This Day In History

Summary of Events for  No. 439 (CAN) Squadron 

as recorded in the  439 Squadron Operations Record Book

for

31 October 1944

 B-78 Holland

The haze is so thick today you can chip it with a hatchet and as a result, operations are scrubbed until tomorrow morning. The airmen have now finished with the construction of their small wooden huts and have abandoned their tents which are being struck and packed away. The dispersal bears resemblance to a small colony. the pilots tent is likened unto a miniature foundry with its two huge smoke stacks. The perimeter track by our dispersal has been completed and the craters filled in. All in all it has been a fairly interesting month for us although the consistent inclemency impeded operations, our primary objective to no little extent.

Detail of Work Carried Out by  No. 439 RCAF Squadron 

as compiled by in the  439 Squadron Operations Record Book Form 541

A/C Type & Number Crew Duty Up Down
 

Details of Sortie or Flight

Nil ops today.

 
 

End October Report

 

Total weight of bombs expended:   217 1/2 Tons

Total ammunition expended:         20,032 rounds of .20mm Cannon

Operational Sorties:                       406 

Flying Time: Operational:             Typhoon 1B : 408:30

Flying Time: Non Operational:     Typhoon 1B:   28:25

        Auster V:          6:45

Aircraft on charge:                          Typhoon 1B:     18

 

Postings:      J.18959  F/L W.D. Burton posted to 9 PDC (tour-expired)

J.17856  F/O M.A. Marcoux posted to 9PDC ( "          "   )

J. 22803 F/L W.L. Saunders posted from 83 G.S.U.

J.37648  F/O  J.G. Martin posted from 83 G.S.U.

J.29881  F/O W.G. Davuis posted from 83 G.S.U.

J.7827   F/L C.A. Lambert posted from 83 G.S.U.

R.87186 W/O 1 Church S.A. posted from 83 G.S.U.

J.35843 F/O J. Sweeny posted from 83 G.S.U.

 

Aircrew                                                       Groundcrew

Officers   - 25                                              Officers   -    3

Airmen   -  1                                              Airmen    - 30

 

Original signed by

K.J. Fiset, DFC, Squadron Leader,

Commanding 439 R.C.A.F. Squadron

 

 

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