435 Sqn

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
August
No personnel movement recorded in the ORB in this month
September
Flt Lt	D C Ritchie	xx Sep 1944	Arrived on posting for duty as Medical Officer
Flt Lt	C E S Ripley	17 Sep 1944	Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant
Sqn Ldr	S W Timmis	29 Sep 1944	Arrived on posting for duty as OC, Static Admin
October
Wg Cdr	R W Goodwin	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 435 Sqn
Flt Lt	A M Reid	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Nav)
Fg Off	T Burton	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Pilot)
Fg Off	C N York	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (WOp/AG)
Plt Off	A T Christianson	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Pilot)
Plt Off	D H Sharpe	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Pilot)
Plt Off	W Graham	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Nav)
Plt Off	P M Brown	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Nav)
Plt Off	R C Manning	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Nav)
Sgt	W B Rogers	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Pilot)
Sgt	W D Coulson	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (WOp/AG)
Sgt	A Perrin	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (WOp/AG)
Sgt	S M Duncan	1 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (WOp/AG)
Wg Cdr	R W Goodwin	4 Oct 1944	Admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia
Wg Cdr	D C S Macdonald	9 Oct 1944	Attached from HQ No 229 Group for temporary duty as OC
Fg Off	C P Kenworthy	9 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Pilot)
Fg Off	J P Romanow	9 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Pilot)
Plt Off	J F Menley	9 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Pilot)
Plt Off	J S Kaminski	9 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Nav)
Plt Off	R J L Bullock	9 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Nav)
Sgt	R Revans	9 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting (Nav)
Flt Lt	A F R Filion	26 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting for duty as Education Officer
Flt Lt	J E Barnard	26 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting for duty as Medical Officer
Fg Off	D C Kerr	26 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting for duty as Engineer Officer
Flt Lt	A J Reeve	30 Oct 1944	Arrived on posting for duty as Navigation Leader
Wg Cdr	R W Goodwin	31 Oct 1944	Ceased to be attached from HQ No 229 Group for temporary duty as OC
November
Wg Cdr	R W Goodwin	1 Nov 1944	Relinquished command of No 435 Sqn pending repatriation on medical grounds
Sqn Ldr	T P Harnett	1 Nov 1944	Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 435 Sqn, promoted to Act Wg Cdr
Fg Off	J T Kendal	1 Nov 1944	Arrived on posting
Capt	C B Jamieson	4 Nov 1944	Arrived on posting for duty as Dental Officer to Nos 435 and 436 Sqns
Sqn Ldr	R J Clements	5 Nov 1944	Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'A' Flight
Flt Lt	H E Nicholls	5 Nov 1944	Arrived on posting for duty as Intelligence Officer
Flt Lt	D C Ritchie	12 Nov 1944	Medical Officer, posted to No 413 Sqn
Flt Lt	H E Nicholls	14 Nov 1944	Intelligence Officer, appointed as Security Officer
Flt Lt	A M Reid	26 Nov 1944	Appointed Navigation Radar Officer
December
LAC	G J Anderson	20 Dec 1944	Killed in a motorcycle accident

On 31 November 1944 the crew composition as as follows, in the order - Pilot, 2nd Pilot, Navigator, WOp/AG: -

Crew 1 Wg Cdr T P Harnett Fg Off F S Johnston Flt Lt J A Myers WON H Lefoley	Crew 2 Sqn Ldr R J Clements Fg Off J G Barker ) Fg Off LC Hempsall ) Fg Off W D Kennedy Fg Off DF Clarke	Crew 3 Flt Lt E R Wilkes Fg Off W H Finely Flt Lt A A Kilgour Fg Off N W Taylor	Crew 4 Fg Off G E Hutchinson Fg Off G E Bracken WO J F Eckertt Fg Off D Miller	Crew 5 Flt Lt J A Sale Fg Off W C Moore Plt Off G Scott Flt Lt S S Rhodes
Crew 6 Plt Off E R Gordon Plt Off W E Adair Plt Off R G MacDonald Flt Sgt A R Sietz	Crew 7 Fg Off J R Romanow Fg Off J Harding ) Flt Sgt R Revans ) WO C J McCorry WO J T Balewicz	Crew 8 Plt Off A F Christianson Plt Off H L Anderson Plt Off P M Brown Flt Sgt A Perrin	Crew 9 Fg Off K G Ruppell Fg Off R D Rowell Fg Off D R Marshall Sgt A G Hunter	Crew 10 WO D C Gray Sgt J C Swift WO R H Holton Sgt R D MacNichol
Crew 11 WO F M Smith Fg Off J E Donovan Flt Lt G C Wagnor WO I R McCullough	Crew 12 Flt L:t J E Swingler Fg Off W G Burchnall Fg Off W J Switzer Fg Off A S Boyle	Crew 13 Fg Off J G Burton Fg Off W A Eden Flt Lt A M Reid Flt Sgt S M Duncan	Crew 14 Plt Off H N Lockwood Fg Off J N Cochrane Fg Off C W Thompson Plt Off D J Renton	Crew 15 Fg Off H J Renalds Plt Off J L Calvert Flt Sgt D F Ledger Sgt U J Bird
Crew 16 Flt Lt J F Bourbonnais - - Plt Off A H Wilson	Crew 17 Plt Off E J Mackie - Plt Off N S Collins Sgt W A Karia	Crew 18 Fg Off H M Stewart - Plt Off D W Knapik Sgt H J LaBorge	Crew 19 Plt Off R H Farquharson - Plt Off P Wasylyshya Sgt G M Shellard	Crew 20 Flt Lt H L Coons Fg Off J A Simon Fg Off S L Morrell WO R O Buckmaster
Crew 21 Flt Lt D R H Rue Fg Off G D Kirkpatrick Flt Lt E J Rozati Plt Off A McMichael	Crew 22 Fg Off D H Sharpe Fg Off G M Kahn Fg Off J C Manning Sgt W D Coulson	Crew 23 Fg Off C P Kenworthy Fg Off S N Payne Plt Off J S Kaminski Flt Sgt V L Burks	Crew 24 Fg Off W J Rodgers Sgt W B Rodgers Fg Off A W Lineham WO S J Cox	Crew 25 Fg Off C F Hargrave Fg Off G J Crete Flt Sgt Y Reid Fg Off A S Lashinski
Crew 26 Fg Off J K Ramsay Plt Off A L Thompson Fg Off D J MacKinnon WO E F Williams	Crew 27 Fg Off E J Bingham Fg Off A D Tamblyn Fg Off J E Harris Plt Off J W Card	Crew 28 Plt Off A J Jeal Fg Off J F Hanover ) Sgt R L Wilde ) Fg Off R A Frew Fg Off R O Rosender	Crew 29 Plt Off G J Zacharias Fg Off R K Kimnig Plt Off W C Law Plt Off D L Marshall	Crew 30 Plt Off B D Darling Fg Off E J Payne Plt Off W Graham Flt Sgt R J Earl
Crew 31 Plt Off J F Manley Fg Off G N Dungay Plt Off R J L Bullock Flt Sgt A R Beirnos	Crew 32 Fg Off J S Garnett Fg Off K R Elliot ) Plt Off J F Zezula ) Flt Sgt L F Taylor Flt Sgt R H Tobin	Crew 33 WO D C Gray Sgt L A Schilling WO S D Myles WO Gutowski	Crew 34 Flt Lt J C Duncan Fg Off D C Hill WO R W Davies Plt Off A E Lonsdale	Crew 35 Fg Off A S Mason Plt Off W J E Kirk Flt Lt N Alstedter Flt Sgt R C Cawston
Crew 36 Flt Lt E L McKegney Plt Off J D McLennan Plt Off J H Johannson WO Hutchinson	Uncrewed Aircrew Personnel Flt Lt A J Reeve - Navigation Leader Fg Off C N York - Signals Leader (Acting) H E Fleming - Uncrewed 2nd Pilot Flt Lt C H Bell - Spare Navigator

Source - No 435 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1867)

Organisational Movements: Aug - Dec 1944

Date

Notes

August

20 Aug 1944

No 435 Squadron wsa officially formed but without any personnel or equipment

September

by 17 Sep 1944

150 Aircrew Officers and NCOs had arrived at RAF Chaklala pending posting to Nos 435 and 436 Sqns

24 Sep 1944

Advance party departed RAF Chaklala for RAF Gujrat

27 Sep 1944

The Medical Officer arrived at RAF Gujrat from RAF Chaklala

October

1 Oct 1944

20 x ground personnel arrived on posting

7 x Dakotas were delivered from RAF Chaklala

2 Oct 1944

77 x ground personnel arrived on posting from Karachi (ex UK)

4 Oct 1944

93 x ground personnel arrived on posting from Karachi (ex UK)

6 Oct 1944

51 x ground personnel arrived on posting from Karachi (ex UK)

11 Oct 1944

7 x ground personnel arrived on discharge from hospital from Karachi (ex UK)

24 Oct 1944

5 x Dakotas were delivered

26 Oct 1944

Fire-fighting personnel of No 435 and 436 Sqns were formed into a Station Fire Fighting Section

28 Oct 1944

Technical personnel were formed into a Servicing Flight and a R and I Flight

31 Oct 1944

50 x ground personnel arrived on posting

Strength of the squadron was : -

	Officers	NCOs	Cpls and below
RCAF	19	23	300
RAF	0	4	13
IAF	0	0	36

Aircraft on charge: -

20 x Dakotas

November

30 Nov 1944

Strength of the squadron was : -

	Officers	NCOs	Cpls and below
RCAF	99	58	321
RAF	0	6	14
IAF	0	0	7
Enrolled Followers	0	0	14

Aircraft on charge: -

20 x Dakotas

December

17 Dec 1944

HQ No 341 Wing arrived at Gujrat to take over control of Nos 435 and 436 Sqns from RAF Gujrat

19 Dec 1944

Squadron moved from Gujrat to Tulihal, Manipur

1 x aircraft, KJ884, crash landed at Gujrat following an engine failure, 4 x crew and 5 x passengers admitted to hospital

Source - No 435 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1867)