Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 222 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations
Personnel Movements: Oct - Dec 1939
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | H W Mermagen | 5 Oct 1939 | Arrived on posting from RAF Usworth and assumed command of No 222 Sqn |
Fg Off | G Drew | 9 Oct 1939 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'A' Flight |
3 x Plt Offs | 9 Oct 1939 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'A' Flight | |
Sqn Adjutant | 10 Oct 1939 | Arrived on posting | |
Plt Off | Stewart | 16 Oct 1939 | Posted to No 11 Group Pool for further training |
Plt Off | Mitchell | 16 Oct 1939 | Posted to No 11 Group Pool for further training |
2 x Plt Offs | 21 Oct 1939 | Arrived on posting | |
3 x Sgt Plt | 22 Oct 1939 | Arrived on posting | |
Plt Off | Delamore | 22 Oct 1939 | Attached to RAF Locking for a Parachute course (7 days) |
1 x Plt Off | 23 Oct 1939 | Arrived on posting | |
Flt Lt | Williams | 8 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'B' Flight |
3 x Officers and 2 x Sgt Plt | 25 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting | |
3 x Officers | 26 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting | |
1 x Officer | 28 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting | |
1 x Officer | 29 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting |
Source - No 222 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1371)
Organisational Movements: Oct - Dec 1939
Date | Notes |
5 Oct 1939 | Formed at RAF Duxford |
31 Oct 1939 | First two Bristol Blenheim IFs, L6638 and L6642, were collected from No 5 MU, RAF Kemble |
5 Nov 1939 | 4 x Blenheim IFs collected from No 5 MU, RAF Kemble |
8 Nov 1939 | 'B' Flight formed |
9 Nov 1939 | 2 x Blenheim IFs collected from No 5 MU, RAF Kemble |
15 Nov 1939 | 3 x Blenheim IFs collected from No 20 MU, RAF Aston Down |
Source - No 222 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1371)
Personnel Movements: Jan - Dec 1940
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
The ORB for January - March 1940 appears to be missing | |||
Fg Off | G Drew | 17 Apr 1940 | Relinquished command of 'A' Flight on posting to a Training Group |
Act Flt Lt | D R S Bader | 17 Apr 1940 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'A' Flight |
1 x Officer and 1 x Sgt Plt | 5 May 1940 | Arrived on posting | |
Flt Lt | Williams | 8 May 1940 | Relinquished command of 'B' Flight on posting to No 263 Sqn, RAF Turnhouse |
Plt Off | R A L Morant | 8 May 1940 | Assumed temporary command of 'B' Flight |
Fg Off | A I Robinson | 15 May 1940 | Arrived on posting and command of 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | R A L Morant | 15 May 1940 | Relinquished temporary command of 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | G G A Davies | 31 May 1940 | Failed to return from an operation |
Plt Off | R A L Morant | 1 Jun 1940 | Failed to return from an operation |
Plt Off | H E L Falkus | 1 Jun 1940 | Failed to return from an operation |
Plt Off | G Massey-Sharpe | 1 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
Sgt | L J White | 1 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
Plt Off | G G A Davies | 1 Jun 1940 | Reported back for duty |
Plt Off | R A L Morant | 2 Jun 1940 | Reported back for duty |
Plt Off | R A L Morant | 25 Jun 1940 | Admitted to hospital after being wounded in action |
1 x Officer and 1 x Sgt Plt | 1 Jul 1940 | Arrived on posting | |
Sqn Engineer Officer | 3 Jul 1940 | Arrived on posting | |
Sgt | E I Lewis | 4 Jul 1940 | Killed in a flying accident |
Sqn Ldr | J H Heyworth | 9 Jul 1940 | Arrived on posting as Supernumerary |
Sqn Ldr | J H Heyworth | 12 Jul 1940 | Posted to No 79 Sqn |
1 x Sgt Plt | 18 Jul 1940 | Posted to No 1 RAF Depot | |
Sqn Ldr | D C H Spencer | 21 Jul 1940 | Arrived on posting as Supernumerary |
Sqn Ldr | D C H Spencer | 26 Jul 1940 | Attached to No 266 Sqn, RAF Wittering |
1 x Sgt Plt | 29 Jul 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 5 OTU, RAF Aston Down | |
Sqn Ldr | J H Hill | 31 Jul 1940 | Arrived on posting from RAF Usworth and assumed command of No 222 Sqn |
Sqn Ldr | H W Mermagen | 31 Jul 1940 | Relinquished command of No 222 Sqn on posting to RAF Warmwell |
Sgt | J I Johnson | 30 Aug 1940 | Killed in action |
Fg Off | J W Cutts | 4 Sep 1940 | Killed in action |
Sgt | J W Ramshaw | 4 Sep 1940 | Killed in action |
Sgt | S Baxter | 14 Sep 1940 | Killed in a flying accident |
Plt Off | H L Whitbread | 20 Sep 1940 | Killed in action |
Plt Off | J W Broadhurst | 7 Oct 1940 | Killed in action |
Fg Off | McG-Hallam | 24 Oct 1940 | Posted to No 73 Sqn |
Sgt | R B Price | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 73 Sqn |
Plt Off | H P Edridge | 30 Oct 1940 | Killed in a flying accident |
Plt Off | A E Davies | 30 Oct 1940 | Killed in action |
Fg Off | D A P McMullen | 23 Nov 1940 | Posted to No 151 Sqn for duty as a Flight Commander |
1 x Officer and 1 x Sgt Plt | 23 Nov1940 | Departed on posting | |
Fg Off | F S Farrow | 25 Nov 1940 | Posted to RAF Acklington as Station Engineer Officer |
3 x Officers and 4 x Sgt Plt | 25 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 56 OTU, RAF Sutton Bridge | |
Flt Lt | A I Robinson | 8 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 2 CFS, RAF Cranwell |
Plt Off | G G A Davies | 10 Dec 1940 | Rejoined the squadron from RAF Hornchurch |
Plt Off | W R Assheton | 13 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 611 Sqn, RAF Rochford |
Plt Off | D A Stanley | 13 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 611 Sqn, RAF Rochford |
Sgt | D G Gibbins | 13 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 611 Sqn, RAF Rochford |
Sgt | R A Breeze | 13 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 611 Sqn, RAF Rochford |
Sqn Ldr | B A Wood | 14 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 57 OTU, as Supernumerary |
Sgt | J Scott | 15 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 611 Sqn, RAF Rochford |
Sgt | A B A Smith | 15 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 611 Sqn, RAF Rochford |
Sgt | K E F Purcell | 15 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 611 Sqn, RAF Rochford |
Sgt | D L Ferraby | 15 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 611 Sqn, RAF Rochford |
Plt Off | T A Vigors | 29 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 243 Sqn |
Sgt | L F Patrick | 29 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 2 CFS, RAF Cranwell |
Sgt | A O Sharples | 31 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 602 Sqn |
Source - No 222 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1371)
Organisational Movements: Jan - Dec 1940
Date | Notes |
xx Mar 1940 | Squadron converted from Blenheim IFs to Supermarine Spitfire Is* |
10 May 1940 | Squadron moved from RAF Duxford to RAF Digby by road and air |
11 May 1940 | Servicing Flight moved from RAF Duxford to RAF Digby |
23 May 1940 | Squadron aircraft moved from RAF Digby to RAF Kirton Lindsay |
28 May 1940 | Squadron aircraft moved from RAF Kirton Lindsay to RAF Hornchurch |
4 Jun 1940 | Squadron aircraft returned to RAF Kirton Lindsay from RAF Hornchurch |
12 Aug 1940 | 'A' Flight detached to RAF Ringway |
29 Aug 1940 | Squadron moved from RAF Kirton Lindsay to RAF Hornchurch by road and air |
30 Aug 1940 | Servicing Flight moved from RAF Kirton Lindsay to RAF Hornchurch by road |
11 Nov 1940 | Squadron moved from RAF Hornchurch to RAF Coltishall by air and road |
Source - No 222 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1371)
*Source - 'RAF Squadrons' by C G Jefford
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