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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 124 Sqn Personnel and location Movements
[1941 | 1942]
Personnel Movements: May - Dec 1941
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| Flt Lt | R M B D Duke-Woolley | 10 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 253 Sqn and assumed command of No 124 Sqn, being promoted to Act Sqn Ldr |
| Fg Off | D S Yapp | 10 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 253 Sqn and assumed command of 'A' Flight, being promoted to Act Flt Lt |
| Fg Off | D A Pennington | 10 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 253 Sqn and assumed command of 'B' Flight, being promoted to Act Flt Lt |
| Fg Off | H J Lillie | 13 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 913 Sqn for duty as Medical Officer |
| Plt Off | E N Woods | 13 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Plt Off | B Gilman | 13 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Sgt | F H J Ashton | 13 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Sgt | M P Kilburn | 13 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Sgt | M A Milburn | 13 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Plt Off | T Vaughan-Edmunds | 15 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 260 Sqn for duty as Engineer Officer |
| Plt Off | S R Judd | 26 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from RAF Officers' School for duty as Adjutant |
| Plt Off | W H Hornby | 26 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 234 Sqn |
| Sgt | A G Day | 29 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 53 OTU |
| Sgt | R H Turlington | 29 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 53 OTU |
| Sgt | W E Grainger | 29 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 53 OTU |
| Sgt | P E Wright | 29 May 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 53 OTU |
| Plt Off | E W H Phillips | 11 Jun 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 53 OTU |
| Sgt | C Todd | 11 Jun 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 53 OTU |
| Sgt | J Carpenter | 11 Jun 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 53 OTU |
| Sgt | A Ingle | 11 Jun 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 53 OTU |
| Fg Off | H A Farthing | 16 Jun 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Sgt | A Holdsworth | 16 Jun 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Sgt | P Grisdale | 16 Jun 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Plt Off | P E Lewis | 26 Jun 1941 | Arrived on posting from RAF Leconfield for duty as Intelligence Officer |
| Sgt | C Todd | 26 Jun 1941 | Posted to No 92 Sqn |
| Sgt | J Carpenter | 26 Jun 1941 | Posted to No 92 Sqn |
| Plt Off | S R Judd | 29 Jun 1941 | Adjutant, promoted to Act Fg Off, wef 23 May 1941 |
| Act Flt Lt | D A Pennington | 7 Jul 1941 | Posted to No 132 Sqn |
| Plt Off | A R H Barton | 7 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'B' Flight, being promoted to Act Flt Lt |
| Plt Off | E W H Phillips | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 92 Sqn |
| Plt Off | F de Naeyer | xx Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Sgt | J Slack | xx Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Sgt | A R Jones | xx Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Sgt | M G Reid | xx Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Sgt | J Smith | xx Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Sgt | M Kidson | xx Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 607 Sqn |
| Sgt | R H Pauley RCAF | xx Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 55 OTU |
| Sgt | W J Hibbert | xx Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 56 OTU |
| Sgt | A G Day | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 610 Sqn |
| Sgt | P E Wright | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 610 Sqn |
| Sgt | R H Turlington | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 611 Sqn |
| Sgt | W E Grainger | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 611 Sqn |
| Sgt | W M Thomas | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 611 Sqn |
| Sgt | A Holdsworth | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 611 Sqn |
| Sgt | R B Simonson RCAF | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 607 Sqn |
| Sgt | H M Compton RCAF | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 607 Sqn |
| Sgt | H L Gill RCAF | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 607 Sqn |
| Sgt | R Dabrowski | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 306 Sqn |
| Sgt | J R Staniforth | xx Jul 1941 | Posted to No 56 OTU |
| Sgt | A R Jones | 27 Jul 1941 | Killed in a flying accident |
| Plt Off | W H Hornby | 5 Aug 1941 | Posted to No 58 OTU |
| Plt Off | T Gray | 5 Aug 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Plt Off | G F Brittlebank | 18 Aug 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 61 OTU |
| Plt Off | F de Naeyer | 27 Aug 1941 | Posted to No 72 Sqn |
| Sgt | R E Smith | xx Aug 1941 | Posted to No 403 Sqn |
| Sgt | J Smith | xx Aug 1941 | Posted to No 20 OTU |
| Sgt | J Fitzgerald | xx Aug 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 59 OTU |
| Sgt | J Marks | xx Aug 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 59 OTU |
| Sgt | W H Appleton | xx Aug 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 61 OTU |
| Sgt | W B Doig | xx Aug 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 61 OTU |
| Fg Off | T Balmforth | 1 Sep 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 56 OTU |
| Plt Off | B P Daniel | xx Sep 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 58 OTU |
| Plt Off | W E Chadwick | xx Sep 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 57 OTU |
| Sgt | A H Scott | xx Sep 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 57 OTU |
| Sgt | C P Allsop | xx Sep 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 57 OTU |
| Sgt | W G Drayton | xx Sep 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 57 OTU |
| Sgt | E Wooley | xx Sep 1941 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt | J M N Lloyd | xx Sep 1941 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt | J Slack | xx Sep 1941 | Posted to No 616 Sqn |
| Sgt | W H Appleton | xx Sep 1941 | Posted to No 41 Sqn |
| Sgt | W B Doig | xx Sep 1941 | Posted to No 609 Sqn |
| Sgt | E Wooley | xx Sep 1941 | Posted to No 92 Sqn |
| Sgt | J M N Lloyd | xx Sep 1941 | Posted to No 41 Sqn |
| Sgt | R H Pauley RCAF | 24 Sep 1941 | Killed in action |
| Act Sqn Ldr | R M B D Duke-Woolley | xx Oct 1941 | Promoted to Temp Sqn Ldr |
| Flt Lt | D S Yapp | xx Oct 1941 | Posted to No 54 OTU |
| Fg Off | H A Farthing | xx Oct 1941 | Promoted to Flt Lt (WS) and posted to No 17 Sqn as a Flight Commander |
| Fg Off | T Balmforth | xx Oct 1941 | Promoted to Flt Lt (WS) and assumed command of 'A' Flight |
| Fg Off | H J Lillie | xx Oct 1941 | Promoted to Flt Lt (WS) |
| Fg Off | T Gray | xx Oct 1941 | Posted to RAF Church Lawford for an Instructors' Course |
| Act Fg Off | P E Lewis | xx Oct 1941 | Promoted to Fg Off (WS) |
| Plt Off | B P Daniel | xx Oct 1941 | Posted to No 17 Sqn |
| Plt Off | W E Chadwick | xx Oct 1941 | Posted to No 17 Sqn |
| Plt Off | L V Peeters | xx Oct 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 61 OTU |
| Sgt | C P Allsop | xx Oct 1941 | Posted to No 17 Sqn |
| Sgt | K M Wheatley | xx Oct 1941 | Posted to No 17 Sqn |
| Sgt | A MacDonald | xx Oct 1941 | Posted to No 17 Sqn |
| Sgt | R A G Alexandre | xx Oct 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 61 OTU |
| Sgt | H Van Moffaertt | xx Oct 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 61 OTU |
| Sgt | J W Neil RCAF | xx Oct 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 57 OTU |
| Flt Lt | J F Kulhanek | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 615 Sqn |
| Fg Off | Buchurek | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 615 Sqn |
| Lt | O Ullestad RNorAF | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 52 OTU |
| Lt | A Austeen RNorAF | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 52 OTU |
| Plt Off | R W M Moon | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | D E Drew | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from HQ, No 11 Group |
| Plt Off | L V Peeters | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 350 Sqn |
| Plt Off | R W M Moon | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 602 Sqn |
| Plt Off | G E Caswell RAAF | 23 Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 123 Sqn |
| Sgt | Bruckshaw | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt | R A G Alexandre | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 350 Sqn |
| Sgt | H Van Moffaertt | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 350 Sqn |
| Sgt | A Simpson | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 54 Sqn |
| Sgt | E J Bird | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 54 Sqn |
| Sgt | J Hill | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 54 Sqn |
| Sgt | J W Neil RCAF | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 54 Sqn |
| Sgt | H Lapage FFAF | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 54 Sqn |
| Sgt | P F Gaine | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 54 Sqn |
| Sgt | Bruckshaw | xx Nov 1941 | Posted to No 602 Sqn |
| Sgt | A Widerberg RNorAF | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 52 OTU |
| Sgt | P Schonberg RNorAF | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 52 OTU |
| Sgt | A M Herreman | 22 Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 123 Sqn |
| Sgt | K J Fox RAAF | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from HQ, No 11 Group |
| Sgt | A J Browne RAAF | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from HQ, No 11 Group |
| Sgt | J M Doughty | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 132 Sqn |
| Sgt | W T Allan | xx Nov 1941 | Arrived on posting from No 54 Sqn |
| Sgt | F H J Ashton | xx Nov 1941 | Appointed to a commission in the rank of Plt Off on Probation and reposted to No 124 Sqn |
| Sgt | M P Kilburn | xx Nov 1941 | Appointed to a commission in the rank of Plt Off on Probation and reposted to No 124 Sqn |
| Sgt | M A Milburn | xx Nov 1941 | Appointed to a commission in the rank of Plt Off on Probation and reposted to No 124 Sqn |
| Sgt | M Kidson | 8 Dec 1941 | Appointed to a commission in the rank of Plt Off on Probation and reposted to No 124 Sqn |
| Plt Off | G E Caswell RAAF | 18 Dec 1941 | Posted to PDC, RAF West Kirby, pending posting overseas |
| Sgt | Alderson RAAF | 18 Dec 1941 | Posted to PDC, RAF West Kirby, pending posting overseas |
| Sgt | A J Browne RAAF | 18 Dec 1941 | Posted to PDC, RAF West Kirby, pending posting overseas |
| Sgt | Baker RAAF | 18 Dec 1941 | Posted to PDC, RAF West Kirby, pending posting overseas |
Source - No 124 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2219)
Organisational Movements: May - Dec 1941
| Date | Notes |
| 9/10 May 1941 | 18 x Spitfire Is delivered to RAF Castletown |
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| 10 May 1941 | No 124 Sqn was formed at RAF Castletown equipped with Spitfire Is |
| 14 Jun 1941 | One flight was declared operational, pilots of both flights being pooled for the purpose |
| 29 Jun 1941 | Squadron was declared fully operational |
| 10 Jul 1941 | Squadron reverted to a single operation flight basis due to the number of postings from the unit |
| 1 Aug 1941 | Squadron was again declared fully operational |
| xx Oct 1941 | During the month the squadron was re-equipped with Spitfire IIBs |
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| 17 Nov 1941 | Squadron departed RAF Castletown for RAF Biggin Hill by rail, leaving all the aircraft at Castletown |
| 18 Nov 1941 | Squadron arrived at RAF Biggin Hill by rail |
| xx Nov 1941 | During the month the squadron was re-equipped with Spitfire VAs and Spitfire VBs, which were ferried from RAF Hornchurch |
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Source - No 124 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2219)
[1941 | 1942]
This page was last updated on 17/10/23
