Squadron Command
Commanding Officer: | Squadron Leader FR Flynn AFC |
Strength
No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew): | Varied between 22 and 24 |
No. of Non Commissioned Air Crew | Varied between 40 and 43 |
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground) | Varied between 116 and 125 |
The following are known to have been on strength of (or attached to) the squadron in 1951:
- Pilot
- [-] Bates
- [-] Cartlidge
- [-] Cotton
- [-] Cowton
- Frederick Henry Dyke
- [-] Fisher
- Frederick Ronald Flynn
- [-] Gregory
- [-] Hole
- [-] Parker
- [-] Shuster
- [-] Thomas
- [-] Whitehead
- Richard Norman Williams
- Navigator
- [-] Dixon
- Alan Anthony Douglass
- Alban Anthony Duckett
- Henry Thomas Gladwyn
- Robert Arthur Kirkland
- Eric Parker
- Michael Oscar Reed
- Leonard Walker
- Signaller
- Gerald William Clamp
- [-] Cook
- Robert Francis Jarvis
- Ronald Victor Radford
- Gunner
- Stephen George William Bethell
- [-] Dunholme?
- [-] Irving
- David John Thrower
- Engineer
- James Dwerryhouse
- Brian Neville Gladwell
- Robert John McFadden
- Terence Oswell
- Stanley Arthur James Piper
- [-] Rawdon
It is worth noting that the record books primarily record the names of the pilots only; the names of the remaining crew members are not recorded
Ground Personnel
The squadron’s record book contains little or no information regarding Commissioned Officers or Non Commissioned Other Ranks that were on strength of the squadron during the year who carried out:
- Daily inspection, servicing and preparation of squadron aircraft, in readiness for air operations
- Squadron related Administrative Duties
However, some listings have been found (eg on squadron movement orders) and the names on these lists have been included on the following page:
– Ground Personnel 1951 – 1961 –
Personnel Losses
F/L Everett Lennes Brown DFC was killed in a flying accident whilst flying in a private aircraft piloted by Sir William Stampe