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No.434 Sqn RCAF

Name : No.434 Sqn RCAF Founded : 13th June 1943 Disbanded : 5th September 1945 Country : Canada Fate : Disbanded 5th September 1945 More Details : Bluenose In exelcis vincimus - We conquer the heights Known Code Letters : , IP, WL,

Known Service Details :
Pilot or Aircrew	Rank	Start of Service	End of Service	Known Dates	Aircraft	Airframes	Notes
Dudley Percy Heal		22nd December 1942	4th February 1943

Pilots and Aircrew for : No.434 Sqn RCAF
A list of all aircrew from our database who are associated with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking their name.
Name	Info
Heal, Dudley Percy Click the name above to see a profile of Heal, Dudley Percy    Died : 0 / 2 / 1999	Heal, Dudley Percy Sergeant Dudley Heal Navigator AJ-F, born 1916 Hampshire. RAF 1940 Uxbridge 29.3.1940 Reserve 30.3.1940 Uxbridge 8.5.1940 4 RC 14.5.1940 Wyton 1.6.1940 Southampton 20.6.1940 53 OTU 10.3.1941 1 RW 10.5.1941 8 ITW 17.5.1941 PTC,Toronto,Canada 19.7.1941 31 PD 18.11.1941 Moncton 31 PD 9.5.1942 3 PDC 18.5.1942 3 (O) AFU 20.6.1942 19 OTU 18.8.1942 434 Squadron 22.12.1942 44 Squadron 4.2.1943 (6 ops) 617 Squadron 25.3.1943 navigator award DFM (28.5.1943) (Dams) 29 OTU 26.3.1944 214 Squadron 8.2.1945 2 Embarkation Unit,Southampton 11.9.1945 released 11.3.1946 worked at Southampton Docks in the 1970's. Is thought to have passed away in Southampton around February 1999. He was Navigator on Lancaster ED918 AJ-F on the Dambusters Raid. The aircraft shot up a train on the way to the target which was the Sorpe dam. The Lancaster successfully dropped its mine and hit the dam, but the solid earthen dam was never breached.
Perks, Geoffrey Click the name above to see a profile of Perks, Geoffrey	Perks, Geoffrey Joining the RAF in July 1941 he trained as a pilot in the USA and was posted to 420 Sqn as part of no 6 Group (RCAF) initially flying Wellingtons. The unit then converted to Halifaxes and he moved firstly to 427 Squadron and then 434 Sqn still flying this aircraft. In November 1944 he joined OTU as an instructor on Halifaxes, converting to Mosquitoes in January 1945. He then joined 571 Sqn as part of the Light Night Strike Force, flying the B Mk XVI and dropping 4000lb cookie bombs over Germany. He left the RAF in 1946 but rejoined, finally leaving in 1958

Aircraft for : No.434 Sqn RCAF
A list of all aircraft associated with No.434 Sqn RCAF. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name.
Aircraft	Info
Halifax Click the name above to see prints featuring Halifax aircraft. Manufacturer : Handley Page Production Began : 1941 Retired : 1952 Number Built : 6177	Halifax Royal Air Force heavy Bomber with a crew of six to eight. Maximum speed of 280mph (with MK.VI top speed of 312mph) service ceiling of 22,800feet maximum range of 3,000 miles. The Halifax carried four .303 browning machine guns in the tail turret, two .303 browning machines in the nose turret in the MK III there were four .303 brownings in the dorsal turret. The Handley Page Halifax, first joined the Royal Air Force in March 1941 with 35 squadron. The Halifax saw service in Europe and the Middle east with a variety of variants for use with Coastal Command, in anti Submarine warfare, special duties, glider-tugs, and troop transportation roles. A total of 6177 Halifax's were built and stayed in service with the Royal Air Force until 1952
Lancaster Click the name above to see prints featuring Lancaster aircraft. Manufacturer : Avro Production Began : 1942 Retired : 1963 Number Built : 7377	Lancaster The Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' Operation Gomorrah in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992.

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