No 117 Sqn

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
Wg Cdr	W E Rankin	30 Apr 1941	Assumed command of No 117 Sqn on formation
Sqn Ldr	Lovemore	27 May 1941	Arrived on posting for duty as 2nd i/c
Flt Lt	Chisholm	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Fg Off	Daniell	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Fg Off	McC Mooney	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Fg Off	Matthew	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Fg Off	Duiguid	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Fg Off	O'Leary	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Fg Off	Thorogood	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Lt	Bolt SAAF	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Lt	Duckitt SAAF	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Sgt	Potter	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Sgt	Blackburne	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Sgt	Carlton	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Sgt	Wragg	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Sgt	Scott	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Sgt	James	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Sgt	Davies	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Sgt	Popplestone	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Sgt	Lennon	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Sgt	Ross	May-Jul 1941	was serving with the unit
Flt Lt	Taylor	Jul/Aug 1941	Arrived on posting
Flt Lt	Leuchars	Jul/Aug 1941	Arrived on posting/attachment
Fg Off	Skinner	Jul/Aug 1941	Arrived on posting/attachment
Sgt	Southhall	Jul/Aug 1941	Arrived on posting
Sgt	Wilson	Jul/Aug 1941	Arrived on posting
AC2	J R Pennick	30 Aug 1941	Died in hospital
Plt Off	Powell	Aug/Sep 1941	Arrived on posting
Sgt	Morris	Aug/Sep 1941	Arrived on posting
Sgt	Eddy	Aug/Sep 1941	Arrived on posting
Sgt	Cock	Aug/Sep 1941	Arrived on posting
Plt Off	Strickland	Sep/Oct 1941	Arrived on posting
Plt Off	McLean	Sep/Oct 1941	Arrived on posting
Sgt	Whitburn	Sep/Oct 1941	Arrived on posting
Sgt	Barkla	Sep/Oct 1941	Arrived on posting
Sgt	Tissandier	Oct/Nov 1941	Arrived on posting
Fg Off	Anderson	Oct/Nov 1941	Arrived on posting
Sgt	Shalom	Nov/Dec 1941	Arrived on posting
Sgt	Higham	Nov/Dec 1941	Arrived on posting

Source - No 117 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/903)

Organisational Movements: Jan - Dec 1941

Date	Notes
30 Apr 1941	No 117 Sqn was formed at Khartoum to provide transport facilities along the West African Reinforcement Route ('Takoradi Route')
30 Apr 1941	5 x Bristol Bombays were taken over from No 216 Sqn

30 Apr 1941	The Communication Flight, RAF Khartoum was absorbed into No 117 Sqn
30 Apr 1941	2 x Gladiator of the Communication Flight were taken over

30 Apr 1941	2 x Wellesleys of the Communication Flight were taken over

30 Apr 1941	2 x Proctors of the Communication Flight were taken over (only flown by AOC and Staff Officers)

30 Apr 1941	1 x Caproni CA148 of the Communication Flight were taken over
11 May 1941	1 x Savoia Marchetti S 79K collected from Egypt (ex Jugo-Slav Air Force)
27 May 1941	3 x Savoia Marchetti S 79Ks arrived from Egypt (ex Jugo-Slav Air Force)
xx May 1941	This month was Meteorological Flight was formed at RAF Khartoum and was attached to the squadron, equipped with a Gladiator
14 Oct 1941	3 x Douglas DC-3s, AX767, AX768 and AX769 arrived, having been flown from Miami (ORB refers to them as DC-2s but the serials belong to DC-3)

xx Oct 1941	1 x Douglas DC-2, HK821 was received

xx Oct 1941	Douglas DC-2s, HK837 and HK847 were received
xx Oct 1941	Lockheed Lodestar, G-AGCD was received

25 Oct 1941	Advance party departed RAF Khartoum for RAF Bilbeis
3 Nov 1941	Main air party departed RAF Khartoum for RAF Bilbeis and all remaining Bombays were transferred to No 216 Sqn