| No. 432 (Leaside) Squadron RCAF 432 All Weather Fighter Squadron RCAF | |
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| Active | 1943–1945 1954–1961 |
| Country |  Canada |
| Branch | .svg) Royal Canadian Air Force |
| Role | Strategic bombing (1943–1945) Fighter-interceptor (1954–1961) |
| Part of | No. 6 Group RCAF (1943–1945) |
| Nickname | Leaside |
| Mottos | Saeviter ad Lucem ("Ferociously towards the light") |
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| Squadron Code | QO (1943–1945) |
| Squadron Badge | Argent in front of a full moon Argent a Cougar leaping downwards Sable armed and langued Gules. |
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| 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) |
No. 432 Squadron RCAF was a squadron of theRoyal Canadian Air Force formed during theSecond World War.
It was first formed atRAF Skipton-on-Swale in May 1943, as part ofNo. 6 Group ofRAF Bomber Command. The unit was equipped withWellington Mk.X bombers.[1]
The squadron deployed toRAF East Moor in mid-September, equipping withLancaster Mk.IIs in October. In February 1944 they changed toHalifax Mk.IIIs, upgrading these to Halifax Mk.VIIs in July.[1][2]
As part of a Royal Canadian Air Force public relations plan, the town ofLeaside 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.[3]
The squadron was disbanded at East Moor in May, 1945.[1]
On October 1, 1954, it was reformed as a fighter squadron atCFB Bagotville flying the Canadian designedAvro CF-100. The squadron was again disbanded on October 15, 1961.[4]
Manuel Sharko and Jack Stacy were mid-upper gunners in their respective Halifax bombers during the war.
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1Aircraft administered and serviced by the RCAF but crewed by theRoyal Canadian Artillery. 2 Non-standard code as unit using OW added L. Letters normally denoted parent Command, aircraft type (LLiberator transport, DDakota etc), unit, and individual aircraft. 3 VC .svg) XXA where VC was the civil code used by the RCAF replacing CF-, XX was the unit code and A was the aircraft ID letter4 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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