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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 998 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations
[1944 | ]
Personnel Movements: Feb - Sep 1944
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| February | |||
| Sqn Ldr | E W Ward | 1 Feb 1944 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 998 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | D K Baxendale | 1 Feb 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Flt Lt - Balloons |
| Flt Lt | T C Warren | 1 Feb 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant |
| Flt Lt | R G Hine | 1 Feb 1944 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 114 'P' Flight |
| Flt Lt | D Bone | 1 Feb 1944 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 115 'P' Flight |
| Fg Off | E W Howell | 1 Feb 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Equipment Officer |
| Fg Off | G Angel | 1 Feb 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty with No 114 'P' Flight |
| Fg Off | R W Forster | 1 Feb 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty with No 115 'P' Flight |
| Flt Lt | D Bone | 14 Feb 1944 | Posted to No 966 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | G Hutchinson | 14 Feb 1944 | Arrived on posting from No 112 Flight and assumed command of No 115 'P' Flight |
| Sqn Ldr | E W Ward | 20 Feb 1944 | Attached to HQ Combined Operations Training Centre, Largs |
| Sqn Ldr | E W Ward | 27 Feb 1944 | Ceased to be attached to HQ Combined Operations Training Centre, Largs |
| March | |||
| No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB | |||
| April | |||
| Sqn Ldr | E W Ward | 4 Apr 1944 | Attached to RAF Highgate for short Security course |
| Sqn Ldr | E W Ward | 6 Apr 1944 | Ceased to be attached to RAF Highgate on being recalled from short Security course |
| Flt Lt | Lawson | 13 Apr 1944 | OC, Home Flight, arrived at Sqn HQ |
| May | |||
| Flt Lt | Jackson | 24 May 1944 | Arrived on attachment from No 12 BC for BPLO duties |
| June | |||
| Flt Lt | Gardner | 2 Jun 1944 | Attached from No 12 BC for special duty on Calibration Balloons |
| Flt Lt | Jackson | 9 Jun 1944 | Ceased to be attached from No 12 BC for BPLO duties |
| July | |||
| Wg Cdr | Adlington | 6 Jul 1944 | Attached from HQ Balloon Command to conduct experiments with water borne Mark VI balloons |
| Flt Lt | Hodgson | ||
| Flt Lt | Lawson | 17 Jul 1944 | OC, Home Flight, posted to No 932 Sqn |
| August | |||
| No personnel movements recorded in this month's ORB | |||
| September | |||
| No 998 Sqn was reduced to a 'number-only' basis | |||
Source - No 998 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2341/3)
Organisational Movements: Feb - Sep 1944
| Date | Notes | ||||||||||||
| February | |||||||||||||
| 1 Feb 1944 | No 998 Squadron was formed at No 6
Balloon Centre, comprising: -
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| 5 Feb 1944 | Squadron and Flight deployed to 17 and 19 Lode Lane, Solihull for further Mark VI Balloon Training | ||||||||||||
| 28 Feb 1944 | Strength of the Squadron and Flights on this
date: -
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| March | |||||||||||||
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB | |||||||||||||
| April | |||||||||||||
| 10 Apr 1944 | Advance party proceeded to 26 and 17 Sussex Square,. Kemp Town, Brighton | ||||||||||||
| 12 Apr 1944 | Advance party, No 114 Flight moved to their
Flight HQ at 47/49 High Street, and Congregational Hall, Meeching Road,
Newhaven Advance party, No 115 Flight moved to their Flight HQ at 200 and 203 New Church Road, Hove |
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| 16 Apr 1944 | Main party moved from Solihull to Brighton and deployed to their operational areas | ||||||||||||
| 18 Apr 1944 | Rear party arrived at Brighton from Solihull | ||||||||||||
| 26 Apr 1944 | Squadron declared operational | ||||||||||||
| May | |||||||||||||
| No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB | |||||||||||||
| June | |||||||||||||
| 1 Jun 1944 | Some personnel attached to No 961 Sqn for special duty on Calibration Balloons | ||||||||||||
| 10 Jun 1944 | Personnel ceased to be attached to No 961 Sqn for special duty on Calibration Balloons and attached to No 932 Sqn | ||||||||||||
| 18 Jun 1944 | 15 x Balloon Operators attached to No 997 Sqn at Poole (according to No 997 ORB) | ||||||||||||
| July | |||||||||||||
| 12 Jul 1944 | Squadron was transferred from Balloon Command
to No 85 (Base) Group, 2nd TAF Squadron became non-operational |
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| 17 Jul 1944 | Home Flight transferred to No 932 Sqn and its personnel were posted to No 932 Sqn | ||||||||||||
| 18 Jul 1944 | Squadron and Flights departed their deployment areas for No 6 Balloon Centre by road and rail | ||||||||||||
| 28 Jul 1944 | Advance party departed No 6 BC for Cliffe-at-Hoo for Anti-Diver duties | ||||||||||||
| 29 Jul 1944 | Main party departed No 6 BC for its deployment areas to undertake Anti-Diver duties | ||||||||||||
| 30 Jul 1944 | Main party departed No 6 BC arrived in its deployment areas to undertake Anti-Diver duties | ||||||||||||
| August | |||||||||||||
| 29 Aug 1944 | Advance party departed Cliffe-at-Hoo for new deployment area | ||||||||||||
| 30 Aug 1944 | Main party departed Cliffe-at-Hoo for new deployment area | ||||||||||||
| 31 Aug 1944 | Main party arrived at it new deployment area at King's Norton, near Birmingham | ||||||||||||
| September | |||||||||||||
| 29 Sep 1944 | No 998 Sqn was reduced to a 'number-only' basis | ||||||||||||
Source - No 998 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2341/3)
This entry was last updated on 23/11/25
