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432 All Weather Fighter Squadron

432 All Weather Fighter Squadron Motto:
SAEVITER AD LUCEM
(Ferociously towards the light)

Badge:
Argent in front of a full moon Argent a Cougar leaping downwards Sable armed and langued Gules.

Battle Honours:
English Channel and North Sea 1943, Fortress Europe 1943-1944, France and Germany 1944-1945, Biscay Ports 1944, Ruhr 1943-1945, Berlin 1943-1944, German Ports 1943-1945, Normandy 1944, Rhine, Biscay 1943

History

432 Bomber Squadron formed on 1 May 1943 at Skipton-on-Swale, England. They only moved once during the war and were disbanded at East Moor on 15 May 1945. They reformed at RCAF Station Bagotville on 1 October 1954 as an All-Weather Fighter Squadron and disbanded there on 15 October, 1961.

432 flew the following Aircraft:

  • Vickers Wellington
  • Avro Lancaster
  • Handley Page Halifax
  • Avro CF-100 Canuck