Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 122 Airfield/Wing Personnel, units and locations
It was formed as No 122 Airfield at Zeals on 15 February 1943 in No 83 Group. On 1 August it was placed under No 15 Wing and was redesignated No 122 Wing on 12 May 1944 in No 15 Sector, No 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Gravesend, comprising Nos 19, 65 and 122 Squadrons. After moving to the Continent in June it returned to the UK, where it was redesignated No 150 Wing.
Meanwhile, No 150 Wing at Grimbergen was redesignated No 122 Wing on 28 September 1944 in No 83 Group, 2nd TAF and after moving through The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, disbanded in BAFO on 7 September 1945.
Personnel Movements 1943
Rank | Name |
Date |
Notes |
Sqn Ldr | Davies | 1 Apr 1943 | Rejoined the unit as Senior Medical Officer |
Fg Off | Booker | 8 May 1943 | Arrived for duty as Fire and Gas Officer |
Flt Lt | Porter | 15 May 1943 | Arrived from RAF Northolt to take charge of Flying Control Section |
Capt | Stothard | 10 Jun 1943 | Posted in from No 175 Sqn for duty in the ALO Section |
Flt Lt | Hutton | 4 Aug 1943 | Detached to No 16 Wing for Intelligence duties |
Fg Off | Tunks | 4 Aug 1943 | Posted to No 121 Airfield for Intelligence duties |
Fg Off | Kenward | 4 Aug 1943 | Posted in from No 121 Airfield for Intelligence duties |
Fg Off | Palmer | 7 Aug 1943 | Posted in from No 124 Airfield for duty with Intelligence/Operations Section |
Wg Cdr | H A C Bird-Wilson | 25 Nov 1943 | Wg Cdr - Flying, posted out |
Sqn Ldr | P R W Wickham | 25 Nov 1943 | Posted in from No 122 Sqn as Wg Cdr - Flying |
Sqn Ldr | P R W Wickham | 5 Dec 1943 | Promoted to Act Wg Cdr |
Fg Off | Clyne | 19 Dec 1943 | Appointed Airfield Camouflage Officer |
Fg Off | Marwood | 19 Dec 1943 | Airfield Camouflage Officer, posted out |
Source - No 122 Wing ORB
Unit Composition and Movements 1943
Unit | Date | Notes |
No 122 Airfield | 4 Apr 1943 | Moved to RAF Eastchurch |
No 122 Airfield | 1 Jun 1943 | Moved from RAF Eastchurch to Bognor ALG |
No 122 Airfield | 1 Jul 1943 | Moved from Bognor ALG to Kingsnorth ALG |
No 122 Airfield | 1 Aug 1943 | Placed under the control of No 15 Wing |
No 184 Sqn | 18 Aug 1943 | Transferred to No 125 Airfield |
No 19 Sqn | 18 Aug 1943 | Transferred from No 125 Airfield |
No 122 Airfield | 20 Oct 1943 | Moved from Kingsnorth ALG to RAF Gravesend |
Source - No 122 Wing ORB
Personnel Movements 1944
Rank | Name |
Date |
Notes |
Wg Cdr | C F Current | 2 Jan 1944 | Proceeded to Highgate to attend a course on MI9 |
Flt Lt | R E Skelley | 2 Jan 1944 | Posted to No 307 MSSU as OC |
Flt Lt | V Hall | 3 Jan 1944 | Posted in from No 307 MSSU for Signals duties |
Fg Off | Hobart | 4 Jan 1944 | Posted in from No 125 Airfield |
Flt Lt | Yates | 7 Jan 1944 | Posted to No 123 Airfield as Chief Technical Officer (Sqn Ldr post) |
Fg Off | N C Shaw | 14 Jan 1944 | Posted in from RAF Snailwell for Flying Control duties |
Flt Lt | V Hall | 7 Feb 1944 | Posted to Norfolk House for Signals duties |
Fg Off | D R Ambrose | 7 Feb 1944 | Posted to No 144 Airfield for Flying Control duties |
Wg Cdr | P R W Wickham | 8 Jan 1944 | Posted out to an OTU |
Sqn Ldr | R J C Grant | 8 Jan 1944 | Posted in from No 65 Sqn as Wg Cdr - Flying |
Wg Cdr | R J C Grant | 28 Feb 1944 | Killed in a flying accident |
Sqn Ldr | A C Stewart | 28 Feb 1944 | OC, No 122 Sqn, appointed Acting Wg Cdr - Flying |
Sqn Ldr | G R A M Johnston | 12 Mar 1944 | OC, No 65 Sqn, appointed Wg Cdr - Flying |
Sqn Ldr | A C Stewart | 12 Mar 1944 | Posted to No 125 Airfield for duty as Wg Cdr - Flying |
Wg Cdr | G R A M Johnston | 15 Sep 1944 | Wg Cdr - Flying, posted out |
Wg Cdr | W W J Loud | 15 Sep 1944 | Posted in from No 19 Sqn as Wg Cdr - Operations |
Wg Cdr | W W J Loud | 28 Sep 1944 | Posted to No 150 Wing as Wg Cdr - Operations |
Wg Cdr | R P Beamont | 28 Sep 1944 | Posted in from No 150 Wing as Wg Cdr - Operations |
Wg Cdr | R P Beamont | 12 Oct 1944 | Force landed behind enemy lines and captured |
Wg Cdr | J B Wray | 15 Oct 1944 | Posted in for duty as Wg Cdr - Operations |
Flt Lt | Page | 13 Nov 1944 | Wing Adjutant posted to HQ No 83 Group as Group Welfare Officer (Sqn Ldr post) |
Wg Cdr | J B Wray | 25 Dec 1944 | Posted to No 56 OTU |
Sqn Ldr | Cotes-Preedy | 25 Dec 1944 | Assumed temporary duty as Wg Cdr - Operations |
Source - No 122 Wing ORB
Unit Composition and Movements 1944
Unit | Date | Notes |
No 122 Airfield | 15 Apr 1944 | Moved from RAF Gravesend to RAF Ford |
No 122 Airfield | 12 May 1944 | Redesignated No 122 Wing |
No 122 Wing | 13 May 1944 | Moved from RAF Ford to Funtington ALG |
No 122 Wing | 18 Jun 1944 | Moved from Funtington ALG to RAF Ford |
No 122 Wing (Ground elements) | 12 - 23 Jun 1944 | En-route from RAF Ford to B.2 Bazenville |
No 122 Wing (Flying units) | 26 Jun 1944 | Transferred from RAF Ford to B.2 Bazenville |
No 122 Wing | 24 Jun 1944 | Moved from B.2 Bazenville to B.7 Martragny |
No 122 Wing | 16 Jul 1944 | Moved from B.7 Martragny to B.12 Ellon |
No 122 Wing | 1 Sep 1944 | Moved from B.12 Ellon to B.24 St Andre-de-L'Eure |
No 122 Wing | 3 Sep 1944 | Moved from B.24 St Andre-de-L'Eure to B.40 Beauvais |
No 122 Wing | 8 Sep 1944 | Moved from B.42 Beauvais to B.60 Grimbergen |
Nod 19, 65 and 122 Sqns | 28 Sep 1944 | Moved from B.60 Grimbergen to Matlask to join No 150 Wing |
Nos 3, 56 and 486 Sqn | 28 Sep 1944 | Moved from Matlask to B.60 Grimbergen to join No 122 Wing |
No 122 Wing | 1 Oct 1944 | Moved from B.60 Grimbergen to B.80 Volkel |
No 80 Sqn | 7 Oct 1944 | Transferred from No 125 Wing |
No 274 Sqn | 7 Oct 1944 | Transferred from No 125 Wing |
Source - No 122 Wing ORB
Personnel Movements 1945
Rank | Name |
Date |
Notes |
Sqn Ldr | Cotes-Preedy | 2 Jan 1945 | Relinquished temporary duty as Wg Cdr - Operations |
Wg Cdr | R E P Brooker | 2 Jan 1945 | Arrived on appointment as Wg Cdr - Operations |
Wg Cdr | R E P Brooker | 16 Apr 1945 | Killed in action |
Source - No 122 Wing ORB
Unit Composition and Movements 1945
Unit | Date | Notes |
No 41 Sqn | 1 Jan 1945 | Attached to No 122 Wing |
No 41 Sqn | 6 Mar 1945 | Ceased to be attached to No 122 Wing |
No 274 Sqn | 15 Mar 1945 | Transferred to No 135 Wing |
No 122 Wing | 11 Apr 1945 | Moved from B.80 Volkel to B.112 Rheine-Hopstein |
No 122 Wing | 26 Apr 1945 | Moved from B.112 Rheine-Hopstein to B.152 Fassberg |
No 616 Sqn | 26 Apr 1945 | Attached to No 122 Wing |
No 486 Sqn | by May 1945 | Transferred to No 125 Wing |
No 122 Wing | 21 Jun 1945 | Moved from B.152 Fassberg to B.160 Kastrup |
No 486 Sqn | 14 Jul 1945 | Transferred from No 125 Wing |
No 122 Wing | 4 Sep 1945 | Moved from B.160 Kastrup to B.166 Flensburg |
No 80 Sqn | 6 Sep 1945 | Transferred to No 124 Wing |
Source - No 122 Wing ORB
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