406 Flt

Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

No 406 (Fleet Fighter) Flight

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This was formed on 31 May 1924 at RAF Base Leuchars, equipped with six Fairey Flycatchers.

January 1925

Source - January 1925 Air Force List

February 1925

Source - February 1925 Air Force List

March 1925

Source - March 1925 Air Force List

April 1925

Source - April 1925 Air Force List

May 1925

Source - May 1925 Air Force List

June 1925

Source - June 1925 Air Force List

July 1925

Aircraft operated	Shore Station/Ship	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	RAF Base Leuchars	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	Thomas M Williams	5 Dec 1924	Officer Commanding, MC, DFC; later AM
Fg Off	John G Murray	16 May 1925	later A/Cdre
Fg Off	Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes	22 Dec 1924	later AVM

Source - Air Force List July 1925

Date	Location
xx Oct 1925	RAF Donibristle
20 Feb - xxx 1926	HMS Enterprise (Detachment)

March 1926

Aircraft operated	Shore Station/Ship	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	RAF Donibristle	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Fg Off	Cyril B Wincott	8 Jan 1926	later A/Cdre
Fg Off	Neill C Ogilvie-Forbes	22 Dec 1924	later AVM
Fg Off	John B Wilson	8 Dec 1925
Fg Off	Tom O Bulteel	14 Nov 1925	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Raymond A Aldridge	14 Nov 1925	Lt, RN

Source - March 1926 Air Force List

July 1926

Aircraft operated	Shore Station/Ship	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	RAF Donibristle	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	Thomas M Williams	5 Dec 1924	Officer Commanding, MC, DFC; later AM
Fg Off	Cyril B Wincott	8 Jan 1926	later A/Cdre
Fg Off	John B Wilson	8 Dec 1925
Fg Off	Tom O Bulteel	14 Nov 1925	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Thomas H Villiers	15 Mar 1926	Lt, RN
Fg Off	John F M Robertson	6 Apr 1926	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Arthur M Pilling	27 May 1926	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Kenneth Hunt	6 Apr 1926	Lt, RN

Source - Air Force List July 1926

Date	Location
16 Sep 1926	HMS Furious
xx Oct 1926	RAF Donibristle
xx xxx 1926	En-route to Far East

December 1926

Aircraft operated	Shore Station/Ship	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	RAF Donibristle	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Fg Off	John B Wilson	8 Dec 1925
Fg Off	Tom O Bulteel	14 Nov 1925	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Thomas H Villiers	15 Mar 1926	Lt, RN
Fg Off	John F M Robertson	6 Apr 1926	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Arthur M Pilling	27 May 1926	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Kenneth Hunt	6 Apr 1926	Lt, RN

Source - December 1926 Air Force List

Date	Location
xx Feb 1927	HMS Hermes
10 Feb 1927	RAF Base Kai Tak
28 Apr 1927	HMS Hermes
5 May 1927	RAF Base Kai Tak

It was temporarily merged with No 401 Flight in February 1927 and was not listed in the 1927 AFLs. It regained its independence in March 1928.

Date	Location
20 Mar 1928	HMS Hermes
4 May 1928	RAF Base Gosport
xx Jul 1928	RAF Donibristle

July 1928

Aircraft operated	Shore Station/Ship	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	RAF Donibristle	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Fg Off	Edwin B Carnduff	11 Jan 1928	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Kenneth Hunt	4 May 1928	Lt, RN

Source - Air Force List July 1928

September 1928

Aircraft operated	Shore Station/Ship	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	RAF Donibristle	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Fg Off	Edwin B Carnduff	11 Jan 1928	Lt, RN
Fg Off	William D Baxter	13 Jun 1928
Fg Off	Thomas H Villiers	14 Jun 1928	Lt, RN
Fg Off	John F M Robertson	2 Aug 1928	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Kenneth Hunt	4 May 1928	Lt, RN
Plt Off	Peter D Cracroft	1 Nov 1928	later AVM

Source - September 1928 Air Force List

Date	Location
6 Nov 1928	RAF Base Leuchars
9 Feb 1929	RAF Donibristle

July 1929

Aircraft operated	Shore Station/Ship	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	RAF Donibristle	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Fg Off	Edwin B Carnduff	11 Jan 1928	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Roland C Allen	31 Aug 1928	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Guy Willoughby	5 May 1928	Lt, RN
Fg Off	John F M Robertson	2 Aug 1928	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Charles L Keighley-Peach	11 Jun 1929	Lt, RN

Source - Air Force List July 1929

Date	Location
4 Mar 1930	RAF Base Gosport
18 Mar 1930	HMS Glorious
29 May 1930	RAF Cattewater
24 Jun 1930	HMS Glorious
4 Jul 1930	RAF Hal Far

July 1930

Aircraft operated	Shore Station/Ship	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	RAF Base Malta/HMS Glorious	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	George R M Clifford	23 Jul 1929	Officer Commanding,
Fg Off	Hugh Ditton	7 Oct 1929	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Hon John M Southwell	10 Jan 1930	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Edwin B Carnduff	10 Jan 1929	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Aylmer M Rundle	31 May 1930	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Richard H S Roundell	12 Dec 1929	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Anthony G Lester	2 Dec 1929

Source - Air Force List July 1930

August 1930

Source - August 1930 Air Force List

September 1930

Source - September 1930 Air Force List

October 1930

Source - October 1930 Air Force List

November 1930

Source - November 1930 Air Force List

December 1930

Source - December 1930 Air Force List

Date	Location
25 Nov 1930	HMS Glorious
30 Jan 1931	RAF Hal Far for operation from the 'B' turrets of ships of the 1st Battleship Squadron
xx May 1931	HMS Glorious
27 May 1931	RAF Calafrana

July 1931

Aircraft operated	Shore Station/Ship	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	RAF Base Malta/HMS Glorious	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	George R M Clifford	23 Jul 1929	Officer Commanding,
Fg Off	Aylmer M Rundle	31 May 1930	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Peter D Heinemann	30 Apr 1931	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Anthony G Lester	2 Dec 1929
Fg Off	Arthur J Tillard	24 Mar 1931	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Trevenen P Coode	31 Jan 1931	Lt, RN

Source - Air Force List July 1931

Date	Location
10-16 Sep 1931	HMS London (Detachment)
21 Sep 1931	HMS Glorious
26 Oct 1931	RAF Hal Far
xx - xx Dec 1931	HMS Enterprise (Detachment)
6 Jan 1932	HMS Glorious
29 Jan 1932	RAF Hal Far
27 Feb 1932	HMS Courageous
13 Mar 1932	RAF Netheravon

It supposedly disbanded on arrival at Netheravon but may have been reduced to cadre instead, however, it reformed on 2 January 1933 for service with the 4th Cruiser Squadron, providing aircraft for HMS Emerald and HMS Enterprise

July 1932

Aircraft operated	Shore Station/Ship	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher		Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	George R M Clifford	23 Jul 1929	Officer Commanding,
Fg Off	Llewelyn G Richardson	10 Aug 1931	Lt, RN
Fg Off	Anthony G Lester	2 Dec 1929
Fg Off	James N Garnett	26 Apr 1932	Lt, RN
Fg Off	John M Wintour	21 Apr 1932	Lt, RN

Source - Air Force List July 1932

July 1933

Aircraft operated	Naval Command	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	4th Cruiser Squadron, East Indies	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	Llewelyn G Richardson	10 Aug 1931	Officer Commanding, Lt Cdr, RN
Fg Off	Charles A Kingsley-Rowe	8 Jul 1932	Lt, RN

Source - Air Force List July 1933

January 1934

Aircraft operated	Naval Command	Command/Group
Fairey Flycatcher	4th Cruiser Squadron, East Indies	Coastal Area

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	Llewelyn G Richardson	10 Aug 1931	Officer Commanding, Lt Cdr, RN

Source - January 1934 Air Force List

The Flycatchers were replaced by Osprey IIIs in Jun 1934.

July 1934

Aircraft operated	Naval Command	Command/Group
Hawker Osprey III	4th Cruiser Squadron, East Indies	RAF Far East

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
No personnel listed

Source - Air Force List July 1934

July 1935

Aircraft operated	Naval Command	Command/Group
Hawker Osprey III	4th Cruiser Squadron, East Indies	RAF Far East

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	Henry H Caddy	25 Feb 1935	Officer Commanding, Lt, RN
Fg Off	John W S Corbett	21 Aug 1934	Lt, RN

Source - Air Force List July 1935

July 1936

Aircraft operated	Naval Command	Command/Group
Hawker Osprey III	4th Cruiser Squadron, East Indies	RAF Far East

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Flt Lt	Henry H Caddy	25 Feb 1935	Officer Commanding, Lt, RN
Fg Off	John W S Corbett	21 Aug 1934	Lt, RN
Fg Off	R C Tillard	1 Dec 1935	Lt, RN

Source - Air Force List July 1936

It was redesignated No 714 (Catapult) Flight on 15 July 1936.

Re-equipment and movement dates are based on those shown in 'Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm' by Ray Sturtivant

This page was last updated on 08/07/19

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