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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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No 358 Sqn Personnel, aircraft and locations
[1944 | ]
Personnel Movements: Nov - Dec 1944
| Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
| November | |||
| Wg Cdr | P G D Farr | 12 Nov 1944 | Arrived on posting from No 1673 HCU and assumed command of No 358 Sqn |
| Flt Sgt | F Porter RAAF | 23 Nov 1944 | Killed in a flying accident |
| Flt Sgt | J W White RAAF | ||
| Sgt | C V Garside | ||
| Sgt | M T Jones | ||
| Plt Off | J McHardy | ||
| December | |||
| Sqn Ldr | A S M Pim | 4 Dec 1944 | Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'B' Flight |
| Fg Off | R Halliday | 24 Dec 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Medical Officer |
| Plt Off | D W Currie-Davis | 29 Dec 1944 | Arrived on posting for duty as Electrical Engineer Officer |
| The quality of the ORB for these two months was very poor and it was difficult to make out much more details | |||
Source - No 358 ORB (AIR 27/1765)
Organisational Movements: Nov - Dec 1944
| Date | Notes |
| November | |
| 8 Nov 1944 | No 358 Squadron was formed at RAF Kolar, with 60% of the personnel being thrown up by the disbandment of No 1673 HCU. |
| 9 Nov 1944 | 4 x new Liberator VIs arrived from No 352 MU |
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| 10 Nov 1944 | 12 x Liberator VIs arrived from No 1673 HCU |
| 18 Nov 1944 | A Detachment of No 23 APC arrived to conduct a training course with the squadron |
| 29 Nov 1944 | A Harvard (FS796?) was delivered for use a communications aircraft |
| December | |
| 13 Dec 1944 | A reconnaissance party proceeded to RAF Digri pending the squadron's move to that station |
| 16 Dec 1944 | The reconnaissance party returned from RAF Digri |
| 21 Dec 1944 | Advance party departed RAF Kolar for RAF Digri |
| The quality of the ORB for these two months was very poor and it was difficult to make out much more details | |
Source - No 358 ORB (AIR 27/1765)
This entry was last updated on 14/08/25
