Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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: -
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| 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