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No 11 (Irish) Group/Wing/RAF Ireland Personnel, units and locations

[Mar 1920 | May 1920 | Jun 1920 | Jul 1920 | Aug 1920 | Jul 1921 | Apr 1922 | Jul 1922]

No 11 (Irish) Group

March 1920

Address Controlled
Baldonall, Clondalkin, County Dublin

All unit in Ireland comprising: -

  • Medical HQ Ireland - Baldonnell

  • No 100 Squadron

  • No 2 Squadron: -

    • HQ - Oranmore

    • 1 Flight - Castlebar

    • 1 Flight - Fermoy

  • Wireless Station - Fermoy

  • No 11 (Dublin) Stores Distributing Park - Dublin

  • Meteorological Station - Baldonell

  • Wireless Station - Baldonell

  • Care and Maintenance Party - Rathmullan, County Donegal

  • Irish Stores Centre - Baldonell

  • Wireless Station - Castlebar

  • Wireless Station - Oranmore

 

Rank Name Date Notes
Gp Capt I M Bonham-Carter  9 Feb 1920 Officer Commanding, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr G I Carmichael 23 Jun 1919 Staff Officer 1st Class, DSO, AFC
Flt Lt R Whitaker 29 Aug 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class, MBE
Flt Lt T G Gordon 12 Dec 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class, MBE
Fg Off O W de Putron 11 Nov 1919 Staff Officer 3rd Class; later A/Cdre

Source - March 1920 Air Force List

No 11 (Irish) Wing

May 1920

It was redesignated No 11 (Irish) Wing in April 1920 but retained Command status

Rank Name Date Notes
Gp Capt Ian M Bonham-Carter  9 Feb 1920 Officer Commanding, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr George I Carmichael 23 Jun 1919 Air Staff Duties, DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr Arnold R C Cooper xx xxx 1920 Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt Franz Workman xx xxx 1920 For duty with Senior Recruiting Officer, Dublin, MC
Fg Off Henry S Powell xx xxx 1920 Administrative Duties, MC
Fg Off Henry V Jerrard xx xxx 1920 Stores Duties
Fg Off Percy A Cockerham xx xxx 1920 Administrative Duties, MC
Fg Off O W de Putron 11 Nov 1919 Supernumerary Technical Duties; later A/Cdre
Act Sqn Ldr (Flt Lt) Frank N B Smartt xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer, BA, MB
Flt Lt Richard G J McCullagh xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer

Source - May 1920 Air Force List

June 1920

There were the following changes: -

Leaving

Rank Name Notes
Fg Off Percy A Cockerham Administrative Duties, MC
Flt Lt Richard G J McCullagh Medical Officer

Arriving

Rank Name Date Notes
Flt Lt Reginald A Courtney xx xxx 1920 Supernumerary
Flt Lt Patrick J Flood xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer
Fg Off Frank Everett xx xxx 1920 Stores Duties
Fg Off Ernest H Mayers xx xxx 1920 Administrative Duties
Fg Off Herbert Stafford xx xxx 1920 Technical Duties (Armament)
Fg Off Lorenzo T Kerry xx xxx 1920 Personnel Staff Duties

Source - June 1920 Air Force List

July 1920

Address Controlled
Baldonall, Clondalkin, County Dublin

All units in Ireland comprising: -

  • Medical HQ Ireland - Baldonnell

  • No 100 Squadron - Baldonnell

    • Castlebar Flight - Castlebar

  • No 2 Squadron

    • HQ - Fermoy

    • 2 Flights - Fermoy

    • 1 Flight - Oranmore

  • Meteorological Station - Baldonnell

  • Care and Maintenance Party - Rathmullan, County Donegal

  • Irish Stores Centre - Baldonell

  • Wireless Station - Baldonell

  • Wireless Station - Fermoy

  • Wireless Station - Castlebar

  • Wireless Station - Oranmore

 

There were no changes: -

Source - July 1920 Air Force List

August 1920

Address Controlled
Baldonall, Clondalkin, County Dublin

All units in Ireland comprising: -

  • Medical HQ Ireland - Baldonnell

  • No 100 Squadron

    • Castlebar Flight - Castlebar

  • No 2 Squadron: -

    • HQ & 2 Flights- Fermoy

    • 1 Flight - Oranmore

  • Meteorological Station - Baldonell

  • Irish Stores Centre - Baldonell

  • Wireless Station - Baldonell

  • Wireless Station - Fermoy

  • Wireless Station - Castlebar

  • Wireless Station - Oranmore

  • Care and Maintenance Party - Rathmullan, County Donegal

 

Rank Name Date Notes
Gp Capt Ian M Bonham-Carter  9 Feb 1920 Officer Commanding, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr George I Carmichael 23 Jun 1919 Supernumerary, DSO, AFC
Sqn Ldr Arnold R C Cooper xx xxx 1920 Supernumerary - Air Staff Duties
Flt Lt Henry S Powell xx xxx 1920 Administrative Duties, MC
Flt Lt Reginald A Courtney xx xxx 1920 Supernumerary - Communications Duties, MBE
Flt Lt Franz Workman xx xxx 1920 For duty with Senior Recruiting Officer, Dublin, MC
Fg Off Henry V Jerrard xx xxx 1920 Flt Lt - Stores Duties
Fg Off O W de Putron 11 Nov 1919 Supernumerary - Administrative Duties; later A/Cdre
Fg Off Ernest H Mayers xx xxx 1920 Administrative Duties
Medical Administration
Sqn Ldr Frank N B Smartt xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer, BA, MB
Flt Lt Patrick J Flood xx xxx 1920 Medical Officer

Source - August 1920 Air Force List

July 1921

Address Controlled
Baldonall, Clondalkin, County Dublin

All units in Ireland comprising: -

  • Medical HQ Ireland - Baldonnell

  • No 100 Squadron - Baldonnell

    • 'D' Flight - Oranmore

  • No 2 Squadron: - Fermoy

  • 'A' Flight, No 4 Squadron - Aldergrove

  • No 1 Works Company

    • HQ - Baldonnell

    • Detachment - Fermoy

    • Detachment - Oranmore

    • Detachment - Aldergrove

 

Rank Name Date Notes
Gp Capt Ian M Bonham-Carter 26 Apr 1920 Officer Commanding, OBE; later A/Cdre
Wg Cdr Arthur V Bettington 29 Apr 1921 Supernumerary, Station Commander - Baldonnell, CMG
Sqn Ldr John V Steel 19 Feb 1921 Air Staff Duties, OBE
Flt Lt Franz Workman 26 Apr 1920 Technical (Engines) Duties, MC
Flt Lt Warren R Mackenzie 10 Mar 1921 Administrative Duties, DSC
Flt Lt Henry S Powell 27 Apr 1920 Administrative Duties, MC
Flt Lt Reginald A Courtney 26 Apr 1920 Supernumerary (Communication Duties), MBE
Obs Off Harold J Collins 27 Nov 1920 Administrative Duties
Stores Officer
Flt Lt Henry V Jerrard xx xxx 1920 Stores Staff Duties
Medical Administration
Sqn Ldr Frank N B Smartt 20 Apr 1920 Senior Medical Officer, BA, MB
Flt Lt Robert E Bell 29 Mar 1921 Medical Officer, MB
Flt Lt Patrick J Flood 31 May 1920 Medical Officer
Flt Lt Charles H Young 10 Jun 1921 Medical Officer, MB

Source - July 1921 Air Force List

RAF Ireland

No 11 (Irish) Wing was redesignated RAF Ireland on 17 February 1922.

April 1922

Source - April 1922 Air Force List

July 1922

Location Command Controlled
RAF Spittlegate Inland Area

  • No 39 Squadron - Spittlegate

  • No 100 Squadron - Spittlegate

  • Care and Maintenance Party - Digby

  • No 207 Squadron - Bircham Newton

 

Rank Name Date Notes
Wg Cdr George F Pretyman  1 Mar 1922 Officer Commanding, DSO, OBE
Sqn Ldr Ernest V S Wilberforce  29 Dec 1920 AFC
Flt Lt Archibald Latimer 17 Feb 1922  
Flt Lt Arthur C Snow 31 Mar 1922  
Flt Lt Maurice H Butler 13 Apr 1922 DFC
Fg Off Harold E F Saunders 31 Mar 1922  
Fg Off Frederick F Garraway 31 Mar 1922  
Obs Off

Harold J Collins

 17 Feb 1922  
Fg Off Frederick W Brown 13 Apr 1922  
Stores Officer
Flt Lt Charles M Bevan  17 Feb 1922  

Source - July 1922 Air Force List

It was disbanded in February 1923

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