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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 977 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations
Personnel Movements: Oct - Dec 1941
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| October | |||
| November | |||
| December | |||
| No personnel movements were recorded for these months but the following officers arrived on posting during this period: - | |||
| Sqn Ldr | J P Parker | Officer Commanding | |
| Flt Lt | Dickinson | ||
| Flt Lt | Woollam | ||
| Flt Lt | Vanderfelt | ||
| Flt Lt | Dodridge | ||
| Flt Lt | Marshall | ||
| Fg Off | Boston | ||
| Fg Off | Seaman | ||
| Plt Off | Stone | ||
| Plt Off | Chambers | ||
| Plt Off | Northfield | Equipment Officer | |
| Plt Off | Cahill | ||
| Plt Off | Parry | ||
| Plt Off | Pyle | ||
Source - No 972 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2321)
Organisational Movements: Jan - Dec 1941
| Date | Notes |
| October | |
| 1 Oct 1941 | No 977 Squadron formed at RAF Hook for service overseas |
| November | |
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB | |
| December | |
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB but probably departed the UK by sea | |
Personnel Movements: Jan - Dec 1942
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| January | |||
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB as the squadron was still at sea | |||
| February | |||
| Sqn Ldr | J P Parker | 1 Feb 1942 | Departed Port Tewfik for Ismailia |
| Flt Lt | Dickinson | 2 Feb 1942 | Departed Port Tewfik for Ismailia |
| Plt Off | Stone | 2 Feb 1942 | Departed Port Tewfik for Ismailia |
| Flt Lt | Woollam | 4 Feb 1942 | Attached to No 973 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | Vanderfelt | 4 Feb 1942 | Attached to No 973 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | Dodridge | 4 Feb 1942 | Attached to No 976 Sqn |
| Fg Off | Boston | 4 Feb 1942 | Attached to No 973 Sqn |
| Plt Off | Chambers | 4 Feb 1942 | Attached to No 973 Sqn |
| Plt Off | Northfield | 4 Feb 1942 | Attached to No 973 Sqn |
| Plt Off | Cahill | 4 Feb 1942 | Attached to No 976 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | Marshall | 5 Feb 1942 | Attached to No 976 Sqn |
| Plt Off | Parry | 5 Feb 1942 | Attached to No 976 Sqn |
| Plt Off | Pyle | 6 Feb 1942 | Proceeded to Cairo on posting |
| Flt Lt | Marshall | 7 Feb 1942 | Ceased to be attached to No 976 Sqn and posted to No 260 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Vanderfelt | 20 Feb 1942 | Deployed with 'B' Flight |
| Flt Lt | Dodridge | 20 Feb 1942 | Deployed with 'C' Flight |
| March | |||
| Fg Off | Seaman | 8 Mar 1942 | Proceeded to new SHQ site at El Firdan |
| Plt Off | Stone | 8 Mar 1942 | Proceeded to new SHQ site at El Firdan |
| Plt Off | Northfield | 24 Mar 1942 | Equipment Officer, proceeded to new SHQ at El Firdan |
| April | |||
| Sqn Ldr | J P Parker | 2 Apr 1942 | Admitted to 27th General Hospital for minor Nasal operation |
| Fg Off | Jenkinson | 3 Apr 1942 | Arrived on posting for duty as Medical Officer |
| Plt Off | Cahill | 11 Apr 1942 | Attached to No 974 Sqn |
| Plt Off | Green | 11 Apr 1942 | Attached from No 974 Sqn to 'C' Flight |
| Sqn Ldr | J P Parker | 19 Apr 1942 | Discharged from hospital |
| Plt Off | Hughes | 29 Apr 1942 | Arrived on posting |
| May | |||
| No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB | |||
| June | |||
| No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB | |||
| July | |||
| Sqn Ldr | J P Parker | 9 Jul 1942 | Admitted to hospital |
| Flt Lt | Woollam | 9 Jul 1942 | Assumed temporary command of No 977 Sqn |
| Sqn Ldr | J P Parker | 19 Jul 1942 | Discharged from hospital |
| Plt Off | Parry | 21 Jul 1942 | Discharged from hospital and returned to 'C' Flight |
| August | |||
| Flt Lt | Woollam | 8 Aug 1942 | Assumed temporary command of No 974 Sqn |
| Sqn Ldr | Woollam | 18 Aug 1942 | Returned from temporary command of No 974 Sqn |
| September | |||
| No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB | |||
| October | |||
| Fg Off | Stone | 14 Oct 1942 | Proceeded on Leadership Course |
| Fg Off | Stone | 20 Oct 1942 | Returned from Leadership Course |
| November | |||
| Flt Lt | Dodridge | 23 Nov 1942 | Proceeded to Derna with Advance party |
| Flt Lt | Vanderfelt | 25 Nov 1942 | Proceeded to Derna with 2nd Advance party |
| Plt Off | Green | 27 Nov 1942 | Proceeded to Tobruk with 'A' Flight |
| December | |||
| Flt Lt | Hollinghurst | 1 Dec 1942 | Arrived on posting from No 275 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Vanderfelt | 1 Dec 1942 | Established at Benghazi |
| Flt Lt | Dodridge | 1 Dec 1942 | Established at Tobruk |
| Plt Off | Green | 1 Dec 1942 | Established at Tobruk |
| Flt Lt | Baxter | 3 Dec 1942 | Proceeded to Derna with Advance party |
| Sqn Ldr | J P Parker | 6 Dec 1943 | Relinquished command of No 977 Sqn on posting to No 971 Sqn |
| Sqn Ldr | E Garland | 6 Dec 1943 | Assumed command of No 977 Sqn on posting from No 971 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | Baxter | 6 Dec 1942 | Arrived on posting from No 971 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | Rogers | 6 Dec 1942 | Arrived on posting from No 971 Sqn |
| Fg Off | Mitchell | 6 Dec 1942 | Arrived on posting from No 971 Sqn |
| LAC | Sales | 9 Dec 1942 | Admitted to hospital from wounds sustained by enemy action |
| LAC | Hackett | 9 Dec 1942 | Admitted to hospital from wounds sustained by enemy action |
| LAC | Russell | 11 Dec 1942 | Admitted to hospital in Alexandria after being injured by a booby trap |
| Plt Off | Green | 13 Dec 1942 | Reported to SHQ with equipment from Tobruk |
| Fg Off | Northfield | 14 Dec 1942 | Equipment Officer, proceeded to Tobruk |
| Plt Off | Green | 14 Dec 1942 | Proceeded to Tobruk |
| Plt Off | Green | 15 Dec 1942 | Admitted to CCS near Bardia following a road accident |
| Flt Lt | Hollinghurst | 16 Dec 1942 | Posted to No 976 Sqn |
| Plt Off | Hughes | 18 Dec 1942 | Attached to No 212 Group |
Source - No 977 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2325)
Organisational Movements: Jan - Dec 1942
| Date | Notes |
| January | |
| 4 Jan 1942 | Squadron arrived in Cape Town and granted shore leave |
| 10 Jan 1942 | Squadron set sail from Cape Town for Egypt |
| 26 Jan 1942 | Squadron arrived in Aden |
| 28 Jan 1942 | Squadron departed Aden |
| February | |
| 1 Feb 1942 | Squadron arrived in Port Tewfik, disembarked and entrained for Ismailia |
| 14 Feb 1942 | Squadron was now located at Kantara |
| 20 Feb 1942 | 1 x officer and 25 x airmen deployed to 'B'
Flight HQ 1 x officer and 7 x airmen deployed to 'C' Flight HQ |
| 23 Feb 1942 | 56 x airmen returned from detachment with No 973 Sqn and deployed to 'B' and 'C' Flights |
| March | |
| 1 Mar 1942 | Silicol plant was installed at 'B' Flight, El Ballah |
| 8 Mar 1942 | Advance party proceeded to new SHQ site at El Firdan |
| 11 Mar 1942 | 1 x Flt Sgt and 4 x Cpls returned from No 976 Sqn |
| 12 Mar 1942 | 2 x Cpls and 18 x airmen returned from No 976 Sqn |
| 13 Mar 1942 | 12 x airmen deployed to Flights |
| 24 Mar 1942 | Equipment Section moved to El Firdan |
| 25 Mar 1942 | Squadron HQ moved to El Firdan |
| 26 Mar 1942 | Remaining equipment moved to El Firdan |
| April | |
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB | |
| May | |
| 22 May 1942 | 'C' Flight received a motor launch |
| June | |
| 2 Jun 1942 | Motor launch was transferred to 'A' Flight |
| 3 Jun 1942 | A dinghy was sent to 'B' Flight |
| 5 Jun 1942 | 'C' Flights Hydrogen plant moved to a new site |
| July | |
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB | |
| August | |
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB | |
| September | |
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB | |
| October | |
| 31 Oct 1942 | A stretch of Canal was taken over from No 976 Sqn |
| November | |
| 23 Nov 1942 | Advance party proceeded to Derna 'A' and 'B' Flights withdrawn to camp pending move to Western Desert 'C' Flight transferred to No 975 Sqn |
| 24 Nov 1942 | Advance party equipment proceeded to Derna |
| 25 Nov 1942 | 2nd Advance party proceeded to Derna Detachment of 'A' Flight proceeded to Western Desert |
| 27 Nov 1942 | Remainder of 'A' Flight proceeded to Western Desert (Tobruk) |
| December | |
| 1 Dec 1942 | 4 x railway trucks of equipment despatched from Alexandria to Torbruk |
| 3 Dec 1942 | Advance party proceeded to Derna |
| 4 Dec 1942 | 4 x Officers and 77 x ORs arrived at No 971 Sqn from Canal |
| 5 Dec 1942 | 11 x ORs arrived at No 971 Sqn from Canal |
| 6 Dec 1942 | 4 x Officers and 83 x ORs departed No 971 Sqn for Benghazi by road |
| 12 Dec 1942 | SHQ established at Benghazi |
| 18 Dec 1942 | Silicol plant arrived in Benghazi |
| 19 Dec 1942 | Rear party arrived Derna from Capuzzo |
| 29 Dec 1942 | Balloons at Derna ordered to be deflated and moved to Ras-el-Aali |
| 31 Dec 1942 | Main party arrived at SHQ from Derna and then proceeded to Ras-el-Aali |
Source - No 977 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2325)
This entry was last updated on 19/11/25
