accident
WO II	A H MacDonald
Sgt	F W Hunt RAF
Sgt	L W Lehman
Flt Sgt	R L Green
Sgt	R C Mitchell RAF
Plt Off	R C Burgess	16 Nov 1943	Killed in a flying accident
Sgt	K C Simmonds RAF
Flt Sgt	W J Mayo
December
Flt Sgt	A E Slegg	2 Dec 1943	Killed in action
Flt Sgt	J R Goodwin
Sgt	J Wadsworth RAF
Flt Sgt	G P Lowle
Plt Off	S W F Baker
Flt Sgt	A R Morgan
Sgt	W E Stinson
Sgt	W H Green
Flt Off	W C Fisher USAAF	16 Dec 1943	Killed in action
Sgt	R Hughes RAF
Flt Sgt	J S Briegel
Flt Sgt	T W Pragnell RAF
WO	R K Saunders RAAF
Flt Sgt	H A Turner
Sgt	O D Lewis		Failed to return from an operation, later reported to be POWs
Sgt	M A T Brudell RAAF
Sgt	W H Poole	16 Dec 1943	Admitted to Northallerton Hospital after baling out
Flt Lt	C E S Ripley	22 Dec 1943	Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant (double banking)

Source - No 432 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1860)

Organisational Movements: May - Dec 1943

Date

Notes

May

1 May 1943

No 432 Squadron was formed at RAF Skipton-on-Swale in No 6 Group

2 May 1943

18 x complete air crews arrived on posting together with a skeleton ground staff

21 x Wellington Xs were delivered from RAF Croft

3 May 1943

4 x aircrews arrived on posting

6 May 1943

2 x Orderly Room Clerks arrived on posting

14 May 1943

Flying training commenced

23 May 1943

Squadron was declared operational

31 May 1943

Strength of the squadron was : -

	Aircrew	Groundcrew	Total
Officers RCAF	28	3	31
Officers RAF	6	0	6
Airmen RCAF	76	205	281
Airmen RAF	42	186	228
Other personnel	1	0	1

Aircraft on charge: -

16 x Wellington Xs

June

8 Jun 1943

24 x RCAF personnel arrived on posting from No 3 PRC Bournemouth

10 Jun 1943

2 x new crews arrived on posting from OTU

30 Jun 1943

2 x new crews arrived on posting from OTU

30 Jun 1943

Strength of the squadron was : -

	Aircrew	Groundcrew	Total
Officers RCAF	34	3	35
Officers RAF	5	0	5
Airmen RCAF	73	228	301
Airmen RAF	31	152	183
Other personnel	1	0	1

Aircraft on charge: -

17 x Wellington Xs

July

31 Jul 1943

Strength of the squadron was : -

	Aircrew	Groundcrew	Total
Officers RCAF	28	3	31
Officers RAF	5	0	5
Airmen RCAF	50	232	282
Airmen RAF	31	109	140
Other personnel	2	0	2

Aircraft on charge: -

21 x Wellington Xs

August

4 Aug 1943

4 x new crews arrived on posting from OTU

31 Aug 1943

Strength of the squadron was : -

	Aircrew	Groundcrew	Total
Officers RCAF	28	3	31
Officers RAF	8	0	8
Airmen RCAF	62	213	275
Airmen RAF	48	143	191
Other personnel	2	0	2*

*Included in RAF personnel

Aircraft on charge: -

20 x Wellington Xs

September

15 Sep 1943

Advance party departed RAF Skipton-on-Swale for RAF East Moor

18 Sep 1943

Squadron moved from RAF Skipton-on-Swale to RAF East Moor

30 Sep 1943

Strength of the squadron was : -

	Aircrew	Groundcrew	Total
Officers RCAF	33	3	36
Airmen RCAF	38	224	262
Officers RAF	16	0	16
Airmen RAF	48	141	189
Other personnel	6	1	7

Aircraft on charge: -

19 x Wellington Xs

October

11 Oct 1943

No 432 Sqn was adopted by the town of Leaside, Ontario

16 Oct 1943

4 x crews proceeded to No 1679 HCU for conversion to Lancasters

25 Oct 1943

The squadron completed re-equipment with Lancaster II aircraft

31 Oct 1943

Strength of the squadron was : -

	Aircrew	Groundcrew	Total
Officers RCAF	40	3	43
Airmen RCAF	72	265	337
Officers RAF	13	0	13
Airmen RAF	64	90	154
Other personnel	4	0	4

Aircraft on charge: -

16 x Lancaster IIs
12 x Wellington Xs

November

12 Nov 1943

The last of the Wellingtons were despatched for disposal

26 Nov 1943

Squadron declared operational as a Lancaster unit

30 Nov 1943

Strength of the squadron was : -

	Aircrew	Groundcrew	Total
Officers RCAF	38	2	40
Airmen RCAF	69	330	399
Officers RAF	12	0	12
Airmen RAF	70	113	183
Other personnel	3	0	3

Aircraft on charge: -

23 x Lancaster IIs

December

31 Dec 1943

Strength of the squadron was : -

	Aircrew	Groundcrew	Total
Officers RCAF	48	3	50
Airmen RCAF	59	191	250
Officers RAF	16	0	16
Airmen RAF	66	54	120
Other personnel	4	0	4

Aircraft on charge: -

21 x Lancaster IIs

Source - No 432 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1860)