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No 536 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations


Personnel Movements: Sep 1942 - Jan 1943

Rank Name Date Notes
September 1942
Sqn Ldr Motion  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight and assumed command of No 536 Sqn
Flt Lt Andrews  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight for duty as Flight Commander
Flt Lt McGlashan  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight for duty as Flight Commander
Fg Off E O Gordon  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight for duty as Adjutant
Fg Off French  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Fg Off Ritchie  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Fg Off Clements  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Fg Off Hamilton  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Fg Off Ailinski?  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Plt Off Cowan  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight for duty as Signals Officer
Plt Off Cole  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Plt Off Coates  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Plt Off Dickinson  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Plt Off Rice  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Plt Off Hill  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Plt Off Millows?  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Plt Off Porter?  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
WO Mogg  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
WO Cannon  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Flt Sgt Gradwell  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Flt Sgt Pierce  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Flt Sgt Gallacher  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Flt Sgt Mclean  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Flt Sgt Mackay  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Day  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Parkins  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Grew  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Rogerson  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Morgan  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Butler  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Van Zuilion  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Martin  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Dickie  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Allen?  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Short?  8 Sep 1942 Transferred from No 1457 Fight
Sgt Taylor 17 Sep 1942 Arrived on posting from No 51 OTU
Sgt Cotton 17 Sep 1942 Arrived on posting from No 51 OTU
Fg Off Cielinski 25 Sep 1942 Arrived on posting from No 286 Sqn
October 1942
WO Gimblet  1 Oct 1942 Arrived on posting from No 286 Sqn
Fg Off A Jamieson  9 Oct 1942 Arrived on posting from No 536 Sqn for duty as Medical Officer,
November 1942
No personnel movements were recorded in this month's ORB
December 1942
Plt Off Cowan 29 Dec 1942 Signals Officer, posted to TFU
January 1943
No personnel movements were recorded in this month's ORB

Source - No 536 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2004)

Organisational Movements: Sep 1942 - Jan 1943

Date Notes
September 1942
 8 Sep 1942 No 536 Squadron was formed from No 1457 Flight and a detachment of No 247 Sqn at RAF Predannack, equipped with: -
  • Havoc IIs (Turbinlite)
  • Hurricane IICs
Turbinlite Havoc of No 536 Squadron
Hurricane IIC
October 1942
27 Oct 1942 Squadron moved from RAF Predannack to RAF Fairwood Common
November 1942
No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB
December 1942
No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB
January 1943
25 Jan 1943 No 536 Squadron was disbanded (not recorded in ORB)

Source - No 536 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2004)

This entry was last updated on 07/10/25

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