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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 984 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations
[1942 | ]
Personnel Movements: Jun - Dec 1942
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| June | |||
| Sqn Ldr | Q O Sansbury | 22 Jun 1942 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 984 Sqn |
| July | |||
| No personnel movements were recorded in this month's ORB | |||
| August | |||
| Squadron was in transit during this month except for a short stop in Freetown, Sierra Leone | |||
| September | |||
| Fg Off | R M N Smithson | 23 Sep 1942 | Remained in hospital in Durban when the squadron departed for India |
| October | |||
| No personnel movements were recorded in this month's ORB | |||
| November | |||
| The following personnel were mentioned in this month's ORB as being on strength:- | |||
| Flt Lt | A I Horsley | OC, 'A' Flight | |
| Flt Lt | S L Kilburn | ||
| LAC | G W Braitwaite | 25 Nov 1942 | Killed in training accident |
| December | |||
| LAC | A J Howle | 20 Dec 1942 | Admitted to Colaba Hospital after losing his left forearm in a balloon accident |
| LAC | A Castles | 26 Dec 1942 | Admitted to Colaba Hospital after being injured in a bomb attack on a restaurant |
Source - No 984 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2331)
Organisational Movements: Jun - Dec 1942
| Date | Notes |
| June | |
| 22 Jun 1942 | No 984 Squadron was formed at RAF Chessington |
| 23 Jun 1942 | Most of the squadron personnel had arrived on posting |
| July | |
| 17 Jul 1942 | By this date the squadron almost at full establishment strength |
| 24 Jul 1942 | Squadron departed RAF Chessington for Liverpool and embarked on a troopship |
| xx Jul 1942 | Squadron set sail from Liverpool for Durban, South Africa |
| August | |
| Squadron was in transit during this month except for a short stop in Freetown, Sierra Leone | |
| 30 Aug 1942 | Squadron arrived in Durban, disembarked and proceeded to Imperial Forces Transit Camp, Durban |
| September | |
| 23 Sep 1942 | Squadron sailed from Durban to Cape Town |
| 27 Sep 1942 | Squadron arrived at Cape Town |
| 29 Sep 1942 | Squadron embarked on HMT 'Franconia' at Cape Town for India |
| October | |
| 18 Oct 1942 | HMT 'Franconia' arrived in Bombay |
| 21 Oct 1942 | Squadron disembarked and proceeded as follows:-
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| 25 Oct 1942 | 'B' Flight proceeded to Jamshedpur having been posted to No 979 Sqn |
| 26 Oct 1942 | 'C' Flight proceeded to its HQ at Flower Meade, Warden Road, Bombay |
| 28 Oct 1942 | The Hydrogen plant at Breach Candy was occupied by the Hydrogen Workers |
| 30 Oct 1942 | 'A' Flight proceeded to its HQ at Ballard Bunder |
| November | |
| 1 Nov 1942 | 1 x Rover Flight of No 979 Sqn arrived to replace 'B' Flight and was billeted in 'C' Flight HQ |
| 3 Nov 1942 | Plans were drawn up to provide a water-borne barrage in Bombay Harbour |
| 4 Nov 1942 | 'A' Flight (Water-borne Flight) took over two launches, the 'Mandwa Queen' and the 'Taka Devi' |
| 11 Nov 1942 | 'B' (Rover) Flight took over its HQ at Minc Park, Carnac Basin |
| 19 Nov 1942 | 1 x officer and 43 x ORs of 'B' (Rover) Flight were attached to Kharakvaslar Camp, Poona for a Combined Operations Course |
| 30 Nov 1942 | 1 x officer and 43 x ORs of 'B' (Rover) Flight ceased to be attached to Kharakvaslar Cmp, Poona |
| December | |
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB | |
Source - No 984 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2331)
This entry was last updated on 20/11/25
