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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 421 Flight Personnel, aircraft and locations
Personnel Movements: Oct 1940 - Jan 1941
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| Flt Lt | C P Green | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 421 Flight |
| Flt Lt | J Saunders | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting to assist in the formation of the Flight |
| Fg Off | J J O'Meara | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Fg Off | H C Baker | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | P McD Hartas | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | K A Lawrence | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt | Spears | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt | Gillies | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt | C A H Ayling | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt | Forrest | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt | M A W Lee | 8 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Flt Lt | J Saunders | 10/11 Oct 1940 | Departed on posting |
| Sgt | C A H Ayling | 11 Oct 1940 | Killed in action |
| Flt Lt | C P Green | 12 Oct 1940 | Admitted to hospital after being wounded in action |
| Flt Lt | B Drake | xx Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt | M A W Lee | 15 Oct 1940 | Admitted to hospital after being wounded in action |
| Sgt | D A S McKay | 22 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 501 Sqn |
| Plt Off | P McD Hartas | 12 Nov 1940 | Promoted to Fg Off, wef 3 Sep 1940 |
| Plt Off | McLean | 16 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Intelligence Officer and Acting Adjutant |
| Plt Off | K A Lawrence | 27 Nov 1940 | Admitted to hospital after being wounded in action |
| Sgt | Goodwin | 28 Nov 1940 | Posted to No 64 Sqn |
| AC1 | Amer | 29 Nov 1940 | Placed under arrest after attempting to take off in a Spitfire and crashed |
| Fg Off | H C Baker | 12 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 306 Sqn |
| Fg Off | Parrott | 12 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 306 Sqn |
| Sgt | Gavan | 15 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 54 Sqn |
| Sgt | M A W Lee | 31 Dec 1940 | Killed in a flying accident |
Source - No 91 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/738)
Organisational Movements: Oct 1940 - Jan 1941
| Date | Notes |
| 8 Oct 1940 | Formed at RAF Gravesend as a 'detached flight' of No 66 Sqn, equipped with Supermarine Spitfire IIAs (originally coded 'LZ') |
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| 12 Oct 1940 | Flight re-equipped with Hawker Hurricane IIAs |
| 31 Oct 1940 | Flight moved from RAF Gravesend to RAF West Malling |
| 2 Nov 1940 | Flight received some Spitfire IIs |
| 6 Nov 1940 | Flight moved from RAF West Malling to RAF Biggin Hill |
| 9 Nov 1940 | Flight re-equipped with Spitfire IIs |
| 15 Nov 1940 | Flight moved from RAF Biggin Hill to RAF Hawkinge |
| 11 Jan 1941 | No 421 Flight was expanded and redesignated No 91 Sqn |
Source - No 91 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/738)
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