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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 668 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations
Personnel Movements: Nov 1944 - Nov 1945
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| November/ December 1944 | |||
| No personnel movements are recorded for these months in the ORB | |||
| January 1945 | |||
| No personnel movements are recorded for this month in the ORB | |||
| February | |||
| Flt Lt | Slocombe | 5 Feb 1945 | Relinquished command of No 668 Sqn on posting to No 334 Wing |
| Flt Lt | D J Smallwood | 5 Feb 1945 | Assumed command of No 668 Sqn |
| Fg Off | Chipp | 6 Feb 1945 | Appointed MT Officer |
| Fg Off | Clout | 6 Feb 1945 | Appointed Officer i/c Camp Construction |
| Fg Off | Harman | 6 Feb 1945 | Appointed Officer i/c Post Office |
| Fg Off | Gorgan | 6 Feb 1945 | Appointed Officer i/c Education |
| Fg Off | Clarke | 6 Feb 1945 | Appointed Officer i/c Entertainment |
| Fg Off | Farr | 6 Feb 1945 | Appointed Officer i/c Signals |
| Plt Off | Ashby | 6 Feb 1945 | Appointed Officer i/c Messing |
| Flt Lt | D J Smallwood | 21 Feb 1945 | Promoted to Sqn Ldr |
| March | |||
| Fg Off | Payne | 18 Mar 1945 | Adjutant, posted to No 343 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Wilkinson | 23 Mar 1945 | OC, 'B' Flight, posted to No 229 Group |
| Fg Off | Clarke | 23 Mar 1945 | Promoted to Flt Lt and assumed command of 'B' Flight and also duties of Adjutant |
| Fg Off | Hall | 25 Mar 1945 | Equipment Officer, posted to No 229 Group |
| Cpl | Donnelly | 31 Mar 1945 | NCO i/c Orderly Room posted to No 669 Sqn |
| April | |||
| Fg Off | Horton | 8 Apr 1945 | Arrived on attachment for duty as Medical Officer |
| Sqn Ldr | D J Smallwood | 11 Apr 1945 | Admitted to No 9 RAF Hospital, Calcutta |
| Capt | E H Leschallas | 11 Apr 1945 | Assumed command of No 668 Sqn |
| Fg Off | Laidley | 18 Apr 1945 | Admitted to hospital with Cholera |
| Sgt | Park | 30 Apr 1945 | Admitted to hospital with Sacro Arthritis |
| Sgt | Truman (GPR) | 30 Apr 1945 | Admitted to hospital with an advanced skin disorder |
| May | |||
| Sqn Ldr | D J Smallwood | 5 May 1945 | Discharged from No 9 RAF Hospital, Calcutta and resumed command of the unit |
| Capt | E H Leschallas | 5 May 1945 | Relinquished command of No 668 Sqn |
| June | |||
| Fg Off | B G Warren | 15 Jun 1945 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt | Wiltshire | 25 Jun 1945 | Admitted to BMH, Poona |
| Sgt | Stevenson | 25 Jun 1945 | Admitted to BMH, Poona |
| Flt Sgt | Hare | 26 Jun 1945 | Admitted to hospital in Deolali |
| Fg Off | Glover | 27 Jun 1945 | Admitted to BMH, Lahore |
| Fg Off | E G Huc | 27 Jun 1945 | Admitted to BMH, Lahore |
| Sgt | Martin | 27 Jun 1945 | Admitted to BMH, Lahore |
| Sgt | Partridge | 27 Jun 1945 | Admitted to BMH, Lahore |
| Fg Off | R S Vickers | 29 Jun 1945 | Killed in a flying accident |
| Fg Off | T D Forgan | ||
| Lt | L O C Burbidge | 30 Jun 1945 | Arrived on posting, wef 29 May 1945 |
| Lt | Forster | 30 Jun 1945 | Arrived on posting, wef 29 May 1945 |
| July | |||
| Fg Off | G W Wilkinson | 10 Jul 1945 | Intelligence Officer, attached to Karachi for Intelligence Course |
| Plt Off | J Kalenkospff | 19 Jul 1945 | Reposted on appointment to a commission, wef 2 May 1945 |
| Plt Off | R Crook | 19 Jul 1945 | Reposted on appointment to a commission, wef 2 May 1945 |
| Fg Off | J H Paton | 23 Jul 1945 | Attached to No 343 Wing pending repatriation on medical grounds |
| Plt Off | E Silroy | 23 Jul 1945 | Reposted on appointment to a commission, wef 2 May 1945 |
| Fg Off | E G Huc | 26 Jul 1945 | Assumed duties of Catering Officer at Fatehjang |
| Lt | Foster | 28 Jul 1945 | Assumed duties of MT Officer at Fatehjang |
| August | |||
| Plt Off | I MacLennon | 3 Aug 1945 | Reposted on appointment to a commission |
| Fg Off | J H Paton | 10 Aug 1945 | Repatriated on medical grounds |
| Lt | Foster | 15 Aug 1945 | Repatriated on compassionate grounds |
| September | |||
| Fg Off | R P Scott | 7 Sep 1945 | Repatriated on medical grounds |
| Fg Off | E G D Goodchild | 12 Sep 1945 | Arrived on posting for duty as Equipment Officer |
| Sqn Ldr | D J Smallwood | 13 Sep 1945 | Admitted to BMH Murree |
| Flt Lt | J Bell | 13 Sep 1945 | Assumed command of No 668 Sqn at Fetahjang |
| Fg Off | Parker | 14 Sep 1945 | Attached to Air Crew Mountain Centre, Kashmir for instructional duties |
| Sgt | Topp (GPR) | 14 Sep 1945 | Attached to Air Crew Mountain Centre, Kashmir for instructional duties |
| Cpl | J Grassby | 22 Sep 1945 | DMT, posted to RAF Arkonam |
| Flt Sgt | D Stewart | 25 Sep 1945 | Transferred to RCAF |
| Sgt | D Eston | 29 Sep 1945 | Equipment Assistant, posted to RAF Mauripur for repatriation |
| LAC | Gatehouse | 29 Sep 1945 | Cook, posted to RAF Mauripur for repatriation |
| October | |||
| S/Sgt | Farara | 2 Oct 1945 | Proceeded to Deolali, pending repatriation to the UK |
| LAC | Holmes | 2 Oct 1945 | Proceeded to REC Worli, pending repatriation to the UK |
| Capt | E H Leschallas | 5 Oct 1945 | Attached to RAF Poona as OC, Glider Pilots |
| Fg Off | Onions | 5 Oct 1945 | Assumed command of Upper Topa detachment |
| Fg Off | Warren | 8 Oct 1945 | Resumed his duties as Adjutant |
| Flt Lt | D B Clarke | 12 Oct 1945 | Proceeded to REC Worli, pending repatriation to the UK |
| Capt | Pickwoad | 15 Oct 1945 | Posted to No 670 Sqn to command |
| Sqn Ldr | D J Smallwood | 22 Oct 1945 | Resumed command of No 668 Sqn |
| LAC | Scott | 31 Oct 1945 | Proceeded to Mauripur for medical repatriation by air |
| November | |||
| No personnel movements are recorded for this month in the ORB | |||
Source - No 668 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2194/1)
Organisational Movements: Nov 1944 - Nov 1945
| Date | Notes |
| November/December 1944/January 1945 | |
| 16 Nov 1944 | No 688 Squadron was formed, probably at Basal, before moving to Calcutta on 28 and 30 January 1945, but the squadron records only begin in February 1945 |
| February | |
| 1 Feb 1945 | Half of the squadron was at Calcutta whilst the other half was en-route to Calcutta from Basal |
| 2 Feb 1945 | First half of squadron entrained at Calcutta
en-route to RAF Lagaghat Second half of squadron arrived in Calcutta from Basal |
| 3 Feb 1945 | Both halves of squadron en-route to RAF Lagaghat |
| 4 Feb 1945 | First half of squadron arrived at RAF Lagaghat |
| 5 Feb 1945 | Second half of squadron arrived at RAF Lagaghat |
| 9 Feb 1945 | First detachment proceeded on Jungle Training Course at Taki, with 16 aircrew leaving every Monday and Friday until all aircrew completed the training |
| 11 Feb 1945 | First detachment for Dakota squadrons left |
| 17 Feb 1945 | Detachment of aircrew proceeded to Kerdein to ferry PT-19s to CCTF |
| 25 Feb 1945 | Glider flying with Hadrians commenced with No 267 Sqn |
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| March | |
| 20 Mar 1945 | 93 x gliders rendered unserviceable by a hailstorm |
| 23 Mar 1945 | 1 x Tiger Moth, DE452, was allotted from No 230 RSU |
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| April | |
| 9 Apr 1945 | 12 x gliders were collected and flown away by USAAF personnel |
| 10 Apr 1945 | 3 x gliders were collected and flown away by
USAAF personnel 9 x gliders rendered unserviceable by a severe storm |
| 11 Apr 1945 | 32 x gliders were collected and flown away by USAAF personnel |
| 13 Apr 1945 | 18 x gliders were collected and flown away by No 341 Wing |
| 15 Apr 1945 | Remaining serviceable gliders were flown away 'A' and 'B' Flights departed RAF Lagaghat |
| 16 Apr 1945 | 'A' and 'B' Flights arrived in Calcutta and a number of personnel were admitted to hospital with suspected Cholera |
| 19 Apr 1945 | 'C' and 'D' Flights departed RAF Lagaghat |
| 30 Apr 1945 | Squadron arrived at Belgaum for Officer Training School Course |
| May | |
| 31 May 1945 | Strength of the squadron on this date: -
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| June | |
| 2 Jun 1945 | Advance party departed Belgaum for RAF Fatehjang |
| 25 Jun 1945 | 'A' party (23 x officer, 35 x NCOs) departed Belgaum and arrived at Poona |
| 26 Jun 1945 | 'A' party (23 x officer, 35 x NCOs) departed
Poona and arrived at Kalyan 'B' party arrived at Kalyan Combined party departed Kalyan |
| 27 Jun 1945 | Combined party arrived at Lahore |
| 28 Jun 1945 | Combined party departed Lahore and arrived at Rawalpindi, proceeding on to RAF Fatehjang |
| July | |
| 3 Jul 1945 | Advance party departed RAF Fatehjang for Upper Topa |
| 5 Jul 1945 | Squadron departed RAF Fatehjang for Upper Topa |
| 7 Jul 1945 | Rear party arrived at Upper Topa |
| 10 Jul 1945 | 2 x officers and 3 x NCOs attached to Air Crew Mountain Centre, Kashmir |
| 25 Jul 1945 | 2 x officers and 2 x NCOs attached to Air Crew Mountain Centre, Kashmir |
| 26 Jul 1945 | Advance party departed Upper Topa for RAF Fatehjang |
| 30 Jul 1945 | 2 x officers and 2 x NCOs attached to Air Crew Mountain Centre, Kashmir |
| August | |
| 21 Aug 1945 | Sqn HQ moved from Upper Topa to RAF Fatehjang |
| 25 Aug 1945 | First flying party of 35 pilots returned to RAF Fatehjang |
| 27 Aug 1945 | 3 x NCOs from Upper Topa attached to Air Crew Mountain Centre, Kashmir |
| 31 Aug 1945 | Refresher flying commenced with dual checks in the Harvard |
| September | |
| 1 Sep 1945 | Sqn HQ and flying party (40 x pilots) at
Fatenjang prepared to carry out refresher flying on Tiger Moths Detachment at Upper Topa commenced a full EVT programme |
| 4 Sep 1945 | 10 x Tiger Moths were collected from Begumpet |
| 7 Sep 1945 | Refresher flying commenced |
| 30 Sep 1945 | 20 x Army NCOs attached to RAF Chakulia for Air Trooping duties |
| October | |
| 18 Oct 1945 | All Army Glider Pilots were posted to No 670 Sqn |
| 29 Oct 1945 | 4 x officers and 17 x NCOs attached to Air
Trooping Setion, Mauripur 2 x officer attached to Accountant Section, Group HQ |
| 31 Oct 1945 | All attachments to other units were converted into postings |
| November | |
| 10 Nov 1945 | No 668 Sqn was disbanded |
Source - No 668 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2194/1) and No 669 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2194/2)
This entry was last updated on 09/11/25
