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RAF Strubby

[1944 | ]

Personnel Movements: Apr - Dec 1944

Rank Name Date Notes
April
Flt Lt C J Rhind 15 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting and assumed command of initial party
Flt Lt R M Williams 16 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Winthorpe for duty as Medical Officer
SO T E Simmons 16 Apr 1944 Attached from RAF East Kirkby for temporary WAAF 'G' duties (plus 6 x airwomen)
SO J Muirden 16 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF East Kirkby for Catering duties
Sgt Cox 18 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Tain for duty as NCO| i/c SSQ
Maj F E Whalley 20 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Spilsby for duty as Local Defence Adviser
Sqn Ldr Flowerdew 21 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting for duty as Flying Control Officer
Fg Off A S Lucas 21 Apr 1944 Attached from HQ, No 5 Group for Signals duties
Sqn Ldr Flowerdew 22 Apr 1944 Flying Control Officer, attached to RAF East Kirkby
Flt Lt H B Deane 22 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF East Kirkby for Equipment duties
SO P Twells 22 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF East Kirkby WAAF 'G' duties
Cpl Degens 24 Apr 1944 Nursing Orderly, arrived on posting with No 280 Sqn
SO T E Simmons 25 Apr 1944 Ceased to be attached from RAF East Kirkby for temporary WAAF 'G' duties
Sqn Ldr A W H Nelson 26 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Birch for duty as Station Administrative Officer
Flt Lt E L B Kent 27 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting, ex-India, for Armament duties
Flt Lt W M Rule 29 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting from No 52 Base, for Signals duties
Gp Capt E L S Ward 30 Apr 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Winthorpe and assumed command of RAF Strubby
AC1 Abel 30 Apr 1944 Nursing Orderly, arrived on posting from RAF Cosford
May
Sqn Ldr W H Stiles  2 May 1944 Arrived on posting for duty as Senior Flying Control Officer
Flt Lt G P MacLauchlan  2 May 1944 Arrived on posting from No 1 PDC for duty as Medical Officer
LACW G Ellis  2 May 1944 Nursing Orderly, arrived on posting from RAF Marham
Fg Off G S A O'Hanlon  4 May 1944 Arrived on posting for Meteorological duties
Flt Lt G P MacLauchlan  8 May 1944 Medical Officer, attached to RAF Woodhall Spa
Fg Off H M Smith  19 May 1944 Armament Officer, posted to No 34 Wing
Flt Lt G P MacLauchlan 21 May 1944 Medical Officer, ceased to be attached to RAF Woodhall Spa
Wg Cdr P D R Hutchings 22 May 1944 Arrived on posting to command No 154 (GR) Wing
Fg Off G K Luton 23 May 1944 Arrived on posting for Flying Control duties
June
Flt Off N R Cooper  1 Jun 1944 Attached from HQ No 5 Group for Intelligence duties
AC1 M Higgins  1 Jun 1944 Nursing Orderly, arrived on posting
Flt Lt G P MacLauchlan  3 Jun 1944 Medical Officer, attached to RAF Spilsby
ACW2 I M Read 11 Jun 1944 Nursing Orderly, arrived on posting
Flt Off N R Cooper 19 Jun 1944 Attached to RAF East Kirkby for Intelligence duties
Fg Off G K Luton 19 Jun 1944 Flying Control Officer, posted as supernumerary to No 53 Base
Flt Lt G P MacLauchlan 22 Jun 1944 Medical Officer, posted to RAF Spilsby
Gp Capt E A Jones 28 Jun 1944 Attached from HQ Bomber Command for Liaison duties
July
Flt Off N R Cooper  6 Jul 1944 Attached from RAF East Kirkby for Intelligence duties
APO C E Faultless 13 Jul 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Cosford for duty as Physical Fitness Officer
SO E Z Dyson 18 Jul 1944 Code and Cypher Officer, ceased to be attached on posting to No 51 Base
Flt Lt D J Gilbert 23 Jul 1944 Attached from HQ (Unit) No 16 Group for Meteorological duties
Maj F E Whalley 24 Jul 1944 Local Defence Adviser, posted to RAF Fiskerton
Fg Off C F Phillips 29 Jul 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF East Kirkby for Flying Control duties
August
Plt Off W C Lewis  2 Aug 1944 Flying Control Officer, posted to No 51 Base
Flt Lt D J Gilbert  3 Aug 1944 Posted from HQ (Unit) No 16 Group for Meteorological duties, wef 25 Jul 1944
Sqn Ldr G R Cooper  4 Aug 1944 Attached from RAF East Kirkby for duty as Chaplain
Plt Off N M Hill  7 Aug 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Dunholme Lodge for Flying Control duties
Plt Off C E Faultless 10 Aug 1944 Attached to RAF Cosford for Physical Fitness Officers' course
Sqn Ldr H G Auger 20 Aug 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Cosford for duty as Station Education Officer
Flt Lt W M Rule 25 Aug 1944 Signals Officer, posted to RAF East Kirkby
Plt Off H J Hicks 30 Aug 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Cosford for duty as MT Officer
September
Plt Off I T Birkmyre  9 Sep 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Blakelaw for duty as Anti-Gas and Fire Officer
Plt Off N M Hill 10 Sep 1944 Flying Control Officer, attached to RAF Fulbeck
Plt Off I T Birkmyre 13 Sep 1944 Anti-Gas and Fire Officer, attached to Rollestone Camp for Anti-Gas course
Flt Lt R M Williams 16 Sep 1944 Medical Officer, attached to RAF Woodhall Spa
Flt Lt D J Gilbert 16 Sep 1944 Meteorological Officer, posted to HQ, No 16 Group
Plt Off C E Faultless 19 Sep 1944 Physical Fitness Officer, posted to RAF Spilsby
Sqn Ldr H S Miles 20 Sep 1944 Arrived on posting from No 13 Base for duty as Senior Flying Control Officer
Sqn Ldr W H Stiles 20 Sep 1944 Senior Flying Control Officer, posted as supernumerary to No 55 Base
Flt Lt R M Williams 23 Sep 1944 Medical Officer, ceased to be attached to RAF Woodhall Spa and attached to RAF Spilsby
ASO M P Whitehurst 23 Sep 1944 Attached from No 55 Base for Signals duties
Fg Off I N Jones 26 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge for Engineering duties
SO J Mansbridge 26 Sep 1944 Attached from HQ No 5 Group for WAAF 'G' duties
Flt Lt R M Williams 27 Sep 1944 Medical Officer, ceased to be attached to RAF Spilsby
SO P Twells 27 Sep 1944 WAAF 'G' Officer, attached to RAF Stratford-on-Avon
Sqn Ldr C H J Clampitt 28 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge pending posting, for duty as Chief Technical Officer
Flt Lt W M Rule 28 Sep 1944 Signals Officer, attached from No 55 Base
Flt Lt E N Beswick 28 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge pending posting, for Engineering duties
Flt Lt D G Beale 28 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge pending posting, for Armament duties
Flt Lt R C J Gethin 28 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge pending posting, for Intelligence duties
Flt Lt T Hodgson 28 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge pending posting, for Electrical Engineering duties
Fg Off E R Atwell 28 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge pending posting, for Signals (Radar) duties
SO O Frederick 28 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge pending posting, for Intelligence duties
Plt Off D R Piercey 28 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge pending posting, for Engineering duties
Plt Off A C W Smith 28 Sep 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Pocklington for Armament duties
Fg Off E R Atwell 29 Sep 1944 Signals (Radar) Officer, returned to RAF Dunholme Lodge on temporary duties
Sqn Ldr W Bray 30 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge for duty as Station Navigation Officer
Plt Off F G L Elford 30 Sep 1944 Attached from RAF Dunholme Lodge pending posting, for Intelligence duties
Fg Off E R Atwell 30 Sep 1944 Signals (Radar) Officer, ceased to attached to RAF Dunholme Lodge
October
Fg Off G W Westrup  3 Oct 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Dunholme Lodge for C of A [sic]
Sqn Ldr E G Reed  4 Oct 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Dunholme Lodge for Flying Control duties
Sqn Ldr H S Miles  5 Oct 1944 Senior Flying Control Officer, posted to RAF Dunholme Lodge
Gp Capt J E Jeudwine DSO, OBE, DFC  8 Oct 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Dunholme Lodge
Gp Capt E L S Ward DFC  9 Oct 1944 Relinquished command of RAF Strubby on posting to RAF Balderton
Gp Capt J E Jeudwine DSO, OBE, DFC  9 Oct 1944 Assumed command of RAF Strubby
Flt Lt H H Rofe 10 Oct 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Waddington for Intelligence duties
Fg Off P S Griffiths 10 Oct 1944 Meteorological Officer, posted to RAF Bottesford
Fg Off R H Lewis 10 Oct 1944 Arrived on posting from the Air Ministry for Meteorological duties
Plt Off Goodfellow 12 Oct 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF East Kirkby for Signals (Radar) duties
Fg Off E R Atwell 13 Oct 1944 Signals (Radar) Officer, posted to HQ Bomber Command
Sqn Ldr M A Smith 14 Oct 1944 Posted to No 54 Base
Sqn Ldr W H Stiles 16 Oct 1944 Senior Flying Control Officer, posted to RAF Banff
Flt Lt W M Rule 16 Oct 1944 Signals Officer, posted to No 56 Base
Fg Off J K Elliott 16 Oct 1944 Arrived on posting from HQ, No 5 Group for duty as Signals Officer
November
Flt Lt J V Turton  6 Nov 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Portreath for duty with No 2735 Sqn RAF Regiment
Flt Lt L F R Dunkin  8 Nov 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Portreath for duty with No 2735 Sqn RAF Regiment
Sqn Ldr E G Reed  9 Nov 1944 Senior Flying Control Officer, posted to No 73 Base
Sqn Ldr R S Redston  9 Nov 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Portreath for duty with No 2735 Sqn RAF Regiment
Fg Off E F Fox  9 Nov 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Portreath for duty with No 2735 Sqn RAF Regiment
Fg Off J W Lloyd 14 Nov 1944 Arrived on posting from No 56 Base for Flying Control duties
Fg Off D C Pool 18 Nov 1944 Arrived on posting from No 31 Base for Meteorological duties
SO R Russell 30 Nov 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Filey for WAAF 'G' duties
December
Sqn Ldr S A C Dunbar  2 Dec 1944 Arrived on posting from No 6 SoTT for duty as Chaplain
Sqn Ldr R G Cooper  5 Dec 1944 Chaplain, posted to RAF Riccall
Fg Off R H Lewis  6 Dec 1944 Meteorological Officer, posted to No 5 PDC pending posting overseas
Fg Off F Richards  6 Dec 1944 Arrived on posting from RAF Portreath for duty with No 2735 Sqn RAF Regiment
From this month PORs were attached appendices of No 55 Base ORB

Source - RAF Strubby ORB (AIR 28/724)

Organisational Movements: Apr - Dec 1944

Date Notes
April
15 Apr 1944 RAF Strubby was upgraded from a Care and Maintenance basis to a Sub-station of RAF East Kirkby

Personnel comprised: -

  •  2 x officers posted t the station
  •  3 x officers attached to the station
  •  9 x SNCOs
  • 50 x ORs
19 Apr 1944 Advance party, No 280 Sqn and No 8280 Servicing Echelon as Coastal Command Lodger Units arrived from RAF Thornaby
30 Apr 1944 Strength of the station on this date was: -
  •  11 x RAF officers
  •  20 x SNCOs (plus 7 attached)
  • 120 x ORs (plus 31 attached)
May
 1 May 1944 No 280 Sqn arrived from RAF Thornaby

No 154 (GR) Wing was formed for control No 280 Sqn
June
30 Jun 1944 Advance parties, Nos 144 and 404 Sqns and Nos 8144 and 8404 Servicing Echelons arrived from RAF Davidstow Moor
July
 1 Jul 1944 Nos 144 and 404 Sqns arrived from RAF Davidstow Moor
31 Jul 1944 Strength of the station on this date was:  -
 
 

Officers

 Other Ranks
  RAF WAAF RAF WAAF
SHQ 14 2 220 87
No 280 Sqn 86 - 172 13
No 8280 SE - - 143 2
No 154 (GR) Wing 30 3 50 58
No 144 Sqn 35 - 161 9
No 8144 SE - - 96 1
No 404 (RCAF) Sqn 64 - 148 15
No 8404 (RCAF) SE - - 94 -
21 MSU Detach - - 21 -
22 MSU Detach - - 11 -

Total

 229 5 1116 185
August
 4 Aug 1944 No 404 Sqn moved to RAF Davidstow Moor for temporary duty
29 Aug 1944 No 404 Sqn returned from RAF Davidstow Moor on conclusion of temporary duty
31 Aug 1944 Strength of the station on this date was:  -
 
 

Officers

 Other Ranks
  RAF WAAF RAF WAAF
SHQ 16 2 223 94
No 154 (GR) Wing 30 3 83 85
No 280 Sqn 79 - 160 9
No 144 Sqn 31 - 169 5
No 404 (RCAF) Sqn 62 - 151 16
No 8280 SE - - 139 -
No 8144 SE - - 96 -
No 8404 (RCAF) SE - - 90 -
21 MSU Detach - - 27 -
22 MSU Detach - - 5 -
Attachments 2 1 83 6

Total

 220 6 1226 225
September
 1 Sep 1944 Advance parties, Nos 144 and 404 Sqns departed for RAF Banff
 3 Sep 1944 Main parties, Nos 144 and 404 Sqns departed for RAF Banff
 6 Sep 1944 No 280 Sqn moved to RAF Langham

No 8280 Servicing Echelon moved to RAF Thornaby
28 Sep 1944 No 619 Sqn arrived from RAF Dunholme Lodge
30 Sep 1944 Strength of the station on this date was:  -
 
 

Officers

 Other Ranks
  RAF WAAF RAF WAAF
SHQ 16 2 209 87
No 619 Sqn 73 - 435 8
No 9619 SE - - 114 14
No 154 (GR) Wing 2 - 18 4
Attachments 22 4 65 1

Total

 113 6 841 114
October
10 Oct 1944 'B' Flight, No 619 Sqn detached to form 'B' Flight of No 227 Sqn
13 Oct 1944 No 55 Base Battle School arrived from RAF East Kirkby
14 Oct 1944 The first course at No 55 Base Battle School following its move commenced
21 Oct 1944 Main road party, No 227 Sqn departed for5 RAF Balderton

'B' Flight, No 227 Sqn moved to RAF Balderton
23 Oct 1944 Rear party, No 227 Sqn moved from RAF Strubby to RAF Balderton
31 Oct 1944 Strength of the station on this date was:  -
 
 

Officers

 Other Ranks
  RAF WAAF RAF WAAF
SHQ 29 2 698 169
No 619 Sqn 91 - 215 -
Attachments 3 3 105 2

Total

 123 5 1018 171
November
 6 Nov 1944 Advance party, No 2735 Sqn RAF Regiment arrived
 9 Nov 1944 Main party, No 2735 Sqn RAF Regiment arrived
30 Nov 1944 Strength of the station on this date was:  -
 
 

Officers

 Other Ranks
  RAF WAAF RAF WAAF
SHQ 32 5 609 134
No 619 Sqn 89 - 206 -
No 2735 Sqn RAF Reg 6 - 195 -
Attachments - - 190 -

Total

 127 5 1200 134
December
31 Dec 1944 Strength of the station on this date was:  -
 
 

Officers

 Other Ranks
  RAF WAAF RAF WAAF
SHQ 32 3 621 138
No 619 Sqn 79 - 195 -
No 2735 Sqn RAF Reg 6 - 190 -
Attachments 4 - 218 4

Total

 121 3 1224 142

Source - RAF Strubby ORB (AIR 28/724)

This entry was last updated on 24/12/25

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