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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 149 Airfield/Wing Personnel, units and locations
Personnel Movements 1944
| Rank | Name |
Date |
Notes |
| Sqn Ldr | Wood | 1 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Chief Technical Officer |
| Sqn Ldr | Rigson | 1 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Senior Medical Officer |
| Flt Lt | Williams | 1 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant |
| Flt Lt | Burton | 1 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Engineer Officer |
| Fg Off | Cunningham | 1 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Armament Officer |
| Fg Off | Miller | 1 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Intelligence Officer |
| Plt Off | Long | 1 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Signals Officer |
| Plt Off | Dilley | 1 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as MT Officer |
| Plt Off | Letley | 2 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for Engineer duties |
| Sqn Ldr | Richards | 3 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Senior Flying Control Officer |
| Wg Cdr | Wilkinson | 4 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 149 Airfield |
| Flt Lt | Eddington | 4 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Signals Officer |
| Fg Off | Miller | 5 Mar 1944 | Intelligence Officer, posted to RAF Tangmere |
| Sqn Ldr | L E A Robinson | 6 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Senior Administrative Officer |
| Fg Off | Baker | 6 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Intelligence Officer |
| Plt Off | Tickner | 6 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Technical Adjutant |
| Flt Lt | MacMahon | 8 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Engineer Officer |
| Fg Off | Williams | 8 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Electrical Engineer Officer |
| Flt Lt | Stathers | 9 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Flying Control Officer |
| Fg Off | Dalton | 9 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Special Signals Officer |
| Fg Off | Lawson | 11 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Accountant Officer |
| Plt Off | Gorrill | 14 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Fire and Gas Officer |
| Fg Off | Maude | 15 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Technical Adjutant |
| Plt Off | Pullen | 16 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Equipment Officer |
| Flt Lt | Hicks | 3 Apr 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Catering Officer |
| Fg Off | Wilkinson | 8 Apr 1944 | Equipment Officer, posted to RAF Netheravon |
| Sqn Ldr | Gurney | 18 Apr 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Chaplain |
| Flt Lt | Malouf | 18 Apr 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Engineer Officer |
| Flt Lt | Burton | 18 Mar 1944 | Engineer Officer, posted to No 123 Airfield |
| Fg Off | Rothwell | 21 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Signals Officer |
| Fg Off | Ralls | 22 Mar 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Flying Control Officer |
| Flt Lt | Stathers | 1 May 1944 | Flying Control Officer, departed on posting |
| Flt Lt | Thompson | 2 May 1944 | Arrived on posting |
| Fg Off | Jolly | 2 May 1944 | Arrived on posting |
| Flt Lt | Pickering | 7 May 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Local Defence Adviser |
| Sqn Ldr | Heyes | 10 May 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Chaplain |
| Flt Lt | Meekings | 14 May 1944 | Arrived on posting |
| Plt Off | Hodda | 16 May 1944 | Arrived on posting |
| Sqn Ldr | Gurney | 19 May 1944 | Chaplain, departed on posting |
| Flt Lt | Band | 28 May 1944 | Arrived on posting for Meteorological duties |
| Flt Lt | Aitken | 28 May 1944 | Arrived on posting for Meteorological duties |
| Fg Off | De Meyse-Bucknall | 1 Jun 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Interpreter |
| Sqn Ldr | Conroy | 8 Jun 1944 | Departed on posting |
| Fg Off | Foster | 10 Jun 1944 | Arrived on posting |
| Flt Lt | Meekings | 11 Jun 1944 | Departed on posting |
| Fg Off | Harte | 24 Jun 1944 | Departed on posting |
| Fg Off | Whybrow | 26 Jun 1944 | Arrived on posting |
| Fg Off | L F Conder | 15 Aug 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Electrical Engineer Officer |
| Wg Cdr | Wilkinson | 22 Aug 1944 | Relinquished command of No 149 Airfield on posting to No 18 PTC pending posting overseas |
| Wg Cdr | Hiltz | 22 Aug 1944 | Assumed command of No 149 Airfield |
| Wg Cdr | T N Heyes | 26 Aug 1944 | Arrived on posting |
| Fg Off | J T Letley | 3 Sep 1944 | Engineer Officer, departed on posting |
| Fg Off | Dalton | 4 Sep 1944 | Signals (Radar) Officer, departed on posting |
| Fg Off | De Meyse-Bucknall | 6 Sep 1944 | Interpreter, departed on posting |
| Fg Off | Hunt | 24 Sep 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Signals (Radar) Officer |
| Fg Off | Longstreet | 24 Sep 1944 | Signals (Radar) Officer, departed on posting |
| Fg Off | Hunt | 8 Oct 1944 | Signals (Radar) Officer, departed on posting |
| Flt Lt | Aitken | 10 Oct 1944 | Meteorological Officer, departed on posting |
| Flt Lt | Carson | 10 Oct 1944 | Arrived on posting for Meteorological duties |
| Sqn Ldr | O'Mahoney | 11 Oct 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Chaplain |
| Plt Off | Long | 25 Oct 1944 | Signals Officer, departed on posting |
| Sqn Ldr | Heyes | 14 Nov 1944 | Chaplain, departed on posting |
| Sqn Ldr | Ashley | 6 Dec 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Chaplain |
| Fg Off | Lawson | 12 Dec 1944 | Accountant Officer, posted to No 85 Group |
Source - No 149 Wing ORB (AIR 26/213)
Unit Composition and Movements 1944
| Date | Notes |
| 1 Mar 1944 | Formed at RAF Castle Camps as No 149 Airfield in No 25 Wing, No 85 Group |
| 1 Mar 1944 | No 410 Sqn taken over on formation |
| 8 Mar 1944 | No 486 Sqn arrived from RAF Drem |
| 18 Mar 1944 | Transferred to the direct control of No 85 Group |
| 18 Apr 1944 | 1st LAA/SL Battery RA arrived on attachment |
| 25 Apr 1944 | Advance party departed RAF Castle Camps for Deanland ALG |
| 28 Apr 1944 | Main party departed RAF Castle Camps for Deanland ALG |
| 28 Apr 1944 | No 410 Sqn moved to RAF Hunsdon |
| 28 Apr 1944 | Advance parties, Nos 64, 234 and 611 Sqns arrived at Deanland ALG |
| 29 Apr 1944 | Main parties, Nos 64, 234 and 611 Sqns arrived at Deanland ALG |
| 29 Apr 1944 | No 486 Sqn moved to No 150 Airfield, Newchurch |
| 30 Apr 1944 | Rear party departed RAF Castle Camps for Deanland ALG |
| 5 May 1944 | No 2750 Sqn RAF Regiment arrived |
| 12 May 1944 | Redesignated No 149 Wing |
| 19 Jun 1944 | No 234 Sqn departed for RAF Predannack |
| 23 Jun 1944 | Nos 64 and 611 Sqns departed to RAF Harrowbeer |
| 28 Jun 1944 | Advance party departed Deanlands ALG for RAF Zeals |
| 28 Jun 1944 | Main party departed Deanlands ALG for RAF Zeals |
| 29 Jun 1944 | Nos 410 and 488 Sqns taken over |
| 28 Jul 1944 | No 149 Wing and squadrons moved from RAF Zeals to RAF Colerne |
| 3 Sep 1944 | Main party departed RAF Colerne for the Concentration Area (RAF Old Sarum) |
| 4 Sep 1944 | Main party departed the Concentration Area (RAF Old Sarum) for the Marshalling Area |
| 7 Sep 1944 | Main party departed the Marshalling Area for Southampton |
| 9 Sep 1944 | Main party embarked onto five vessels |
| 9 Sep 1944 | No 410 Sqn transferred to No 147 Wing for operations |
| 10 Sep 1944 | Main party set sail and anchored off Utah Beach |
| 12 Sep 1944 | Unloading commenced |
| 13 Sep 1944 | 92 x vehicles off-loaded and proceeded to Creully |
| 14 Sep 1944 | Remainder of vehicles off-loaded and proceeded to Creully |
| 19 Sep 1944 | Wing departed Creully for B.48 Amiens-Glisy |
| 20 Sep 1944 | Wing arrived at B.48 Amiens-Glisy |
| 22 Sep 1944 | No 410 Sqn arrived at B.48 Amiens-Glisy from No 147 Wing |
| 27 Sep 1944 | No 409 Sqn arrived from No 148 Wing |
| 4 Oct 1944 | No 409 Sqn departed to No 148 Wing |
| 9 Oct 1944 | No 6029 SE arrived |
| 10 Oct 1944 | No 219 Sqn arrived from No 147 Wing |
| 3 Nov 1944 | No 410 Sqn transferred to No 148 Wing, B.51 Lille-Vendeville |
| 15 Nov 1944 | No 488 Sqn arrived from No 147 Wing, RAF Hunsdon |
Source - No 149 Wing ORB (AIR 26/213) & RAF Flying Training and Support Units - Air Britain
Personnel Movements 1945
| Rank | Name |
Date |
Notes |
| Fg Off | A S Pinnion | 6 Jan 1945 | Engineer Officer, departed on posting |
| Fg Off | L F Conder | 8 Jan 1945 | Electrical Engineer Officer, departed on posting |
| Sqn Ldr | Meekings | 16 Jan 1945 | Arrived on posting for duty as Senior Flying Control Officer |
| Sqn Ldr | Richards | 16 Jan 1945 | Senior Flying Control Officer, departed on posting |
| Flt Lt | Hunt | 4 Mar 1945 | Arrived on posting for duty as Intelligence Officer |
| Fg Off | Biggerstaff | 4 Mar 1945 | Arrived on posting for duty as Intelligence Officer |
| Fg Off | Cooke | 4 Mar 1945 | Arrived on posting for duty as Intelligence Officer |
| Fg Off | Grant | 4 Mar 1945 | Posted from No 219 Sqn |
| Fg Off | Green | 6 Mar 1945 | Arrived on posting for duty as Signals Officer |
| Sqn Ldr | L E A Robinson | 8 Mar 1945 | Sqn Ldr - Administrative, departed on posting |
| Sqn Ldr | Collier | 10 Mar 1945 | Arrived on posting for duty as Sqn Ldr - Administrative |
| Fg Off | Moon | 24 Mar 1945 | Arrived on posting for duty as MT Officer |
| Gp Capt | V R Moon | 26 Mar 1945 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 149 Wing |
| Sqn Ldr | Ashley | 2 Apr 1945 | Chaplain, departed on posting |
| Fg Off | Moon | 30 Apr 1945 | MT Officer, posted to No 130 TU |
| Fg Off | Watkins | 4 May 1945 | Intelligence Officer, departed on posting |
| Sqn Ldr | Skelton | 5 May 1945 | Arrived on posting for duty as C of E Chaplain |
| Fg Off | Biggerstaff | 6 May 1945 | Intelligence Officer, departed on posting |
| Sqn Ldr | O'Mahoney | 7 May 1945 | RC Chaplain, departed on posting |
| Plt Off | Tyler | 19 May 1945 | Arrived on posting for duty as MT Officer |
| Fg Off | Gorrill | 21 May 1945 | Fire and Gas Officer, departed on posting |
| Flt Lt | Dilley | 23 May 1945 | MT Officer, departed on posting |
| Flt Lt | Pickering | 23 May 1945 | Local Defence Adviser, departed on posting |
| Gp Capt | V R Moon | 27 May 1945 | Relinquished command of No 149 Wing on posting to No 87 Group |
| Wg Cdr | Watts | 27 May 1945 | Wg Cdr - Flying, assumed command of No 149 Wing |
Source - No 149 Wing ORB (AIR 26/213)
Unit Composition and Movements 1945
| Date | Notes |
| 5 Jan 1945 | Advance party, No 410 Sqn arrived from No 148 Wing, B.51 Lille-Vendeville |
| 6 Jan 1945 | Main party, No 410 Sqn arrived from No 148 Wing, B.51 Lille-Vendeville |
| 3 Apr 1945 | Advance party departed B.48 Amiens-Glisy for B.77 Gilze-Rijen |
| 5 Apr 1945 | Main party departed B.48 Amiens-Glisy for B.77 Gilze-Rijen |
| 26 Apr 1945 | No 488 Sqn departed on disbandment |
| 26 Apr 1945 | No 264 Sqn arrived from B.51 Lille-Vendeville |
| There are no entries in the ORB after 31 May 1945 | |
| 9 Jun 1945 | No 149 Wing disbanded |
Source - No 149 Wing ORB (AIR 26/213) & RAF Flying Training and Support Units - Air Britain
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