516 Sqn

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
April
Sqn Ldr	B G F Drinkwater	28 Apr 1943	Transferred from No 1441 Flight and assumed command of No 516 Sqn
Sqn Ldr	J H Laughlin MBE	28 Apr 1943	Transferred from No 1441 Flight and assumed duties of 2nd in Command
Flt Lt	R Reeve	28 Apr 1943	Transferred from No 1441 Flight and assumed duties of Signals Officer
Flt Lt	G M Howard-Jones	28 Apr 1943	Transferred from No 1441 Flight
Flt Lt	R Rymer	28 Apr 1943	Transferred from No 1441 Flight and assumed duties of Navigation Officer
Capt	B Fitzgerald-Moore RA	28 Apr 1943	Transferred from No 1441 Flight and assumed duties of ALO
Fg Off	C J W Hine	28 Apr 1943	Transferred from No 1441 Flight and assumed duties of Armament Officer
Fg Off	J E Hanwood	28 Apr 1943	Transferred from No 1441 Flight and assumed duties of Adjutant
Fg Off	G W Forrest	28 Apr 1943	Transferred from No 1441 Flight and assumed duties of Medical Officer
Fg Off	J Bone	28 Apr 1943	Transferred from No 1441 Flight
May
Lt Cdr	Lyne RN	15 May 1943	Attached from COHQ for Photographic Interpretation Course
Fg Off	Woodgate RNZAF	23 May 1943	Arrived on posting from No 486 Sqn
Fg Off	Gotch	23 May 1943	Arrived on posting from No 245 Sqn
Fg Off	Baker	23 May 1943	Arrived on posting from No 1 Sqn
Flt Sgt	O L D Figgis	25 May 1943	Arrived on posting from No 197 Sqn
Fg Off	Woodgate RNZAF	31 May 1943	Proceeded on Combined Operations aircrew course
Fg Off	Gotch	31 May 1943	Proceeded on Combined Operations aircrew course
June
Flt Lt	R Reeve	6 Jun 1943	Assumed command of 'A' Flight, relinquishing duties of Signals Officer
Flt Lt	Howard-Jones	6 Jun 1943	Assumed command of 'B' Flight
WO	Barrett	6 Jun 1943	Squadron Engineer Officer, assumed command of Maintenance Echelon
In addition to the personnel shown above the following officers and aircrew were on the strength of the squadron on the date shown below: -
Fg Off	R W Winter	30 Jun 1943	Adjutant (replacing Fg Off Hanwood)
Plt Off	C W Taggessell	30 Jun 1943	Signals Officer
WO	Francis	30 Jun 1943	Pilot
WO	Aspinall	30 Jun 1943	Pilot
WO	Stephen	30 Jun 1943	Pilot
WO	Zeithing MM	30 Jun 1943	Observer
WO	Emmerson	30 Jun 1943	Observer
Flt Sgt	Williams	30 Jun 1943	Pilot
Flt Sgt	Scott	30 Jun 1943	AG
Sgt	Evans	30 Jun 1943	Pilot
July
WO	Aspinall	29 Jul 1943	Posted to a Beaufighter OTU
Fg Off	Parsons	30 Jul 1943	Arrived on posting from No 464 Sqn, wef 29 Jul 1943
Plt Off	Ramsey
Flt Sgt	Watkin
Fg Off	Dawes	30 Jul 1943	Arrived on posting from No 180 Sqn, wef 29 Jul 1943
Fg Off	Richardson
Fg Off	Green
August
Flt Sgt	Fullerton	2 Aug 1943	RAF Police, attached for inspection squadron police personnel
Fg Off	R W Winter	4 Aug 1943	Adjutant, promoted to Flt Lt
Capt	T K Gordon	28 Aug 1943	S Lancs Regiment, arrived on attachment for duty as ALO
Capt	B Fitzgerald-Moore RA	28 Aug 1943	ALO, departed on posting
Sqn Ldr	J H Laughlin MBE	29 Aug 1943	Posted to No 12 OTU for operational training
Plt Off	G E F Johnson	xx Aug 1943	Arrived on posting for duty as Engineer Officer
September
Flt Lt	W A Adams	xx Sep 1943	Arrived on posting and assumed command of Conversion Flight
Fg Off	Richardson	xx Sep 1943	Promoted to Flt Lt
Fg Off	Gotch	xx Sep 1943	Departed on posting
Plt Off	Ramsey	xx Sep 1943	Promoted to Fg Off
October
Flt Lt	Richardson	xx Oct 1943	Departed on posting
Fg Off	G W Forrest	xx Oct 1943	Medical Officer, promoted to Flt Lt
Flt Sgt	O L D Figgis	xx Oct 1943	Appointed to a commission in the rank of Plt Off
November
WO	E W H Ziething MM	1 Nov 1943	Appointed to a commission in the rank of Fg Off, wef 3 Oct 1943
Sqn Ldr	B G F Drinkwater	25 Nov 1943	Relinquished command of No 516 Sqn on posting to No 105 Wing
Flt Lt	R Reeve	25 Nov 1943	Assumed temporary command of No 516 Sqn
Fg Off	F W Horry DFC, DFM	25 Nov 1943	Arrived on posting from No 21 OTU
Plt Off	R D Cooling	25 Nov 1943	Arrived on posting from No 15 OTU
Flt Lt	R Reeve	28 Nov 1943	Reposted to the squadron as Officer Commanding
Fg Off	Dawes	30 Nov 1943	Posted to No 1482 BG Flight
Fg Off	Parsons DFC	30 Nov 1943	Posted to No 464 Sqn
December
Flt Lt	R Reeve	10 Dec 1943	Promoted to Act Sqn Ldr, wef 27 Nov 1943
Plt Off	C W Taggessell	10 Dec 1943	Signals Officer, promoted to Fg Off, wef 27 Nov 1943
Plt Off	R D Cooling	10 Dec 1943	Promoted to Fg Off, wef 9 Oct 1943
Fg Off	F W Horry DFC, DFM	13 Dec 1943	Attached to Largs for course
Fg Off	R D Cooling	13 Dec 1943	Attached to Largs for course
Fg Off	F W Horry DFC, DFM	18 Dec 1943	Ceased to be attached to Largs for course
Fg Off	R D Cooling	18 Dec 1943	Ceased to be attached to Largs for course

Source - No 516 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1982)

Organisational Movements: Apr - Dec 1943

Date	Notes
April
28 Apr 1943	No 516 Squadron was formed from No 1441 Flight at RAF Dundonald, from which it took over the following aircraft: - 3 x Mustangs 2 x Lysanders 2 x Ansons Hurricane Is




May
15 May 1943	1 x Proctor was collected from No 105 Wing

15-31 May 1943	During this period the squadron received the following aircraft to bring it up to establishment: - 7 x Mustangs 2 x Blenheim IVs

June
6 Jun 1943	Squadron re-organised on a two flight basis and a maintenance echelon 'A' Flight comprising all fighter aircraft (Mustangs and Hurricanes) 'B' Flight comprising all other types (Lysander, Anson, Blenheim and Proctor)
July
No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB
August
No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB
September
No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB
October
13 Oct 1943	Squadron aircraft moved to RAF Ayr whilst runway repairs were being undertaken at RAF Dundonald
November
No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB
December
2 Dec 1943	Aircraft detached to RAF Ayr returned to RAF Dundonald on completion of runway repairs
xx Dec 1943	Squadron received some Hurricane IICs

Source - No 516 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1982)