669 Sqn

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
November/December 1944
No personnel movements are recorded for these months in the ORB, except: -
LAC	Nurse	6 Dec 1944	MT Mechanic, admitted to No 24 IGH, Dinapore with severe burns from a vehicle fire
January 1945
Flt Lt	Harvey	1 Jan 1945	Arrived on posting and assumed temporary command of No 669 Sqn
Flt Lt	J Rush	20 Jan 1945	Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 669 Sqn
Flt Lt	Harvey	20 Jan 1945	Relinquished temporary command of No 669 Sqn
Lt	Cook GPR	23 Jan 1945	Appointed Officer i/c Shooting
Fg Off	Southey	23 Jan 1945	Appointed Officer i/c Entertainments
Fg Off	Ashby	23 Jan 1945	Appointed Officer i/c Football
Fg Off	Baines	23 Jan 1945	Appointed Officer i/c Sports
Fg Off	E Dougthy	23 Jan 1945	Appointed Officer i/c Athletics
S/Sgt	Duncan GPR	23 Jan 1945	Appointed Officer i/c Photography
S/Sgt	Bullock GPR	23 Jan 1945	Appointed Officer i/c Sanitation
Fg Off	Benwell	28 Jan 1945	Assumed duties of Adjutant
Fg Off	Keen	28 Jan 1945	Assumed duties of Officer i/c MT and No 37 GSE
February
Capt	J E Hyson GPR	7 Feb 1945	Arrived on posting for duty a 2nd i/c No 669 Sqn
Flt Lt	J Rush	8 Feb 1945	Promoted to Sqn Ldr
Fg Off	Evans	8 Feb 1945	Promoted to Flt Lt
Fg Off	Sorenson	8 Feb 1945	OC, 'C' Flight, promoted to Flt Lt
Lt	Cook GPR	8 Feb 1945	OC, 'D' Flight, promoted to Capt
Fg Off	P W B Mann	xx xxx 1945	Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant
March
Cpl	Donnelly	31 Mar 1945	NCO i/c Orderly Room posted from No 668 Sqn
April
No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB
May
No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB
June
No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB
July
Flt Lt	Evans	12 Jul 1945	Appointed Flt Lt - Flying
August
Capt	J E Hyson GPR	12 Aug 1945	Returned from sick leave
Capt	J E Hyson GPR	25 Aug 1945	Proceeded to Upper Topa in command of first party
Flt Lt	Frame	30 Aug 1945	Appointed Deputy Squadron Commander
September
No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB
October
Capt	J E Hyson GPR	10 Oct 1945	Notified of posting to the UK for demobilisation
Capt	Cook GPR	10 Oct 1945	Notified of posting to the UK for demobilisation
November
Sqn Ldr	J Rush	10 Nov 1945	Posted to Training Flight, No 343 Wing as CFI

Source - No 669 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2194/2)

Organisational Movements: Nov 1944 - Dec 1944

Date	Notes
November 1944
16 Nov 1944	No 669 Squadron was formed at Bikram
December 1944
1 Dec 1944	The squadron strength on this date was : - 1 x Officer 26 x ORs All personnel had been allotted duties with Wing HQ 35 x Officers and Enlisted men of 317th TCG, USAAF arrived at the station
2 Dec 1944	14 x Glider Crews arrived from RAF Fatehjang for operational training
4 Dec 1944	The 317th TCG, USAAF detachment departed 18 x Glider Crews arrived from the School of Jungle Self Preservation Training for operational training
5 Dec 1944	Glider training commenced using Hadrian Gliders 4 x Hadrian Gliders arrived from RAF Bihta

6 Dec 1944	4 x Hadrian Gliders arrived from RAF Bihta
8 Dec 1944	Operational training ceased due to No 117 Sqn being ordered to move, crew revert to ground training
9 Dec 1944	11 x Glider Crews arrived from RAF Fatehjang for operational training
10 Dec 1944	2 x Glider Crews sent to RAF Fatehjang for ferrying duties
11 Dec 1944	8 x Glider Crews sent to RAF Fatehjang for ferrying duties
12 Dec 1944	14 x Glider Crews sent to RAF Fatehjang for ferrying duties
18 Dec 1944	20 x Crews entrain at Dinapore for the School of Jungle Self Preservation Training at Poona
20 Dec 1944	7 x Officers and 4 x Sgts entrain at Dinapore for Poona
21 Dec 1944	12 x Officers and 6 x Sgts arrived from RAF Chakalia by rail
30 Dec 1944	'B' Flight was provisionally formed, whilst the 20 x crews at SJSPT became 'A' Flight
31 Dec 1944	No 669 Sqn at Bikram was renumbered No 671 Sqn.
January 1945
1 Jan 1945	No 669 Squadron reformed at RAF Basal, equipped with Tiger Moths

28 Jan 1945	'C' Flight proceeded to SJSPT at Poona for Jungle Escape Course, comprising: - Flt Lt Frame - Flight Commander Fg Off Ingram - Deputy Flight Commander Fg Offs Aldan, Ainsworth, Taylor, Lloyd, Southey, Smale, Tweeney, Preston, Offer, McDonald and Murray 27 x NCO pilots
February
12 Feb 1945	'B' Flight proceeded to SJSPT at Poona for Jungle Escape Course
26 Feb 1945	'C' Flight returned from at Poona
March
2 Mar 1945	3 x Tiger Moths were totally wrecked in a storm
5 Mar 1945	22 x personnel attached to RAF Chaklala for WAC Loading Course
7 Mar 1945	22 x personnel ceased to be attached to RAF Chaklala for WAC Loading Course
13 Mar 1945	'\|D' Flight proceeded to SJSPT at Poona for Jungle Escape Course
19 Mar 1945	Squadron, except for rear party, moved from Basal to Officers' Training School, Belgaum
April
2 Apr 1945	Squadron arrived at Officers' Training School, Belgaum for course in Army tactics
May
12 May 1945	Squadron completed to OTS Course and passed out
16 May 1945	Squadron left Belgaum for a Hill Station near Murree 'B' Flight proceeded to RAF Fatehjang for Tiger Moth flying
24 May 1945	Squadron moved to RAF Fatehjang
27 May 1945	Squadron moved from RAF Fatehjang to Upper Topa
June
x Jun 1945	'B' Flight departed RAF Fatehjang for Upper Topa
20 Jun 1945	Advance party departed Upper Topa for Basal
25 Jun 1945	Squadron departed Upper Topa for Basal to carry out glider training with No 215 Sqn
26 Jun 1945	Hadrian Conversion Course commenced at Basal
30 Jun 1945	Hadrian Conversion Course cancelled due to departure of No 215 Sqn
July
3 Jul 1945	Advance party departed Basal for RAF Fatehjang
6 Jul 1945	Squadron departed Basal for RAF Fatehjang 10 x Tiger Moths were received
12 Jul 1945	An EFTS refresher course commenced
26 Jul 1945	EFTS refresher course was completed
27 Jul 1945	Squadron took over administration of Nos 23, 24 and 37 GSEs
28 Jul 1945	Ferrying of the Tiger Moths to RAF Tilda commenced, the personnel also constituting an advance party
August
6 Aug 1945	The Tiger Moths arrived at RAF Tilda
10 Aug 1945	The proposed move to Tilda was cancelled
17 Aug 1945	Revised policy to be implemented: - ⅔ of the squadron will be at Upper Topa ⅓ of the squadron will remain at RAF Fatehjang EVT training would be carried out at both locations Flying training would be carried out at Fatehjang
23 Aug 1945	The detachment at Tilda was recalled
25 Aug 1945	First third of the squadron proceeded to Upper Topa
27 Aug 1945	The squadron wsa issued with a Harvard to supplement the Tiger Moths
September
15 Sep 1945	The Tiger Moths arrived at Fatehjang from Tilda
28 Sep 1945	20 x Army NCOs were posted to RAF Transit Camp, Poona for posting as Air Trooping Staff
October
17 Oct 1945	Further Army posted detached to Calcutta and Mauripur for duty as Air Trooping Staff
25 Oct 1945	Farwell Dinner was held in Rawalpindi
November
10 Nov 1945	No 669 Sqn disbanded

Source - No 669 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2194/2)

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