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Equipment Training School (Officers) Personnel and locations
[Jul 1937 | Jul 1938 | Jan 1939 | Apr 1939 | May 1939]
The was formed by redesignating the School of Store Accounting and Storekeeping.
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Nil | RAF Cranwell | Training Command/Cranwell |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Equipment Branch | |||
Sqn Ldr | W G McD Nicholl | 3 Feb 1936 | |
Equipment Officer | |||
Flt Lt (Ret) | A E F McCreary | ||
Warrant Officers | |||
WO II | S C Upshell | 1 Apr 1936 | |
UNDER INSTRUCTION | |||
Stores Branch | |||
Flt Lt | E R Berry | 19 Apr 1937 | |
Fg Off | E F Curtis | 12 Apr 1937 | |
Fg Off | J S Eley | 12 Apr 1937 | |
Fg Off | F H J Heading | 12 Apr 1937 | |
Fg Off | H Lovegrove | 12 Apr 1937 | |
Fg Off | E A Rabbitts | 12 Apr 1937 | |
Fg Off | D Stacey | 12 Apr 1937 | |
Fg Off | H F Thomas | 12 Apr 1937 | MBE |
Fg Off | A C Thorne | 12 Apr 1937 | |
Fg Off | D Yellowley | 12 Apr 1937 | |
Fg Off | J S Atkinson | 12 Apr 1937 | |
Fg Off | A R Crisp | 12 Apr 1937 | |
Plt Off | A M Aberdein | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | D J Barber | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | J P Cody | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | F P Dawson | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | R H E Dowse-Brenan | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | E G Farthing | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | W R Ford | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | R V B Franklyn | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | F G C Gilbert | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | A J Goatly | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | R R Goodbody | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | R F B Guy | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | R P Norman | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | B R Siminson | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | P N Sowman | 1 Jan 1937 | |
Plt Off | C T Wardman | 1 Jan 1937 |
Source - July 1937 Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Nil | RAF Cranwell | Training Command/Cranwell |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Equipment Branch | |||
Sqn Ldr | 24 Jan 1938 | later A/Cdre | |
Equipment Officer | |||
Flt Lt (Ret) | A E F McCreary | ||
Warrant Officers | |||
WO | A Paton | 15 Oct 1936 | |
UNDER INSTRUCTION | |||
Stores Branch | |||
Plt Off | J B Connolly | 10 Jan 1938 | |
Plt Off | C J G Ferguson | 10 Jan 1938 | |
Plt Off | Keith H Gooding | 10 Jan 1938 | later AVM |
Plt Off | M G Lees | 10 Jan 1938 | |
Plt Off | A Miller | 10 Jan 1938 | |
Plt Off | G E Robinson | 10 Jan 1938 | |
Plt Off | A G Sutton | 10 Jan 1938 | |
Plt Off | G W Topliss | 10 Jan 1938 | |
Plt Off | R G J White | 10 Jan 1938 | |
Plt Off | D G Scott | 10 Jan 1938 | |
SUPERNUMERARY | |||
Sqn Ldr | D W Hemsley | 16 Mar 1938 | MBE |
Source - July 1938 Air Force List
At this point it is shown as a single unit, having two separate schools at Cranwell and Kidbrooke.
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Nil | RAF Cranwell (Airmen) RAF Kidbrooke (Officers) |
Training Command/No 21 (Training) Group Training Command/No 24 (Training) Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Equipment Branch | |||
Sqn Ldr | B W Hemsley | 1 Dec 1938 | MBE |
Sqn Ldr | 24 Jan 1938 | later A/Cdre | |
Sqn Ldr | H M S Dawes | 9 Nov 1938 | |
Equipment Officer | |||
Flt Lt (Ret) | A E F McCreary | ||
Warrant Officer | |||
WO | A Paton | 15 Oct 1936 | |
UNDER INSTRUCTION | |||
Equipment Branch | |||
Flt Lt | F A A H Smith | 27 Sep 1938 | |
Fg Off | P A B Neal | 1 Dec 1938 | |
Plt Off | J O'Neill | 12 Sep 1938 | |
Plt Off | H C Spackman | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | H A Elkin | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | T B Jones | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | J H Sullivan | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | J A Hunter | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | K J Wood | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | W J G Murphy | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | J C Chadwick | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | M D L A Brundle | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | F S Coventry | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | G W B Dixey | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | K A Phillips | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | F G Chapman | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | C E Usher | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | N B Silk | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | R H Mason | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | J C Blyth | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | B N Besford | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | R J T Beattie | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | J Ross | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | D A M Hopkins | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | G L W Boswell | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | A D Bertram | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | H J S Anderson | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | A J Bangs | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | E Banister | 12 Sep 1938 |
Source - January 1939 Air Force List
By April 1939 the two schools have been separated into two units.
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Nil | RAF Kidbrooke | Training Command/No 24 (Training) Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Equipment Branch | |||
Sqn Ldr | B W Hemsley | 1 Dec 1938 | MBE |
UNDER INSTRUCTION | |||
Equipment Branch | |||
Fg Off | P A B Neal | 1 Dec 1938 | |
Fg Off | G Robinson | 23 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | J W Noble | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | C S Johnson | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | L M Gilchrist | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | William J Maggs | 2 Jan 1939 | later AVM |
Plt Off | D P Singleton | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | S J Pursey | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | D M Bidwell | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | M B Cooper | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | Bernard G Dickinson | 2 Jan 1939 | later A/Cdre |
Plt Off | J H Cocks | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | L R Mumby | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | James O Gale | 2 Jan 1939 | later A/Cdre |
Plt Off | J S Hepburn | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | E A L Wakely | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | P H Curtis | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | Geoffrey N Blake | 2 Jan 1939 | later A/Cdre |
Plt Off | P J George | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | B C R Edript | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | R W Donaldson | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | R A S Ritchie | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | P D L Yorke | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | J D E Davies | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | C R Iliffe | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | E A Darnell | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | J C Wickham | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | W F M McDonagh | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | A McI Peacock | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | B J May | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | G A Hine | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J H Sullivan | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | W J G Murphy | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | M D L A Brundle | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | F S Coventry | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | G W B Dixey | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | K A Phillips | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | F G Chapman | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | C E Usher | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | N B Silk | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | R H Mason | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | B N Besford | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | R J T Beattie | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | D A M Hopkins | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | A D Bertram | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | A J Bangs | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | R D Baird | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J G Bishop | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | E D Bradfield | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J F Brewis | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | P P Butler | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J N M Campbell | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | M Collinson | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A L Cornford | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J Hamilton | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | R W Head | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | T J Heath | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | M E L Hobden | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A H Knowles | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | C W Lovatt | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | R H Marston | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A P B Moore | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | G W Northcombe | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | W J A Pritchett | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | B R E Rumsey | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | W G Samson | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A W B Scott | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | H B Silly | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | R D Stephens | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | W D Symes | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | Geoffrey P S Thomas | 2 Jan 1939 | later AVM |
APO | D C Walker | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | D C Warren | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | E F Wisdom | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A R W Amor | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | Hedley C D Blasbery | 23 Jan 1939 | later A/Cdre |
APO | R S Burles | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | C St C R Chute | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | R W Clark | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | L H Clemas | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A M H Cole | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | G B Cook | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J C Cracroft-Rice | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | G M Darling | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | E V Davies | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J J Dutton | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | C A Griggs | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | D S E Gawith | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | M I Harrison | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | K J Hattrick | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | D E Henderson | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | Eric D Hills | 23 Jan 1939 | later AVM |
APO | J M Howard | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | M W G Howard | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | Duncan McD Jannaway | 23 Jan 1939 | later A/Cdre |
APO | B B Johnson | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | M C Mainprice | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | G D Mitchell Dawson | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | John E M Mould | 23 Jan 1939 | later A/Cdre |
APO | D Moulden | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | C C Murdoch | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J E T Murphy | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | C Murray | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | P J H Perkin | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | D H Pollard | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | F W Powell | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J P W Perves | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J B Quarrington | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A W Rhodes | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A Sloan | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A P H Slogrove | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | E Towers | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | H R K Wells | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J S Wilkinson | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | D H Wood | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J P Beale | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | G P Howell | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | R G Lamble | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | E M Sopwith | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | R Williams | 23 Jan 1939 |
Source - April 1939 Confidential Air Force List
Aircraft operated | Location | Command/Group |
Nil | RAF Kidbrooke (Officers) | Training Command/No 24 (Training) Group |
Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
Equipment Branch | |||
Sqn Ldr | B W Hemsley | 1 Dec 1938 | MBE |
UNDER INSTRUCTION | |||
Equipment Branch | |||
Plt Off | J W Noble | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | D M Bidwell | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | M B Cooper | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | J H Cocks | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | B C R Edript | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | R A S Ritchie | 2 Jan 1939 | |
Plt Off | P R M Groom | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J H Sullivan | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | W J G Murphy | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | M D L A Brundle | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | F S Coventry | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | G W B Dixey | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | K A Phillips | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | F G Chapman | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | C E Usher | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | N B Silk | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | B N Besford | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | R J T Beattie | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | D A M Hopkins | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | A D Bertram | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | A J Bangs | 12 Sep 1938 | |
APO | J N M Campbell | 2 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A R W Amor | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | C St C R Chute | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | R W Clark | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | L H Clemas | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | G M Darling | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | E V Davies | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | C A Griggs | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | D S E Gawith | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | M I Harrison | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | D E Henderson | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | M W G Howard | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | Duncan McD Jannaway | 23 Jan 1939 | later A/Cdre |
APO | B B Johnson | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | M C Mainprice | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | D H Pollard | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | F W Powell | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J P W Perves | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J B Quarrington | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A W Rhodes | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | A P H Slogrove | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | H R K Wells | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | J S Wilkinson | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | R G Lamble | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | E M Sopwith | 23 Jan 1939 | |
APO | R Williams | 23 Jan 1939 |
Source - May 1939 Confidential Air Force List
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