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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 2739 Squadron, RAF Regiment - Movements and Gallery
The details and photos shown on this page come from notes and the album of LAC Kenneth Trotman (1405050). Some of the dates shown here conflict with those shown in the description of the squadron records (AIR 29/81) as held in The National Archives, but this might be explained by the squadron moving in sections, and these dates refer to those involving Ken Trotman. The latter entries (Apr 1946 onwards) probably refer to Ken's personal journey rather the No 2739 Sqn.
Squadron Movements 1944 - 1946
| Sep 1944 | Sep 1945 | ||
| 26 | Departed No 5 PDC, Blackpool (09:30) | 25 | Departed Secunderabad for Warangal |
| 27 | Embarked on 'Athlone Castle' | Oct 1945 | |
| 28 | Anchored in the Firth of Clyde | 18 | Departed Warangal for Secunderabad |
| 29-30 | Set sail | Nov 1945 | |
| Oct 1944 | 13 | Departed Secunderabad | |
| 11 | Arrived in Port Said | 14 | Arrived Madras (Transit Camp) |
| 12 | Departed Port Said and arrived Port Suez | 16 | Moved to Arkonum (MU) |
| 15 | Departed Port Suez | 17 | Returned to Madras from Arkonum |
| 18 | Arrived in Aden | 18 | Departed Madras for Nellore |
| 20 | Departed Aden | 19 | Departed Nellore for Ongole (Kavalli Mission) |
| 25 | Arrived in Bombay | 20 | Departed Ongole for Begwada |
| 26 | Disembarked in Bombay and proceeded to Worli | 21 | Departed Begwada, stopped at Kovur (Bridge Repairs) |
| Nov 1944 | 23 | Departed Kovur, stopped 40 miles from Vizagapatam | |
| 9 | Departed Worli | 24 | Arrived at Vizagapatam (Transit Camp) |
| 11 | Arrived at leave camp, Secunderabad | Dec 1945 | |
| 12 | Proceeded to Regiment Depot, Secunderabad | 16 | Departed Transit Camp for Vizagapatam airfield |
| 24 | Departed Regiment Depot, Secunderabad | Jan 1946 | |
| 28 | Arrived at James College, Calcutta | 5 | Departed Vigagapatam |
| 29 | Embarked on SS 'Ethiopia' | 6 | Arrived at Madras (Redhills Lake) |
| 30 | Set sail (09:00) | 10 | Embarked at Larg Bay for Singapore |
| Dec 1944 | 16 | Arrived and disembarked in Singapore (Seletar) | |
| 2 | Anchored of coast of Chittagong | Feb 1946 | |
| 3 | Disembarked and proceeded to PDC | 2 | Embarked on 'City of Auckland' for Sumatra |
| 9 | Proceeded to air strip at Patanga | 6 | Arrived at Medan, Sumatra |
| 21 | Moved to Ramu | Apr 1946 | |
| Jan 1945 | 23 | Departed Medan by air for Kallang airport | |
| 9 | Departed Ramu for Maungdaw | May 1946 | |
| Mar 1945 | 2 | Embarked on 'Empire Troper' and set sail | |
| 27 | Departed Maungdaw for Shalimar | 19 | Arrived in Suez |
| Apr 1945 | 23 | Departed Suez | |
| 7 | Departed Shalimar for Buthidaung | Jun 1946 | |
| 17 | Returned to Shalimar | 3 | Arrived in Southampton |
| Jun 1945 | 4 | Arrived at No 101 PDC, RAF Kirkham | |
| 9 | Departed Shalimar for Hathazari | 6 | Departed from No 101 PDC |
| Jul 1945 | 7 | Arrived home and commence disembarkation leave | |
| 20 | Departed Hathazari and arrived at Chandpur | Aug 1946 | |
| 21 | Embarked at Chandpur on PS 'Sikh' | 21 | Released from service and placed on G1 Reserve |
| 22 | Arrived at Goalands and disembarked | ||
| 23 | Departed Goalands (09:00) for Calcutta | ||
| 25 | Arrived at Warangal (Regiment sub-Depot) | ||
| 29 | Departed Warangal for leave camp, Secunderabad | ||
| Aug 1945 | |||
| 13 | Departed Secunderabad for Warangal | ||
| 20 | Departed Warangal for Regiment Depot, Secunderabad | ||
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| No 2739 Squadron RAF Regiment, Secuderabad |
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| Armoured vehicles of No 2739 Squadron at an unknown location in No 12 Group, Fighter Command |
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| A Flight of No 2739 Squadron RAF Regiment, Secunderabad |
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| Jack, Gordie, Jim, John and ? |
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| 'C' Flight, 2739 Squadron RAF Regiment, Secunderabad - September 1945 |
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| Worli, India - 28 Oct 1944 |
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| On a boat trip to Khartoum - November 1943 |
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| Vizagapatam airfield - December 1945 |
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| In the MT Park, RAF Seletar |
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| Mealtime on a troopship |
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| In transit to an unknown location |
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| Ken Trotman (left) and friends |
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| Ken Trotman (?) driving a Jeep |
This page was last updated on 17/03/25©
No 2739 Sqn RAF Regiment
