975 Sqn

Rank	Name	Date	Notes
July
Sqn Ldr	P C Campbell	15 Jul 1941	Arrived on posting and assumed command of No 975 Sqn
Fg Off	A M Morgan	15 Jul 1941	Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'B' Flight
Fg Off	A J Tavener	15 Jul 1941	Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'C' Flight
Fg Off	Wilkinson	15 Jul 1941	Attached for duty as Senior Barrage Control Officer
Plt Off	J H S Mitchell	15 Jul 1941	Arrived on posting and assumed command of 'A' Flight
Flt Lt	K L Bodenham	18 Jul 1941	Arrived on posting for duty as Flt Lt - Admin
Flt Lt	H W Allen	21 Jul 1941	Arrived on posting for duty as Senior Barrage Control Officer
Fg Off	Wilkinson	21 Jul 1941	Ceased to be attached for duty as Senior Barrage Control Officer
Plt Off	Olcorn	21 Jul 1941	Arrived on posting for duty as Equipment Officer
Plt Off	Hudson	21 Jul 1941	Arrived on posting for duty as Accountant Officer
Plt Off	Oppenheimer	22 Jul 1941	Arrived on posting for duty as Code and Cypher Officer
Fg Off	Reynolds	25 Jul 1941	Arrived on posting for duty as Medical Officer
August
There were no personnel movements as the squadron spent most of this month at sea en-route to South Africa
September
There were no personnel movements as the squadron spent most of this month at sea en-route to South Africa
October
Flt Lt	A M Morgan	9 Oct 1941	Deployed to Kilo 5 in command of 'A' Flight
Flt Lt	A J Tavener	14 Oct 1941	Deployed to El Tineh in command of 'B' Flight
Fg Off	J H S Mitchell	16 Oct 1941	Deployed to Le Cap in command of 'C' Flight
Plt Off	J R O Durham	23 Oct 1941	Attached to No 971 Sqn
Plt Off	W M Baxter	24 Oct 1941	Attached to No 973 Sqn
Fg Off	J H S Mitchell	31 Oct 1941	Promoted to Act Flt Lt, wef 15 Oct 1941
November
Plt Off	Oppenheimer	15 Nov 1941	Code and Cypher Officer, posted to No 274 Sqn
December
Fg Off	A W Fraser	4 Dec 1941	Arrived on posting for duty as Adjutant
Flt Lt	K L Bodenham	9 Dec 1941	Flt Lt - Admin, posted to No 111 MU
Flt Lt	H W Allen	29 Dec 1941	Senior Barrage Control Officer, posted to AHQ Egypt for Administrative duties, pending posting

Source - No 975 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2323)

Organisational Movements: Jul - Dec 1941

Date	Notes
July
15 Jul 1941	No 975 Squadron was formed at RAF Cardington for service overseas
24 Jul 1941	2 x officers and 245 x ORs proceeded to RAF Wilmslow to collect their tropical kit
26 Jul 1941	2 x officers and 245 x ORs returned from RAF Wilmslow having collected their tropical kit
28 Jul 1941	Remainder of the squadron proceeded to RAF Wilmslow to collect their tropical kit
29 Jul 1941	127 x ORs proceeded on embarkation leave
30 Jul 1941	Remainder of the squadron returned from RAF Wilmslow having collected their tropical kit
August
15 Aug 1941	The squadron embarked on HMT 'Strathnaver' at Liverpool
16 Aug 1941	HMT 'Strathnaver' set sail in convoy
28 Aug 1941	HMT 'Strathnaver' arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone
September
1 Sep 1941	HMT 'Strathnaver' set sail in convoy from Freetown
11 Sep 1941	HMT 'Strathnaver' arrived in Cape Town and shore leave was granted
14 Sep 1941	HMT 'Strathnaver' set sail in convoy from Cape Town
October
4 Oct 1941	HMT 'Strathnaver' arrived in Suez Squadron disembarked and proceeded to Middle East Pool, Ksfareet
8 Oct 1941	Squadron entrained at Kasfareet and proceeded to Port Said 19 Balloons and sites were taken over from No 973 Sqn
9 Oct 1941	'A' Flight deployed to Kilo 5 (10 sites)
14 Oct 1941	'B' Flight deployed to El Tineh (9 sites)
16 Oct 1941	'C' Flight deployed to Le Cap Remaining personnel departed the Transit Camp for accommodation in Port Said
November
23 Nov 1941	'C' Flight moved from Le Cap and took over four Port Sites from 'A' Flight
30 Nov 1941	'C' Flight took over two buildings in Port Fouad as its Flight HQ
December
No relevant entries recorded in this month's ORB

Source - No 975 Sqn ORB (AIR 27/2323)