Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock page 404
Small, Alexander (Flying Officer)
Prisoner of War 1944-March-24
Birth Date: unkown date
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Service
RCAF
Unit
432 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Saeviter Ad Lucem Ferociously toward the light
Base
RAF East Moor
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
J/21192
PoW: 4157
Target
Berlin Germany
Crew or Other Personnel
Halifax LW593
Mission
Halifax B/A.Mk.III LW593
Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-March-24 to 1944-March-24
432 (B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF East Moor
432 Leaside Squadron (Saevitir Ad Lucem) RAF East Moor. Halifax BIII aircraft LW 593 QO-O failed to return from an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany. The Halifax was damaged in an attack by Oberleutnant Heinrich Schneider of the 10/NJG 5 flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Erfurt-Bindersleben airfield, Germany and was then hit by a heavy Flak barrage before it crashed at Hohnstedt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Pilot Officer L Bandle (RCAF), Pilot Officer AF De Dauw (RCAF) and Sergeant WCW King (RAFVR) were killed in action
Flying Officer A Small (RCAF) Pilot Officer RC Elvin (RCAF), Pilot Officer JA McIntosh DFC (RCAF) and Pilot Officer CM Schell (RCAF) survived and were all taken as Prisoners of War
Footprints on the Sands of Time, RAF Bomber Command Prisoners of War in Germany 1939-45 by Oliver Clutton-Brock pages 288, 358,398,404
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Unit Desciption
432 (B) Sqn Saeviter Ad Lucem ("Leaside")
History of the Squadron during World War II (Aircraft: Wellington X, Lancaster II, Halifax III, VII)
The Squadron was the twelfth RCAF bomber squadron to be formed overseas in WWII. It was formed on May 1, 1943 at Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire, UK as a unit of No 6 (RCAF) Group of RAF Bomber Command: indeed, it was the first bomber squadron to be formed directly into No 6 Group. Using the squadron identification letters QO it flew Vickers Wellington Mk X medium bombers until it moved to East Moor, Yorkshire on 19th September 1943, when it re-equipped with Avro Lancaster Mk II aircraft. East Moor was part of No 62 (RCAF) Base. The squadron re-equipped with Handley Page Halifax Mk III aircraft in February 1944, and with Halifax Mk VII in July of that year, and continued with them until the squadron was disbanded at East Moor on May 15, 1945.
In the course of operations the squadron flew 246 missions, involving 3130 individual sorties, for the loss of 73 aircraft. 8980 tons of bombs were dropped. Awards to squadron members included 2 DSOs, 119 DFCs,1 Bar to DFC, 1 CGM, 20 DFMs and 1 Croix de Guerre (France). Battle Honours were: English Channel and North Sea 1943, Fortress Europe 1943-44, France and Germany 1944-45, Biscay Ports 1944, Ruhr 1943-45, Berlin 1943-44, German Ports 1943-45, Normandy 1944, Rhine, Biscay 1943.Moyes, Kostenuk and Griffin
Squadron History (Bomber Command Museum PDF)
Maps for Movements of 432 Squadron 1943-45
MAP 1: 432 Squadron Bases 1943-45 (marked in green). Right-click on image to display enlarged in new tab
432 Squadron History Summary 1943-45
History of the Squadron Post-WWII (Aircraft: Canuck)
The squadron was re-formed at Bagotville, Quebec as an All-Weather Fighter unit on 1 October 1954. The squadron flew Avro CF-100 Canuck aircraft on North American Air Defence until it was disbanded on 15 October 1961.
Halifax LW593 B/A.Mk.III - Bombing Berlin Germany - 1944-03-24 to 1944-03-24
Squadron: 432 (B) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-03-24
Completion Date: 1944-03-24
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Berlin Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF East Moor
Take Off Time: 19:08
Squadron Code: QO-O
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: Hohnstedt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Oberleutnant Heinrich Schneider of the 10/NJG 5
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
432 Leaside Squadron (Saevitir Ad Lucem) RAF East Moor. Halifax BIII aircraft LW 593 QO-O failed to return from an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany. The Halifax was damaged in an attack by Oberleutnant Heinrich Schneider of the 10/NJG 5 flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Erfurt-Bindersleben airfield, Germany and was then hit by a heavy Flak barrage before it crashed at Hohnstedt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Pilot Officer L Bandle (RCAF), Pilot Officer AF De Dauw (RCAF) and Sergeant WCW King (RAFVR) were killed in action
Flying Officer A Small (RCAF) Pilot Officer RC Elvin (RCAF), Pilot Officer JA McIntosh DFC (RCAF) and Pilot Officer CM Schell (RCAF) survived and were all taken as Prisoners of War
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