436 Squadron

General Information:

Based:

• RAF Gujrat, India – November 1944 – 15 January 1945
• Kanglatongbi, Assam, India – 14 January 1945 – 16 March 1945
• Mawnubyin, Akyab, Burma 17 March 1945 – 14 May 1945.
• Kyaukpyu, Ramree Island, Burma 15 May 1945 – 9 September 1945.
• Kinmagan, Burma 13-21 August 1945 (16 aircraft detachment)
• RAF Down Apney, England – 29 August 1945 – 3 April 1946.
• Biggin Hill, Kent 9 December 1945 – 14 April 1946 (7 Aircraft Detachment)
• RAF Odiham, Hants., England 4 April 1946 – 22 June 1946.
• RCAF Station Lachine, Quebec – April 1953 – July 1956
• RCAF Station Downsview, Ontario – July 1956 – July 1956
• RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario – August 1964 – 1971
• CFB Trenton, Ontario – 1971–present?

Years Active:

Aircraft Used:

• Douglas Dakota Mk.II & IV (India, October 1944 – September 1945)
• Douglas Dakota Mk.III & IV (England, September 1945 – June 1946)
• Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (April 1953 – July 1965)
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules
  • C-130E Hercules (1965 –
  • C-130J Super Hercules (? – Present (2026))

Commanding Officer:

Wing Commander R.A. Gordon, DSO, DFC	26 October 1944 – 30 July 1945
Wing Commander R.L. Denison, DFC	31 July 1945 – 22 June 1946
Squadron Leader K.C.M. Dobbin	1 April 1953 – 19 August 1953
Squadron Leader R.K. Trumley, CD	20 August 1953 – 1 July 1956
Wing Commander J.T. McCutcheon, DFC, AFC, CD	2 July 1956 – 15 September 1960
Wing Commander J.S. Miller, CD	16 September 1960 – 1 March 1964
Wing Commander W.R. Lloyd, CD	11 May 1964 – 11 April 1966
Wing Commander L.W. Hussey, CD	25 July 1966 – 31 January 1968
Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Keiver	at 17 May 2012

Battle Honors:

Burma	1945
Afghanistan

Daily Diary / Historical Reports / ORB Links:

Key Dates / Notes:

• 20 August 1944 – Authorized as ‘436 (Transport) Squadron’
• 22 June 1946 – Disbanded
• 1 April 1953 – Reformed as ‘436 Transport Squadron’
• 17 May 2012 – New Squadron Standard presented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, David Onley, at CFB Trenton, Ontario
• 11 July 2012 – Retired squadron standard lain up at the Hall of Colours at Beechwood National Military Cemetery in Ottawa.

Ephemera:

Articles

External Links:

• Government of Canada
  • Official Webpage
  • Official Linage Webpage
• Wikipedia
• CASPIR – Canadian Aircraft Serials Personnel Information Resource

Sources:

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