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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 524 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations
[1943 | ]
Personnel Movements: Oct 1943 - Jan 1944
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| October 1943 | |||
| Flt Lt | A T Percival | 11 Oct 1943 | Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant |
| Sqn Ldr | W E M Lowry | 19 Oct 1943 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 524 Sqn (Promoted to Wg Cdr) |
| November 1943 | |||
| No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB | |||
| December 1943 | |||
| No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB | |||
| January 1944 | |||
| Flt Lt | A T Percival | 1 Jan 1944 | Adjutant, posted to No 518 Sqn |
| Wg Cdr | W E M Lowry | 29 Jan 1944 | Posted to No 8 (C) OTU |
Source - No 524 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1997)
Organisational Movements: Oct 1943 - Jan 1944
| Date | Notes |
| October 1943 | |
| 20 Oct 1943 | No 524 Squadron was formed at RAF Oban to operate
Martin Mariner flying boats 6 x complete crews arrived on posting |
| 25 Nov 1943 | First Mariner arrived on delivery |
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| November 1943 | |
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB | |
| December 1943 | |
| 13 Dec 1943 | Squadron informed that it was officially disbanded, wef 7 Dec 1943 |
| 20 Dec 1943 | Squadron advised to cease all instructional flying on Mariner aircraft |
| January 1944 | |
| 6 Jan 1944 | 1 x complete detached to No 57 MU for ferrying duties for three weeks |
| 15 Jan 1943 | All Radar Mechanics were posted to other units
in No 15 Group Remainder of ground personnel disposed of by HQ Coastal Command through Officer i/c Records |
| 29 Jan 1944 | Remaining aircrews posted to RAF Oban, No 302 FTU and No 131 OTU |
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Two Mariners departed in the middle of January 1944 with the final two were flown away at the end of the month |
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Source - No 524 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1997)
This entry was last updated on 04/10/25
