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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 967 (Balloon) Sqn Personnel and locations
Auxiliary Air Force personnel shown in italics (where known).
Personnel Movements: Aug - Dec 1940
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| Flt Lt | C G J Whiteside | 24 Aug 1940 | Had arrived by this date on posting |
| Flt Lt | H Underhill | 24 Aug 1940 | Had arrived by this date on posting |
| Flt Lt | A J D McArthur | 24 Aug 1940 | Had arrived by this date on posting |
| Plt Off | Briggs | 24 Aug 1940 | Had arrived by this date on posting |
| Plt Off | Taverner | 24 Aug 1940 | Had arrived by this date on posting |
| Plt Off | Dealtry | 24 Aug 1940 | Had arrived by this date on posting |
| Flt Lt | S K Barnes | 26 Aug 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant |
| Fg Off | Kimber | 26 Aug 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Accountant Officer |
| Wg Cdr | M G Begg MC | 29 Aug 1940 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 967 Sqn |
| Plt Off | J W Bush | 30 Aug 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Equipment Officer |
| Plt Off | White | 17 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | C W Simister | 17 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | Farmborough | 18 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | W E Nash | 18 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | Turner | 19 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | Randall-Stevens | 19 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | Staples | 24 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Fg Off | Giddings | 26 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting for Barrage Control duties |
| Plt Off | A G Wood | 28 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | L F Wood | 28 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | Randall-Stevens | 1 Oct 1940 | Transferred from Balloon duties to Barrage Control duties |
| Plt Off | Farmborough | 2 Oct 1940 | Attached to No 929 Sqn |
| Plt Off | E J Wenham | 4 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting for Meteorological duties |
| Cpl | J Craig | 7 Oct 1940 | Appointed to a commission in the RAFVR and posted to No 939 Sqn |
| Plt Off | C W Simister | 8 Oct 1940 | Attached to No 929 Sqn |
| Plt Off | Staples | 29 Oct 1940 | Attached to No 947 Sqn |
| Plt Off | Stevenson | 29 Oct 1940 | Attached to No 947 Sqn |
| Plt Off | W E Nash | 1 Nov 1940 | Posted to No 968 Sqn |
| Plt Off | Feldwick | 19 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 967 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | Dealtry | 5 Nov 1940 | Attached to HQ No 34 Group for short course |
| Rev | Symington | 7 Nov 1940 | Appointed as Officiating Chaplain |
| Fg Off | I Mazure | 14 Nov 1940 | Attached for temporary Medical duties |
| Plt Off | W Slater | 18 Nov 1940 | Attached to No 968 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | H Underhill | 19 Nov 1940 | Attached to HQ No 34 Group for short course |
| Flt Lt | W G Hughes | 19 Nov 1940 | Attached from HQ No 34 Group for temporary duty |
| Plt Off | A J Gregory | 20 Nov 1940 | Attached from HQ Balloon Command for temporary duty (Hydrogen) |
| Fg Off | Taverner | 20 Nov 1940 | Promoted to Act Flt Lt and assumed command of 'A' and 'B' Flights |
| Fg Off | I Mazure | 21 Nov 1940 | Ceased to be attached for temporary Medical duties |
| Plt Off | L F Wood | 21 Nov 1940 | Returned from Glencorse Barracks, Edinburgh on completion of course |
| Plt Off | C W Simister | 2 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 935 Sqn |
| Flt Lt | S K Barnes | 3 Dec 1940 | Attached to HQ No 34 Group for short course |
| Flt Lt | A J D McArthur | 3 Dec 1940 | Attached to HQ No 34 Group for short course |
| Plt Off | C A Shewell | 7 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting on appointment to a commission in the RAFVR |
| Plt Off | L F Wood | 8 Dec 1940 | Attached to Rollestone Camp for No 32 Anti-Gas Course |
| Flt Lt | S K Barnes | 10 Dec 1940 | Ceased to be attached to HQ No 34 Group for short course |
| Fg Off | J M McCormack | 20 Dec 1940 | Medical Officer, attached to No 968 for temporary duty |
| Fg Off | I Mazure | 21 Dec 1940 | Attached for temporary Medical duties |
| Plt Off | L F Wood | 24 Dec 1940 | Ceased to be attached to Rollestone Camp for No 32 Anti-Gas Course |
| Plt Off | Beck | 26 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 903 Sqn |
Source - No 967 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2317)
Organisational Movements: Aug - Dec 1940
| Date | Notes |
| 24 Aug 1940 | Squadron formed under the control of No 34 Group at No 18 Balloon Centre at Glasgow |
| 27 Aug 1940 | 1 x Officer and 24 x Airmen proceeded to RAF Cardington to collect MT |
| 28 Aug 1940 | Advance party departed No 18 BC to establish Sqn HQ at Seafield Towers, Ardeer, Adrossan |
| 29 Aug 1940 | MT convoy arrived at Adrossan from RAF Cardington |
| 30 Aug 1940 | Main party deployed to War Sites |
Source - No 967 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2317)
This page was last updated on 17/10/23
