Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
[Jan 1939 | Apr 1939 | May 1939]
This was formed on 1 June 1938 within No 24 Group at Fauld as an Explosives Storage unit, later rename Ammunition Storage Depot.
Location | Command/Group |
Fauld, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent, Shropshire | Maintenance Command |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Equipment Branch | |||
Sqn Ldr | C S Whellock | 1 Jun 1938 | Officer Commanding, |
Flt Lt | R B Horstmann | 26 Sep 1938 | |
Flt Lt | E G Moore | 1 Jun 1938 |
Source - Air Force List January 1939
Location | Command/Group |
Fauld, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent, Shropshire | Maintenance Command |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Equipment Branch | |||
Sqn Ldr | C S Whellock | 1 Jun 1938 | Officer Commanding, |
Sqn Ldr | M E O'B Atkinson | 23 Jan 1939 | |
Flt Lt | R B Horstmann | 26 Sep 1938 | |
Flt Lt | E G Moore | 1 Jun 1938 |
Source - Confidential Air Force List April 1939
Location | Command/Group |
Fauld, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent, Shropshire | Maintenance Command |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Equipment Branch | |||
Sqn Ldr | C S Whellock | 1 Jun 1938 | Officer Commanding, |
Sqn Ldr | M E O'B Atkinson | 23 Jan 1939 | |
Flt Lt | R B Horstmann | 26 Sep 1938 | |
Flt Lt | E G Moore | 1 Jun 1938 |
Source - Confidential Air Force List May 1939
It was transferred to No 42 Group on 19 June 1939.
It was renamed an Ammunition Supply Depot on 1 December 1963 and disbanded on 14 June 1966
Sub sites: -
Location | Dates |
Abbots Bromley | 14 May 1945 - 31 Mar 1949 |
Bagots Wood | Aug 1942 - at least Dec 1950 |
Fulham | Oct 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
Grange | 7 Oct 1939 - xx xxx xxxx |
Hanbury | xx xxx xxxx - 27 Nov 1944* |
Linley | 15 Oct 1942 - xx xxx xxxx |
Loughborough (No 32 ASD) | Sep 1944 - xx xxx xxxx |
Pulham | 7 Oct 1939 - Jul 1940 |
Tatenhill | 23 Dec 1933 - 27 Nov 1954 |
*This sub-site disappeared as the result of an underground explosion.
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