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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 621 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations
[1943 | ]
Personnel Movements: Sep - Dec 1943
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| September | |||
| Flt Lt | R H Kimber | 12 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK for duty as Administrative Officer |
| Flt Lt | R W Whitrod | 12 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK for duty as Navigation Officer |
| Fg Off | A C Sanderson | 12 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK for duty as Engineer Officer |
| Fg Off | C Allison | 12 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK for duty as Code and Cypher Officer |
| Plt Off | R O Roche | 12 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK for duty as Signals Officer |
| Plt Off | A R Worthington | 12 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK for duty as Intelligence Officer |
| Plt Off | J Grover & crew | 18 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying the first Wellington |
| Fg Off | C H Hoffman & crew | 20 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from RAF Eastleigh by rail (their Wellington having crashed at Juba) |
| Sqn Ldr | E L West & crew | 22 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying a Wellington |
| Sqn Ldr | E L West | 22 Sep 1943 | Assumed command of 'A' Flight |
| Wg Cdr | P Green & crew | 24 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying a Wellington |
| Wg Cdr | P Green | 24 Sep 1943 | Assumed command of No 621 Sqn, wef 12 Sep 1943 |
| Fg Off | Ashley | 24 Sep 1943 | Injured in crash landing |
| Sgt | B E Hopkinson & crew | 25 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying a Wellington |
| Sgt | Dudgeon & crew | 30 Sep 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying a Wellington |
| October | |||
| Sgt | A McA Shearer & crew | 1 Oct 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying a Wellington |
| Fg Off | E A Woods & crew | 6 Oct 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying a Wellington |
| Sqn Ldr | J F Alexander & crew | 9 Oct 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying a Wellington |
| Sqn Ldr | J F Alexander | 9 Oct 1943 | Assumed command of 'B' Flight |
| Fg Off | C R Watts & crew | 11 Oct 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying a Wellington |
| Fg Off | R James & crew | 11 Oct 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying a Wellington |
| Flt Sgt | Ryall & crew | 11 Oct 1943 | Arrived on posting from the UK, via RAF Eastleigh, ferrying a Wellington |
| Sqn Ldr | J F Alexander | 14 Oct 1943 | Returned from Mogadishu and assumed command of Port Reitz detachment |
| LAC | S J Crook | 18 Oct 1943 | Died in hospital |
| November | |||
| Flt Sgt | B E Hopkinson | 23 Nov 1943 | Killed in a flying accident |
| Flt Sgt | C T B Fail RNZAF | ||
| Sgt | J A H Hough | ||
| Sgt | J Bell | ||
| Sgt | J Hindley | ||
| Sgt | F Atkinson | ||
| Wg Cdr | P Green | 29 Nov 1943 | Assumed temporary command of RAF Mogadishu |
| December | |||
| LAC | R Thomas | 3 Dec 1943 | Died in hospital |
Source - No 621 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2135)
Organisational Movements: Sep - Dec 1943
| Date | Notes |
| September | |
| 12 Sep 1943 | 13 x officers and 430 x other ranks arrived at
Mombasa from the UK on HMT Orduna, having set sail on 16 Aug 1943 No 621 Squadron was formed at Port Reitz in No 246 Wing |
| 15 Sep 1943 | 12 x airmen from the Signals Section detached to Mogadishu to assist at the Wireless Station |
| 16 Sep 1943 | 88 x servicing personnel detached to RAF Eastleigh to await arrival of aircraft from the UK |
| 18 Sep 1943 | 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ802, arrived from RAF Eastleigh |
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| 19 Sep 1943 | 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ802, departed Port Reitz
for Mogadishu to commence operations
Following delivery to Port Reitz, aircraft proceeded to Mogadishu for operations |
| 22 Sep 1943 | 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ808, arrived from the UK via RAF Eastleigh |
| 24 Sep 1943 | 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ799, arrived from the UK
via RAF Eastleigh 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ802, crashed due to lack of fuel. |
| 25 Sep 1943 | 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ877, arrived from the UK via RAF Eastleigh |
| 27 Sep 1943 | Crew of Wellington XIII, HZ802, rescued |
| 30 Sep 1943 | 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ803, arrived from the UK via RAF Eastleigh |
| October | |
| 1 Oct 1943 | 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ800, arrived from the UK via RAF Eastleigh |
| 6 Oct 1943 | 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ954, arrived from the UK via RAF Eastleigh |
| 9 Oct 1943 | 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ876, arrived from the UK via RAF Eastleigh |
| 11 Oct 1943 | 3 x Wellington XIIIs, HZ803?, HZ953 and HZ875 arrived from the UK via RAF Eastleigh |
| 12 Oct 1943 | Operations commenced from Port Reitz |
| 17 Oct 1943 | Squadron informed that it was to relocate to Mogadishu as soon as possible after 1 Nov 1943 |
| 23 Oct 1943 | 3 x aircraft detached to Scuiscuiban for operations |
| 25 Oct 1943 | Admin Officer and Orderly Room staff moved from Port Reitz to Mogadishu |
| 28 Oct 1943 | Road convoy departed Nairobi for Mogadishu |
| November | |
| 6 Nov 1943 | Road convoy from Nairobi arrived at Mogadishu |
| 9 Nov 1943 | 3 x Wellington Xs, JA205, JA208 and JA256 were
delivered 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ705, was delivered |
| 11 Nov 1943 | A detachment commenced at Bandar Kassim |
| 27 Nov 1943 | 1 x Wellington XIII, HZ970, was delivered from Port Reitz |
| December | |
| 3 Dec 1943 | Advance party (4 x aircraft) departed RAF
Mogadishu for RAF Khormaksar, Aden Dakota aircraft commenced a shuttle service between Mogadishu and Aden carrying personnel and equipment |
| 7 Dec 1943 | 5 x aircraft departed RAF Mogadishu for RAF Khormaksar, Aden |
| 26 Dec 1943 | Remaining ground personnel arrived in Aden from Mogadishu on board SS Manila |
Source - No 621 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2135)
This entry was last updated on 01/11/25
