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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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RAF Castletown Personnel and units
Personnel Movements: Jan - Jul 1936
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| Plt Off | W T Eccles | 7 Jun 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Assistant Adjutant |
| Wg Cdr | D F W Atcherley | 8 Jun 1940 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of the Station |
| Flt Lt | W S Simpson | 11 Jun 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Sector and Station Engineer Officer |
| Fg Off | W H G Leggett | 15 Jun 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Station Adjutant |
| Plt Off | J W Holmes | 19 Jun 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Station Accountant Officer |
| Plt Off | A W Massey | 24 Jun 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Station Equipment Officer |
| Plt Off | R Bradshaw | 25 Jun 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Assistant Equipment Officer |
| Plt Off | O W Crichton | 30 Jun 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as RAF Defence Officer |
| Sqn Ldr | R P Whitehead | 6 Jul 1940 | Arrived on posting from RAF Oban for duty as Station Administrative Officer |
| Flt Lt | E B Wilson | 10 Jul 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Station Equipment Officer |
| Plt Off | A W Massey | 10 Jul 1940 | Station Equipment Officer, posted to RAF Skeabrae |
| Plt Off | H L Wood | 13 Jul 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Station Intelligence Officer |
| Plt Off | R J A Morris | 28 Aug 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Station Medical Officer |
| Plt Off | A Lomax | 9 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as RAF Defence Officer |
| Plt Off | O W Crichton | 9 Sep 1940 | RAF Defence Officer, retired on account of ill health |
| Plt Off | Anderson | 17 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Assistant Defence Officer |
| Fg Off | J E S Salter | 5 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Station Accountant Officer |
| Plt Off | B M U Bennell | 21 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Assistant Engineer Officer |
| Sqn Ldr | G A Jamieson | 24 Aug 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Station Medical Officer |
| Plt Off | A C Sherborne | 18 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Permanent Duty Pilot |
| Plt Off | B M U Bennell | 19 Nov 1940 | Assistant Engineer Officer, proceeded to RAF Henlow for Engineering course |
| Flt Lt | S W Pearks | 19 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Station Dental Officer |
| Plt Off | W A S Alexander | 28 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Assistant Equipment Officer |
| Plt Off | R Bradshaw | 28 Nov 1940 | Assistant Equipment Officer, attached to Sector HQ, pending posting to RAF Coltishall |
Source - RAF Castletown ORB
Unit Movements: Jan - Jul 1936
| Unit | Date | Notes |
| No 504 Sqn | 20 Jun 1940 | Arrived from RAF Wick |
| RAF Castletown | 1 Sep 1940 | Administrative control transferred from No 13 Group to No 14 Group |
| 18 x Hurricanes, No 504 Sqn | 1 Sep 1940 | Departed RAF Castletown for RAF Catterick |
| Ground Party, No 504 Sqn | 2 Sep 1940 | Departed RAF Castletown for RAF Catterick by rail |
| Air Party, No 504 Sqn | 2 Sep 1940 | Departed RAF Castletown for RAF Catterick |
| Advance Party, No 3 Sqn | 2 Sep 1940 | Arrived from RAF Wick |
| Main Party, No 3 Sqn | 3 Sep 1940 | Arrived from RAF Wick |
| Advance Party, No 808 Sqn FAA | 7 Sep 1940 | Arrived from St Mirryn, Cornwall |
| Ground Party, No 808 Sqn FAA | 8 Sep 1940 | Arrived from St Mirryn, Cornwall |
| Aircraft, No 3 Sqn | 14 Sep 1940 | Departed RAF Castletown for RAF Turnhouse |
| Ground Party, No 3 Sqn | 14 Sep 1940 | Departed RAF Castletown for RAF Turnhouse by rail |
| Air Party, No 3 Sqn | 14 Sep 1940 | Departed RAF Castletown for RAF Turnhouse |
| Advance Party, No 232 Sqn | 17 Sep 1940 | Arrived from the Shetlands by air |
| 8 x Hurricanes, No 232 Sqn | 18 Sep 1940 | Arrived from the Shetlands |
| Main Party, No 232 Sqn | 19 Sep 1940 | Arrived from the Shetlands by air |
| Rear Party, No 232 Sqn | 20 Sep 1940 | Arrived from the Shetlands by air |
| Ground Party, No 808 Sqn FAA | 2 Oct 1940 | Departed RAF Castletown for RNAS Donibristle by train |
| Aircraft, No 808 Sqn FAA | 2 Oct 1940 | Departed RAF Castletown for RNAS Donibristle |
| 3 x Aircraft, No 808 Sqn FAA | 3 Oct 1940 | Departed RAF Castletown for RNAS Donibristle |
| No 232 Sqn less 1 section | 13 Oct 1940 | Moved to the satellite aerodrome at Skitten |
| Ground Party, No 3 Sqn | 13 Oct 1940 | Arrived from Thurso by road after travelling by train from Dyce via Montrose |
| RAF Castletown | 13 Oct 1940 | Operational control assumed by No 14 Group |
| 11 x Hurricanes, No 232 Sqn | 22 Oct 1940 | Departed RAF Skitten for RAF Drem |
| Air Party, No 232 Sqn | 22 Oct 1940 | Departed RAF Skitten for RAF Drem by air |
| Ground Party, No 232 Sqn | 24 Oct 1940 | Entrained at Thurso for RAF Drem |
| No 3 Sqn | 6 Nov 1940 | Declared operational at RAF Castletown |
| 10 x Hurricanes, No 232 Sqn | 11 Nov 1940 | Arrived at RAF Castletown from RAF Drem |
| Air Party, No 232 Sqn | 11 Nov 1940 | Arrived at RAF Castletown from RAF Drem |
| 10 x Hurricanes, No 232 Sqn | 11 Nov 1940 | Moved from RAF Castletown to RAF Skitten |
| Air Party, No 232 Sqn | 11 Nov 1940 | Moved from RAF Castletown to RAF Skitten by road |
| Ground Party, No 232 Sqn | 12 Nov 1940 | Arrived at RAF Wick from RAF Drem en-route to RAF Skitten |
| No 260 Sqn | 23 Nov 1940 | Commenced forming at RAF Castletown |
| Advance Party, No 232 Sqn | 30 Nov 1940 | Departed RAF Skitten for RAF Elgin by road to Wick |
| 9 x Hurricanes, No 232 Sqn | 4 Dec 1940 | Departed RAF Skitten for RAF Elgin |
| Ground Party, No 232 Sqn | 4 Dec 1940 | Departed RAF Skitten for Wick then by rail to RAF Elgin |
| No 260 Sqn | 5 Dec 1940 | Moved from RAF Castletown to RAF Skitten |
| No 1 (RCAF) Sqn | 9 Dec 1940 | Arrived at RAF Wick from RAF Prestwick |
| Personnel, No 1 (RCAF) Sqn | 9 Dec 1940 | Arrived at RAF Wick from RAF Prestwick by rail |
| No 1 (RCAF) Sqn | 10 Dec 1940 | Declared operational at RAF Castletown |
| MT, No 1 (RCAF) Sqn | 13 Dec 1940 | Arrived at RAF Wick from RAF Prestwick by road |
| Rear Party, No 1 (RCAF) Sqn | 14 Dec 1940 | Arrived at RAF Wick from Thurso having travelled by rail from RAF Prestwick |
| Air Party, No 3 Sqn | 1 Jan 1941 | Departed RAF Castletown for RAF Sumburgh by air |
| 'A' Flight, No 3 Sqn | 2 Jan 1941 | Departed RAF Castletown for RAF Sumburgh |
| HQ & 'B' Flight, No 3 Sqn | 7 Jan 1941 | Departed RAF Castletown for RAF Skeabrae by air |
Source - RAF Castletown ORB
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