Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 268 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations
Personnel Movements: Sep - Dec 1940
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Plt Off | E D Green | 30 Sep 1940 | Arrived on posting |
Sqn Ldr | P de G H Seymour | 1 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 268 Sqn |
Plt Off | Gomm | 1 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting for Accountant duties |
Sqn Ldr | D Walker | 2 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Sqn Ldr - Ops |
Plt Off | Midwinter | 7 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant |
Sqn Ldr | P de G H Seymour | 8 Oct 1940 | Promoted to Act Wg Cdr |
Plt Off | Goodman | 13 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Defence Officer |
Plt Off | Peters | 18 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Code and Cyphers Officer |
Plt Off | Bastable | 19 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as Signals Officer |
Plt Off | Mason | 23 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 2 Sqn |
Plt Off | Wright | 23 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 26 Sqn |
Flt Lt | Eyres | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 2 Sqn and assumed command of 'A' Flight |
Flt Lt | Bryant | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 26 Sqn and assumed command of 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | Shearman | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 2 Sqn and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Plt Off | Watts | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 2 Sqn and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Plt Off | Aitken | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 2 Sqn and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Plt Off | Dudeney | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 2 Sqn and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Fg Off | Aitkens | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 26 Sqn and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | Tester | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 26 Sqn and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | J W M Delafons | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 26 Sqn and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | C E Staples | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 26 Sqn and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | Graeme-Evans | 24 Oct 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 26 Sqn and allocated to 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | C E Staples | 2 Nov 1940 | Killed in a flying accident |
Plt Off | J W M Delafons | 2 Nov 1940 | Killed in a flying accident |
Plt Off | Clapin | 11 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 1 School of Army Co-operation, to 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | Barlow | 11 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 1 School of Army Co-operation, to 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | Pugh | 11 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 1 School of Army Co-operation, to 'B' Flight |
Plt Off | Morris | 11 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting from No 1 School of Army Co-operation, to 'A' Flight |
Capt | Galsworthy | 22 Nov 1940 | Arrived on posting for duty as AILO and assumed command of AIL Section |
Capt | Grieve | 22 Nov 1940 | AILO, posted to No 2 Sqn |
Sqn Ldr | A F Anderson | 7 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting pending assuming command of No 268 Sqn |
Flt Lt | Bryant | 7 Dec 1940 | Posted to HQ, Army Co-operation Command, Farnborough |
Wg Cdr | P de G H Seymour | 11 Dec 1940 | Relinquished command of No 268 Sqn |
Wg Cdr | A F Anderson | 11 Dec 1940 | Assumed command of No 268 Sqn |
Wg Cdr | P de G H Seymour | 13 Dec 1940 | Posted to No 5 BGS, RAF Jurby |
Plt Off | A R Goode | 18 Dec 1940 | Killed in a flying accident |
Sgt | L J Alesbury | 18 Dec 1940 | Killed in a flying accident |
Plt Off | Beresford | 22 Dec 1940 | Arrived on posting and allocated to 'A' Flight |
Source - No 268 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1563)
Organisational Movements: Sep - Dec 1940
Date | Notes |
30 Sep 1940 | Squadron formed at Bury St Edmunds |
23 Oct 1940 | Advance parties arrive from Nos 2 and 16 Sqns |
24 Oct 1940 | 1 x Flight, No 2 Sqn and 1 x Flight, No 26 Sqn arrive with Westland Lysanders to equip No 268 Sqn |
1 Nov 1940 | 2 x Miles Magisters delivered from RAF Little Rissington |
6 Nov 1940 | Squadron advised it would commence Ab-Initio training of Army pupils (Glider pilots) |
7 Nov 1940 | 6 x Soldiers arrive to commence pilot training |
Source - No 268 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/1563)
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