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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 254 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations
Personnel Movements: Oct - Dec 1939
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| Sqn Ldr | P A Hunter | 30 Oct 1939 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 254 Sqn |
| Sgt Plt | T K Rees | 5 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | K I Mackenzie | 6 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | R E Bright | 7 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant |
| Plt Off | A J Hill | 7 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | S T Beal | 7 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | P C Gaylard | 7 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | K Illingworth | 7 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | E H Alexander | 7 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt Plt | F D Mottram | 7 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting |
| Sgt Plt | C D Mace | 7 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting |
| Act Flt Lt | K M Gillies | 13 Nov 1939 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'A' Flight |
| Flt Sgt | R Darker | 22 Nov 1939 | Promoted to Temp WO for duty as Engineer Officer |
| Plt Off | N L Banks | 16 Dec 1939 | Attached as Officer, i/c Henley Target Towing Flight |
| Sgt Plt | R F Worsdell | 16 Dec 1939 | Attached as with Henley Target Towing Flight |
| Sgt Plt | M U Wilkin | 16 Dec 1939 | Attached as with Henley Target Towing Flight |
| Sgt Plt | J M Cockburn | 16 Dec 1939 | Attached as with Henley Target Towing Flight |
| Sgt Plt | H M P Ashby | 17 Dec 1939 | Arrived on posting |
Source - No 254 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1514)
Organisational Movements: Oct - Dec 1939
| Date | Notes |
| 30 Oct 1939 | Squadron HQ and one flight formed at RAF Stradishall in No 12 Group |
| 30 Oct 1939 | Second flight being in the process of forming at RAF Leuchars, attached to No 233 Sqn |
| 30 Oct 1939 | 1 x Miles Magister was collected from No 10 MU, RAF Hullavington |
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| 24 Nov 1939 | 4 x Blenheim Is collected from No 19 MU, RAF St Athan |
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| 28 Nov 1939 | 4 x Blenheim Is collected from No 19 MU, RAF St Athan |
| 7 Dec 1939 | Advance party departed RAF Stradishall for RAF Sutton Bridge |
| 9 Dec 1939 | Main party departed RAF Stradishall for RAF Sutton Bridge |
| 9 Dec 1939 | Air party departed RAF Stradishall for RAF Sutton Bridge |
| 10 Dec 1939 | 1 x Blenheim I (dual control) was delivered from No 104 Sqn |
| 16 Dec 1939 | Henley Target Towing Flight attached to No 254 Sqn for maintenance and discipline |
Source - No 254 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1514)
Personnel Movements: Jan - Dec 1940
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| Plt Off | N L Banks | 27 Jan 1940 | Ceased to be attached |
| Sgt Plt | R F Worsdell | 27 Jan 1940 | Ceased to be attached |
| Sgt Plt | M U Wilkin | 27 Jan 1940 | Ceased to be attached |
| Sgt Plt | J M Cockburn | 27 Jan 1940 | Ceased to be attached |
| Sqn Ldr | P A Hunter | 28 Jan 1940 | Relinquished command of No 254 Sqn |
| Sqn Ldr | G K Fairtlough | 28 Jan 1940 | Transferred from 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn and assumed command of No 254 Sqn |
| Fg Off | J W Baird | 28 Jan 1940 | Transferred from 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn |
| Fg Off | L P Bain | 28 Jan 1940 | Transferred from 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn |
| Plt Off | D Shawe | 28 Jan 1940 | Transferred from 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn |
| Plt Off | K G Taylor | 28 Jan 1940 | Transferred from 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn |
| Sgt Plt | R A Bate | 28 Jan 1940 | Transferred from 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn |
| Sgt Plt | P G Cory | 28 Jan 1940 | Transferred from 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn |
| Sgt Plt | A W Tubbs | 28 Jan 1940 | Transferred from 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn |
| Sgt Plt | C F Rose | 28 Jan 1940 | Transferred from 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn |
| Sgt Plt | H G Hughes | 28 Jan 1940 | Transferred from 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | A C Heath | 9 May 1940 | Killed in action |
| Lt | R B Nuthall RN | 9 May 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | S A Nicholls | 9 May 1940 | Killed in action |
| Plt Off | G W Spiers | 1 Jun 1940 | Failed to return from a sortie but later reported safe |
| Sgt | R Roskrow | 1 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | R A Bate | 1 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | J C Love | 1 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
| LAC | W T Harrison | 1 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
| Flt Lt | P S Jolliffe | 24 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | A B Norfolk | 24 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | J Price | 24 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | H G Hughes | 24 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | J F Burrows | 24 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | S Longstaff | 24 Jun 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt Plt | A W Tubbs | 6 Jul 1940 | Shot down during a sortie but rescued by HMS Cossack |
| Sgt Plt | R A McVeigh | 6 Jul 1940 | Shot down during a sortie but died from wounds after being rescued by HMS Cossack |
| Sgt Plt | A C Johnston | 6 Jul 1940 | Shot down during a sortie but rescued by HMS Cossack |
| Plt Off | V J Patterson | 6 Jul 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | R D McLaren | 6 Jul 1940 | Shot down and wounded during a sortie but rescued by HMS Fortune |
| Sgt | A P Savage | 6 Jul 1940 | Shot down during a sortie but rescued by HMS Fortune |
| Sgt | Clegg | 4 Nov 1940 | Proceeded to No 16 ACSB, Edinburgh |
| Sgt | Murphy | 4 Nov 1940 | Proceeded to No 16 ACSB, Edinburgh |
| Sgt | Ravenscroft | 4 Nov 1940 | Proceeded to No 16 ACSB, Edinburgh |
| Plt Off | H W Sillard? | 7 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting for Intelligence duties |
| Sgt | Pocock | 8 Nov 1940 | WOP/AG, arrived on posting |
| Sgt | Timoney | 8 Nov 1940 | WOP/AG, arrived on posting |
| WO | R Darker | 11 Nov 1940 | Engineer Officer, appointed to a commission and posted to No 25 Sqn |
| Plt Off | J I N Hiscocin | 19 Nov 1940 | Engineer Officer, posted to No 234 Sqn, RAF Sumburgh |
| Flt Lt | Gallaway | 26 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'T' Flight |
| Plt Off | T W Ward | 26 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 2 (C) OTU, RAF Catfoss |
| Plt Off | J A Parry | 26 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 2 (C) OTU, RAF Catfoss |
| Plt Off | Gibson | 26 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 2 (C) OTU, RAF Catfoss |
| Sgt | R Stringer | 26 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 2 (C) OTU, RAF Catfoss |
| Sgt | L Taylor | 26 Nov 1940 | Observer, arrived on posting from No 2 (C) OTU, RAF Catfoss |
| Sgt | R Thompson | 26 Nov 1940 | Air Gunner, arrived on posting from No 2 (C) OTU, RAF Catfoss |
| Sgt | Brayshaw | 26 Nov 1940 | Air Gunner, on posting from No 2 (C) OTU, RAF Catfoss |
| Sgt | J Smart | 26 Nov 1940 | Air Gunner, on posting from No 2 (C) OTU, RAF Catfoss |
| Sgt | D K Leaver | 6 Dec 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | A F Bean | 6 Dec 1940 | Killed in action |
| Sgt | A C Johnston | 6 Dec 1940 | Killed in action |
Source - No 254 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1514) - From February to November 1940 the ORB does not show personnel movements
Organisational Movements: Jan - Dec 1940
| Date | Notes |
| 27 Jan 1940 | Advance party departed RAF Sutton Bridge for RAF Bircham Newton |
| 27 Jan 1940 | Henley Target Towing Flight ceased to be attached to No 254 Sqn |
| 28 Jan 1940 | Main party departed RAF Sutton Bridge for RAF Bircham Newton |
| 28 Jan 1940 | 'D' Flight, No 233 Sqn, RAF Bircham Newton became 'B' Flight, No 254 Sqn, equipped with Blenheim IVs |
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| 24 Apr 1940 | Squadron moved from RAF Bircham Newton to RNAS Hatston |
| 16 May 1940 | Squadron moved from RNAS Hatston to RAF Sumburgh* |
| 2 Aug 1940 | Squadron moved from RAF Sumburgh to RAF Dyce* |
| 26 Nov 1940 | 'T' Flight formed for training purposes |
Source - No 254 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1514)
*Source - 'RAF Squadrons' by C G Jefford
This page was last updated on 17/10/23
