Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 134 Sqn Personnel and location Movements
[1941 | 1942]
Personnel Movements: Jul - Dec 1941
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Sqn Ldr | A G Miller | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 134 Sqn |
Flt Lt | V W Berg | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'A' Flight |
Flt Lt | J R Ross | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'B' Flight |
Fg Off | S R Palmer | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant |
Fg Off | W L Blackbourn | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting for duty as Intelligence Officer |
Plt Off | J F D Elkington | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Plt Off | M E Sheldon RAAF | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Plt Off | R H Furneaux | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Sgt | S Mc Clarke RAAF | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Sgt | B J Campbell RAAF | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Sgt | A J Gould RAAF | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Sgt | R P F Kirvan | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Sgt | H Keil | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Plt Off | N Cameron | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | K M Woolaston | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Sgt | L J Barnes | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Sgt | T A McCann | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Sgt | R Griffiths | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Sgt | S R Fry | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Sgt | P Knapton | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Sgt | J C I Douglas | 31 Jul 1941 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Sgt | L J Barnes | 1 Sep 1941 | Promoted to Act (unpaid) Flt Sgt |
Sgt | T A McCann | 1 Sep 1941 | Promoted to Act (unpaid) Flt Sgt |
Sgt | G Turner | 1 Sep 1941 | Fitter I, promoted to Act (unpaid) Flt Sgt |
Cpl | A Taylor | 1 Sep 1941 | Fitter II, promoted to Act (unpaid) Sgt |
Flt Lt | V W Berg | 27 Sep 1941 | Injured in a flying accident |
Plt Off | N Cameron | 27 Sep 1941 | Assumed temporary command of 'A' Flight |
Flt Lt | V W Berg | 29 Sep 1941 | Transferred to Murmansk Naval Hospital |
Flt Lt | V W Berg | 26 Oct 1941 | Transferred to Archangel Naval Hospital, pending repatriation to the UK |
Cpl | Freeman | 9 Nov 1941 | Rigger Aero, promoted to Temp Sgt, wef 1 Aug 1941 |
Plt Off | Blackmore | 27 Dec 1941 | Deputy Adjutant, posted to No 7 Works Sqn |
Source - No 134 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/946)
Organisational Movements: Jul - Dec 1941
Date | Notes |
31 Jul 1941 | No 134 Sqn was formed at RAF Leconfield from a flight of No 17 Sqn |
31 Jul 1941 | Squadron equipped with Hurricane IIB |
12 Aug 1941 | Main party departed RAF Leconfield for Liverpool by rail, embarked on 'Llanstephen Castle' and set sail for Scapa Flow |
15 Aug 1941 | 'Llanstephen Castle' arrived at Scapa Flow |
16 Aug 1941 | Pilots departed RAF Leconfield for RAF Abbotsinch by Harrow |
17 Aug 1941 | 'Llanstephen Castle' set sail from Scapa Flow for Iceland |
17 Aug 1941 | Pilots departed RAF Abbotsinch by coach and embarked on HMS Argus |
19 Aug 1941 | HMS Argus set sail for Scapa Flow |
20 Aug 1941 | 'Llanstephen Castle' arrived in Iceland |
20 Aug 1941 | HMS Argus arrived at Scapa Flow and anchored |
21 Aug 1941 | 'Llanstephen Castle' set sail from Iceland for Archangel |
30 Aug 1941 | HMS Argus set sail from Scapa Flow |
1 Sep 1941 | 'Llanstephen Castle' arrived in Archangel |
2 Sep 1941 | Advance party disembarked and proceeded to Archangel aerodrome |
3 Sep 1941 | Advance party departed Archangel aerodrome for Murmansk by Catalina |
4 Sep 1941 | First part of main party departed Archangel for Kandalaksha by Russian hospital ship and then to Vayanga by rail |
4 Sep 1941 | Second part of main party departed Archangel for Murmansk by HMS Electra and then to Vayanga |
6 Sep 1941 | First part of main party arrived at Vayanga by rail |
7 Sep 1941 | Air party took off from HMS Argus for Vayanga |
8 Sep 1941 | Final part of main party departed Archangel by rail |
11 Sep 1941 | Final part of main party arrived at Vayanga |
19 Oct 1934 | Squadron's aircraft were handed over to the Soviets |
22 Oct 1941 | Administrative control of squadron assumed by HQ No 151 Wing |
16 Nov 1941 | 'M' Party departed Vayanga for Rosta to embark on minesweepers |
17 Nov 1941 | 'M' Party arrived Rosta and embarked on three minesweeper |
21 Nov 1941 | 'C' Party embarked on Cruiser, HMS Kenya |
22 Nov 1941 | 'D' Party embarked on Destroyer, HMS Intrepid |
24 Nov 1941 | HMS Kenya and HMS Intrepid undertook a special operation |
28 Nov 1941 | HMS Kenya set sail from Kola Inlet |
29 Nov 1941 | HMS Kenya joined a convoy together with two destroyers and two minesweepers (containing 'M' Party) |
5 Dec 1941 | 'D' Party arrived at Scapa Flow on HMS Intrepid, HMS Berwick and HMS Bedouin |
6 Dec 1941 | HMS Kenya arrived at Rosyth |
6 Dec 1941 | 'C' Party disembarked, proceeded to Edinburgh by rail and after transferring trains proceeded to Darlington by rail, before arriving at RAF Catterick |
7/8 Dec 1941 | 'C' Party processed and then proceeded on leave |
9 Dec 1941 | 'D' Party arrived at RAF Catterick |
9 Dec 1941 | 'M' Party arrived at Scapa Flow |
10 Dec 1941 | 'D' Party processed and then proceeded on leave |
11 Dec 1941 | 'M' Party arrived at RAF Catterick |
12 Dec 1941 | 'M' Party processed and then proceeded on leave |
13 Dec 1941 | 1 x Cpl and 4 x airmen arrived at RAF Catterick (ex HMS Gossamer) |
14 Dec 1941 | 1 x Cpl and 4 x airmen processed and then proceeded on leave |
18 Dec 1941 | Final party of 1 x Officer and 11 x airmen arrived at RAF Catterick (ex SS Empire Buffin) |
19 Dec 1941 | Final party processed and then proceeded on leave |
19 Dec 1941 | 4 x Spitfire VAs taken over from No 145 Sqn |
19 Dec 1941 | 1 x Spitfire VA taken over from No 43 Group Deposit Account, Catterick |
20 Dec 1941 | 5 x Spitfire VAs taken over from No 145 Sqn |
22 Dec 1941 | 'C' Party returned from leave |
22 Dec 1941 | 1 x Spitfire VA taken over from No 145 Sqn |
27 Dec 1941 | Advance party departed RAF Catterick for RAF Eglinton |
30 Dec 1941 | Main party departed RAF Catterick for RAF Eglinton |
Source - No 134 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/946)
[1941 | 1942]
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