132 Squadron (RCAF) -

Lineage (excerpt)

Authorized as 'No.132 (Fighter) Squadron' 14 April 1942. Disbanded 30 September 1944.

Operational history

The Second World War

The squadron flew on air defence operations under 'Western Air Command'.

Government of Canada, The Insignia and Lineages of the Canadian Forces, Volume 4: Operational Flying Squadrons (A-AD-267-000/AF-004)

Unit Accident Records: 132 Sqn RCAF (53)

1942-May-26 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Plantagenet Ontario Names: Watkins
1942-June-05 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Runway No 3 Armstrong Names: Beatty
1942-July-12 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: East Woodward's Hill Names: O'Hara
1942-July-12 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Holland
1942-July-20 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Salt Spring Is Names: Dial | Richards
1942-July-26 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Intersection Of No 2 & 3 Runways Names: Beatty | Williams
1942-August-01 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Kinsler
1942-August-16 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Active Pass Names: Diodata
1942-August-23 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: North Of No 3 Hangar Names: Elliott
1942-August-26 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: No 3 Runway Names: Parker
1942-August-28 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hingstone
1942-October-04 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hillcoat
1942-October-06 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Williams Head British Columbia Names: Butler | Johnson
1942-October-06 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Williams Head British Columbia Names: Butler | Johnson
1942-October-25 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Intersection Of Runway Names: Havers | Miller
1942-November-28 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hees | Rogers | Roy
1942-November-28 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hees | Rogers | Roy
1943-April-10 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Havers
1943-April-22 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Sea Island Names: Williams
1943-April-25 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Sea Island Names: Hollingsworth
1943-June-13 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Callaghan | Collic | Hingston
1943-June-13 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Callaghan | Collic | Hingston
1943-July-05 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Henderson
1943-July-24 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Pape
1943-July-27 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Point Roberts Wa Names: Foster
1943-July-29 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Douglas
1943-August-09 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Pape
1943-September-18 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Gifford British Columbia Names: Solomon
1943-October-08 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Clement
1943-November-05 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Discovery Is Names: Callaghan
1943-November-05 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Discovery Is Names: Callaghan
1943-December-18 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: West Of Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Baker
1943-December-26 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: West Of Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Kingston
1944-January-04 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Abbott | Asher | Crick | Lahey | Robertson | Stevenson
1944-January-04 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Abbott | Asher | Crick | Lahey | Robertson | Stevenson
1944-January-18 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Doyle
1944-January-27 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Rodmepl
1944-January-27 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Rodmepl
1944-February-09 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Aerodrome Names: Friars
1944-February-17 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Probert
1944-February-24 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Boundary Bay British Columbia Names: Bell
1944-March-27 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Whelan
1944-April-14 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Tofino Names: Thompson
1944-April-27 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Tofino Names: Holm
1944-May-05 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Tofino Names: Cormie
1944-May-25 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Sea Island British Columbia Names: Gladstone
1944-June-05 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Tofino Names: Dobereiner
1944-June-30 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Holm
1944-July-18 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Onerheim
1944-July-31 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Tofino British Columbia Names: Gladstone | Kennedy
1944-July-31 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Tofino British Columbia Names: Gladstone | Kennedy
1944-August-11 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Tofino British Columbia Names: Carter
1944-August-19 Accident: 132 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Doyle

Unit Casualtues: 132 Sqn RCAF (7)

Charles Leslie O'Hara
1942-July-12
Killed in Action
Kittyhawk IA 730
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
Gerald Pringle Johnson
1942-October-06
Killed in Action
Kittyhawk Mk. I AL216
Pokiok, New Brunswick
John David Butler
1942-October-06
Killed in Action
Kittyhawk IA 728
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Reginald Wallace Rogers
1942-November-28
Killed in Flying Accident
Harvard Mk.IIB 3117
Port Arthur, Ontario
Macleod William Hees
1942-November-28
Killed in Action
Kittyhawk IA 722
Toronto, Ontario
Milton Arnold Foster
1943-July-27
Killed in Flying Accident
Kittyhawk I 1059
Vancouver, British Columbia
Keith Baines Callaghan
1943-November-05
Killed in Action
Kittyhawk Mk. I AK833
Sudbury, Ontario (parents)