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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 138 Airfield/Wing Personnel, units and locations
Personnel Movements 1943
| Rank | Name |
Date |
Notes |
| Gp Capt | L W Cannon | 10 Nov 1943 | Assumed command of No 138 Airfield |
| Gp Capt | 8 Dec 1943 | Assumed command of No 138 Airfield and RAF Lasham | |
| Gp Capt | L W Cannon | 8 Dec 1943 | Relinquished command of No 138 Airfield on posting to HQ No 2 Group |
| Flt Lt | Howard | xx Nov 1943 | Medical Officer, posted away |
| Flt Lt | Lees | xx Nov 1943 | Arrived on posting for duty as Medical Officer |
| Wg Cdr | F C B Savile | 13 Dec 1943 | Arrived on posting from HQ, No 2 Group for duty as Wg Cdr - Operations |
| Fg Off | W Topolnicki | 29 Dec 1943 | Arrived on posting for duty as Polish Medical Officer |
| Flt Lt | J Bierkowski | Polish Medical Officer, posted away |
Source - No 138 Wing ORB (AIR 26/199)
Unit Composition and Movements 1943
| Date | Notes |
| 2 Nov 1943 | No 613 Sqn arrived at RAF Lasham |
| 5 Nov 1943 | No 320 Sqn arrived at RAF Lasham |
| 10 Nov 1943 |
Formed as No 138 Airfield from SHQ RAF Lasham in No 2 Group, taking over Nos 320 and 613 Squadrons. |
| 18 Nov 1943 | No 305 Sqn arrived pending re-equipment with Mosquitos |
Source - No 138 Wing ORB (AIR 26/199)
Personnel Movements 1944
The ORB mainly only recorded movements for Medical personnel
| Rank | Name |
Date |
Notes |
| Flt Lt | J Bienkowski | 3 Jan 1944 | Polish Medical Officer, posted to DPAG, Blackpool for duty at Paderwski Hospital Edinburgh |
| Flt Lt | Lees | 3 Jan 1944 | Medical Officer, attached to Rollestone Camp for Anti-Gas course |
| Flt Lt | Hudson | 5 Jan 1944 | Attached for temporary Medical duties |
| Flt Lt | Sajet | 5 Jan 1944 | Medical Officer, posted to RNN HQ, London |
| Sister | M J James | 6 Jan 1944 | Arrived on posting from No 3 Radio School |
| Flt Lt | Lees | 7 Jan 1944 | Medical Officer, ceased to be attached to Rollestone Camp for Anti-Gas course |
| Flt Lt | Hudson | 8 Jan 1944 | Ceased to be attached for temporary Medical duties |
| Wg Cdr | Smith | 11 Jan 1944 | Attached from HQ No 2 Group |
| Sister | Taylor | 12 Jan 1944 | Posted to RAF Hospital, Uxbridge |
| Flt Lt | W Topolnicki | 17 Jan 1944 | Polish Medical Officer, attached to RAF Hospital, Cosford for Anaesthetics Course |
| Flt Lt | W Topolnicki | 22 Jan 1944 | Polish Medical Officer, ceased to be attached to RAF Hospital, Cosford for Anaesthetics Course |
| Flt Lt | Lees | 23 Jan 1944 | Medical Officer, admitted to RAF Hospital, Padgate from sick at home |
| Flt Lt | Lees | 27 Jan 1944 | Medical Officer, detached from RAF Hospital, Padgate |
| Flt Lt | Lees | 1 Feb 1944 | Medical Officer, attached to RAF Hospital, Cosford for Anaesthetics Course |
| Flt Lt | Howells | 2 Feb 1944 | Dental Officer, admitted to Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot |
| Flt Lt | Lees | 6 Feb 1944 | Medical Officer, ceased to be attached to RAF Hospital, Cosford for Anaesthetics Course |
| Sqn Ldr | Buckler | 20 Feb 1944 | Senior Medical Officer, attached to RAF Hospital, Wroughton for Orthopaedic Course |
| Flt Lt | W Topolnicki | 22 Feb 1944 | Polish Medical Officer, attached to RAF Hospital, Cosford for Burns Course |
| Sqn Ldr | Buckler | 20 Feb 1944 | Senior Medical Officer, ceased to be attached to RAF Hospital, Wroughton for Orthopaedic Course |
| Flt Lt | W Topolnicki | 26 Feb 1944 | Polish Medical Officer, ceased to be attached to RAF Hospital, Cosford for Burns Course |
| Flt Lt | W Topolnicki | 20 Mar 1944 | Polish Medical Officer, attached to Rollestone Camp for Anti-Gas course |
| Flt Lt | W Topolnicki | 24 Mar 1944 | Polish Medical Officer, ceased to be attached to Rollestone Camp for Anti-Gas course |
| Flt Lt | J S Calnan | 15 May 1944 | Arrived on posting from No 11 Base for Medical duties |
| Flt Lt | Lees | 18 May 1944 | Medical Officer, posted to HQ No 2 Group |
| Sister | M J James | 30 May 1944 | Attached to No 50 MFH for course |
| Sister | M J James | 13 Jun 1944 | Posted to RAF Broadwell |
| Cpl | Bottonley | 25 Jun 1944 | Attached pending posting to RAF Kenley |
| AC2 | Johnson | 28 Jun 1944 | Nursing Orderly, attached from RAF Withy Bush pending posting to No 138 Wing |
| LAC | MacNab | xx Jun 1944 | Nursing Orderly, promoted to Temp Cpl, wef 1 Mar 1944 |
| AC1 | Carter | 1 Jun 1944 | Nursing Orderly, reclassified LAC |
| AC1 | Baker | 1 Jun 1944 | Nursing Orderly, reclassified LAC |
| AC1 | Rollo | 1 Jun 1944 | Nursing Orderly, reclassified LAC |
| AC2 | Leese | 1 Jun 1944 | Nursing Orderly, reclassified AC1 |
| Wg Cdr | Scott | 8 Jul 1944 | Attached from No 2 GSU |
| LAC | Carter | 13 Jul 1944 | Nursing Orderly, attached to RAF Perranporth, pending posting |
| LAC | Meredith | 25 Jul 1944 | Nursing Orderly, arrived on posting from No 136 Wing |
| AC1 | Leese | 1 Aug 1944 | Nursing Orderly, reclassified LAC |
| AC2 | Johnson | 1 Aug 1944 | Nursing Orderly, reclassified LAC |
| Flt Lt | W Topolnicki | xx Sep 1944 | Polish Medical Officer, posted to RAF Newton |
| Fg Off | Gerrowics | xx Sep 1944 | Polish Medical Officer, arrived on posting from RAF Newton |
Source - No 138 Wing ORB (AIR 26/199)
Unit Composition and Movements 1944
| Date | Notes |
| 1 Feb 1944 | Advance party, No 107 Sqn arrived at RAF Lasham to join No 138 Airfield |
| 3 Feb 1944 | Main party, No 107 Sqn arrived at RAF Lasham |
| 8 Feb 1944 | Advance party, No 320 Sqn departed for No 139 Airfield |
| 10 Feb 1944 | Air and main parties, No 320 Sqn departed for No 139 Airfield |
| 25 Feb 1944 | No 2758 Sqn, RAF Regiment arrived |
| 25 Feb 1944 | Advance party, No 2818 Sqn, RAF Regiment arrived |
| 29 Feb 1944 | Main party, No 2818 Sqn, RAF Regiment arrived |
| 11 Apr 1944 | No 613 Sqn moved to RAF Swanton Morley for a Battle Course |
| 22 Apr 1944 | No 613 Sqn returned from RAF Swanton Morley |
| 12 May 1944 | Redesignated No 138 (Bomber) Wing |
| 19 May 1944 | No 107 Sqn moved to RAF Swanton Morley for a Battle Course |
| 1 Jun 1944 | No 107 Sqn returned from RAF Swanton Morley for a Battle Course |
| 31 Jul 1944 | No 117 Mobile Dental Surgery ceased to be attached on moving to No 124 Wing |
| 29 Aug 1944 | No 2831 Sqn, RAF Regiment arrived |
| xx Oct 1944 | No 2781 Sqn, RAF Regiment departed for RAF Dunsfold |
| 13 Oct 1944 | Advance party departed RAF Lasham for Concentration Area (RAF Old Sarum) |
| 23 Oct 1944 | Air party departed RAF Lasham for RAF Hartford Bridge |
| 24 Oct 1944 | Move of main party to RAF Hartford Bridge cancelled |
| 25 Oct 1944 | Air party returned to RAF Lasham from RAF Hartford Bridge |
| 29 Oct 1944 | Ground staff of air party departed RAF Lasham for RAF Hartford Bridge |
| 30 Oct 1944 | Air party departed RAF Lasham for RAF Hartford Bridge |
| 5 Nov 1944 | Main party departed RAF Lasham for Concentration Area (RAF Old Sarum) |
| 6 Nov 1944 | Main party departed Concentration Area (RAF Old Sarum) for Marshalling Area |
| 7 Nov 1944 | Main party arrived at the Marshalling Area |
| 13 Nov 1944 | Main party departed the Marshalling Area and embarked for the Continent |
| 14 Nov 1944 | Main party arrived in Ostend, disembarked and proceeded to Tourhout |
| 15 Nov 1944 | Main party arrived at B.72/A.75 Cambrai/Epinoy |
| 19 Nov 1944 | Air party arrived at B.72/A.75 Cambrai/Epinoy |
Source - No 138 Wing ORB (AIR 26/199)
Personnel Movements 1945
| Rank | Name |
Date |
Notes |
| Wg Cdr | J S Hamilton | 7 Jun 1945 | Appointed Officer i/c Air Movement Control |
| Wg Cdr | J S Hamilton | 25 Jun 1945 | Assumed temporary command of No 138 Airfield until further notice |
| Gp Capt | 9 Aug 1945 | Relinquished command of No 138 Airfield on posting to the RAF Staff College | |
| Gp Capt | R G Slade | 14 Aug 1945 | Assumed command of No 138 Airfield |
| Wg Cdr | J S Hamilton | 14 Aug 1945 | Relinquished temporary command of No 138 Airfield |
| Gp Capt | R G Slade | 27 Aug 1945 | Attached to School of Air Support, RAF Old Sarum for temporary duty |
| Wg Cdr | J S Hamilton | 27 Aug 1945 | Assumed temporary command of No 138 Airfield |
| Wg Cdr | D F Dennis | 3 Sep 1945 | Arrived on posting from No 2 Group and assumed command of Conversion Flight |
| Gp Capt | R G Slade | 11 Sep 1945 | Resumed command of No 138 Airfield |
| Sqn Ldr | G D Mills | 26 Sep 1945 | Appointed Camp Commandant at RAF Wahn |
Source - No 138 Wing ORB (AIR 26/199)
Unit Composition and Movements 1945
| Date | Notes |
| 26 Apr 1945 | No 2831 Sqn, RAF Regiment ceased to be attached |
| 7 Jun 1945 | Operations Room converted into Air Movement Control |
| 19 Jul 1945 | No 107 Sqn moved to No 140 Wing |
| 19 Jul 1945 | No 487 Sqn arrived from No 140 Wing |
| 2 Aug 1945 | No 305 Wing left the Wing on moving to Volkel |
| 2 Aug 1945 | No 14 Sqn from UK |
| 8 Aug 1945 | No 613 Sqn redesignated No 69 Sqn |
| 3 Sep 1945 | Conversion Flight formed |
| 19 Sep 1945 | No 487 Sqn redesignated as No 16 Sqn |
| 1 Oct 1945 | Advance party departed Cambrai/Epinoy for RAF Wahn |
| 16 Oct 1945 | No 16 Sqn redesignated as No 268 Sqn |
Source - No 138 Wing ORB (AIR 26/199)
Personnel Movements 1946
| Rank | Name |
Date |
Notes |
| Sqn Ldr | Ernshaw | xx Jan 1946 | Departed on release from the Service |
| Sqn Ldr | Usher | xx Jan 1946 | Departed on release from the Service |
| Flt Lt | Clark | xx Jan 1946 | Departed on release from the Service |
| Flt Lt | Valentine | xx Jan 1946 | Adjutant, admitted to hospital |
| Flt Lt | G Davies | xx Jan 1946 | Arrived on posting from No 140 Wing for duty as Senior Intelligence Officer |
| Fg Off | J H Barnett | xx Jan 1946 | Attached from No 14 Sqn for duty as Adjutant |
| Sgt | Wagstaff | 12 Feb 1946 | Nursing Orderly, arrived on posting from No 55 MFH |
| Flt Lt | H V W C Jones | 13 Feb 1946 | Arrived on posting from RAF Wahn for duty as Adjutant |
| Sqn Ldr | Byars | 15 Feb 1946 | Attached from No 2001 AD Wing for duty as Senior Medical Officer |
| Flt Lt | Jones | 16 Feb 1946 | Attached from No 55 MFH for duty as Dental Officer |
| Sqn Ldr | Weir | xx Feb 1946 | Medical Officer, ceased to be attached |
| Flt Lt | Daniels | 19 Feb 1946 | Dental Officer, posted to HQ No 83 Group |
| Flt Lt | V F Mulroy | xx Feb 1946 | Arrived on posting from No 140 Wing for duty as Senior Intelligence Officer |
| Wg Cdr | J S Hamilton | xx Feb 1946 | Posted to HQ No 2 Group |
| Flt Lt | Chivers | xx Feb 1946 | Meteorological Officer, posted to the Far East |
| Fg Off | Kimber | xx Feb 1946 | Intelligence Officer, posted to the Air Ministry |
| Fg Off | Schurmer | 3 Mar 1946 | Arrived on posting from No 2 Group for Meteorological duties |
| Fg Off | Smith | 3 Mar 1946 | Signals (Radar), departed for release from the Service |
| Fg Off | Holden | 5 Mar 1946 | Attached from No 2 Group for Intelligence duties |
| Fg Off | Jones | 5 Mar 1946 | Attached |
| Fg Off | Armistead | 6 Mar 1946 | Intelligence, departed for release from the Service |
| Capt | Keenleyside | 6 Mar 1946 | ALO, posted gto No 210 AL Section , No 2 Group |
| Sqn Ldr | Dempsey | 7 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 2 Group Communications Sqn |
| Fg Off | Sayers | 7 Mar 1946 | RAF Regiment, attached from No 140 Wing |
| Fg Off | Crowshaw | 8 Mar 1946 | RAF Regiment, ceased to be attached |
| Fg Off | Bachelor | 8 Mar 1946 | Meteorological, ceased to be attached |
| Flt Lt | Jones | 9 Mar 1946 | Attached to RAF Henlow |
| Flt Lt | Sharpe | 9 Mar 1946 | Ceased to be attached from No 55 MFH for duty as Dental Officer |
| Sqn Ldr | Scott | 11 Mar 1946 | Attached from for duty as Senior Medical Officer |
| Sqn Ldr | Barratt | 12 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to the Air Ministry |
| Sqn Ldr | Byars | 12 Mar 1946 | Ceased to be attached for duty as Senior Medical Officer on posting to BAFO Communications Wing |
| Flt Lt | Park | 12 Mar 1946 | GD, departed for release from the Service |
| Flt Lt | Reeves | 12 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to SEAC |
| Flt Lt | Steel | 12 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 8 RAF Hospital |
| Flt Lt | Nichol | 12 Mar 1946 | Equipment, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Fg Off | Webster | 12 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to SEAC |
| Fg Off | Turner | 12 Mar 1946 | GD, departed for release from the Service |
| Fg Off | Cunningham | 12 Mar 1946 | Technical (Armament), departed for release from the Service |
| Fg Off | Jones | 12 Mar 1946 | Ceased to be attached on posting to RAF Wahn |
| Sqn Ldr | Cowling | 13 Mar 1946 | Chaplain, posted away |
| Flt Lt | Handel | 15 Mar 1946 | Engineer, posted to HQ, No 2 Group |
| Flt Lt | Soady | 15 Mar 1946 | Technical (Armament), posted to No 423 AFAP |
| Fg Off | Butlers | 18 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 2 Group Communications Sqn |
| Sqn Ldr | Job | 20 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to BAFO Communications Wing |
| Sqn Ldr | Johnson | 20 Mar 1946 | Chaplain, posted to HQ, No 83 Group |
| Sqn Ldr | Rowlands | 23 Mar 1946 | Signals, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Sqn Ldr | Little | 23 Mar 1946 | Attached from for duty as Chaplain |
| Fg Off | Adams | 25 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Fg Off | Roole | 25 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Fg Off | McPhail | 25 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Sqn Ldr | Ellus | 26 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Fg Off | Wallace | 26 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Dickens | 26 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Holloway | 26 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Nault | 26 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Callender | 26 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Fg Off | Prior | 26 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Fg Off | Cooney | 26 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Wg Cdr | Newman | 27 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to RAF Staff College |
| Flt Lt | Barnett | 27 Mar 1946 | GD, departed for release from the Service |
| Fg Off | Edgar | 28 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Joyce | 28 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Macdonald | 28 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Fg Off | Blyth | 28 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Fg Off | Matters | 28 Mar 1946 | GD, posted to No 140 Wing |
| Fg Off | Mickleburg-Saunders | 2 Apr 1946 | Arrived on posting from No 2002 AD Wing for Signals duties |
| Flt Lt | Juhill | 4 Apr 1946 | GD, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Fg Off | Harvey | 4 Apr 1946 | GD, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Fg Off | Haddock | 4 Apr 1946 | GD, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Plt Off | Palmer | 4 Apr 1946 | Accountant, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Mahon | 8 Apr 1946 | Engineer, attached to HQ No 2 Group |
| Capt | Manley | 8 Apr 1946 | ALO, departed on posting |
| Flt Lt | McKenzie | 10 Apr 1946 | Engineer, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Carey | 10 Apr 1946 | A & SD, departed for release from the Service |
| Fg Off | Priestley | 11 Apr 1946 | Engineer, posted to No 139 Wing |
| Flt Lt | Sharpe | 11 Apr 1946 | Engineer, posted to No 5 MTRBD |
| Flt Lt | Mahon | 14 Apr 1946 | Engineer, ceased to be attached to HQ No 2 Group |
Source - No 138 Wing ORB (AIR 26/199)
Unit Composition and Movements 1946
| Date | Notes |
| 19 Feb 1946 | Announced that Wing would not move to RAF Wahn but disband at Cambrai |
| 8 Feb 1946 | Detachment, No 2822 Sqn, RAF Regiment arrived to conduct security patrols |
| 31 Mar 1946 | Nos 14 and 69 Sqns disbanded |
| 9 Apr 1946 | No 261 AL Section departed for HQ No 2 Group |
| 14 Apr 1946 | Disbanded |
Source - No 138 Wing ORB (AIR 26/199)
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