435 Squadron

General Information:

Based:

• Gujrat, Punjab, India – 1 November 1944 – 17 December 1944
• Tulihal, Manipur, India – 18 December 1944 – 31 August 1945
• En Route to England 27 August 1945 – 19 September 1945
• RAF Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England – 29 August 1945 – 1 April 1946
• RCAF Station Edmonton – 1 August 1946 – 13 September 1955
• RCAF Station Namao – 14 September 1955 – 31 January 199?
• RCAF Station Winnipeg – 199? – Present

Years Active: 1944 – Present

Aircraft Used:

• Douglas Dakota Mk.III and Mk.IV (October 1944 – March 1946)
• Douglas Dakota Mk.IV (August 1946 – October 1960)
• Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (September 1952 – June 1965)
• Lockheed C-130B Hercules (1960-1966)
• Lockheed C130E Hercules (1966-1968)
• C-130H – Hercules
• Kingfisher

Commanding Officer:

Wing Commander T.P. Harnett	1 November 1944 – 10 September 1945
Wing Commander C.N. McVeigh, AFC	11 September 1945 – 1 April 1946
Wing Commander P.J. Grant	16 August 1946 – 30 August 1948
Wing Commander W.F. Parks, DFC	31 August 1948 – 10 July 1950
Wing Commander M.E. Pollard, DSO, DFC, AFC, CD	11 July 1950 – 15 August 1952
Wing Commander G.J.J. Edwards, DFC, CD .	16 August 1952 – 26 March 1954
Wing Commander W.C. Klassen, DFC, CD	27 March 1954 – 7 July 1957
Wing Commander C.C.W. Marshall, DFC, CD	23 September 1957 – 11 May 1961
Wing Commander E.E. Hurlburt, DFC, CD	4 August 1961 – 16 July 1965
Wing Commander J.P. O’Callaghan, CD	26 July 1965 – 17 July 1967
Wing Commander K.C. Lee, CD	18 July 1967 – 31 January 1968

Battle Honors:

Burma	1944-1945
Libya	2011

Daily Diary / Historical Reports / ORB Links:

Key Dates / Notes:

Ephemera:

External Links:

• Government of Canada
• Wikipedia

Sources:

• RCAF Squadrons and Aircraft, John Griffin and S. Kostenuk, 1977