1972 Personnel

Believed to be October 1972 [Courtesy of Ron Morris]

Squadron Command

Commanding Officer

– Wing Commander JB Fitzpatrick – 12/1972: Handed over to Wing Commander KI Watson

Strength

No. of Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)	Varied between 54 and 56 (11 constituted crews)
No. of Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)	1

The following are known to have been on strength of the squadron in 1972:

Commissioned Officers (Air Crew)

• Pilot
  • NB Baldwin
  • DH Bennett
  • PA Branthwaite
  • J Flood
  • BJ Gowling
  • ACR Ingoldby
  • WD MacGillivray
  • GW McKay
  • VF O’Sullivan
  • BD Pettit
  • AW Semple
  • D Smith
  • D Walby
  • KI Watson
• Co-Pilot
  • PM Bidston
  • KJ Burgess
  • S Calton
  • WM Campbell
  • DW Frost
  • PL Glyde
  • DJ Guyatt
  • RF Lane
  • GB Lindsay
  • DV Major
  • SW Marston
  • M Roe
  • N Thurston
  • MD Wylie
• Nav (Plotter)
  • GJ Beasley
  • JT Bell
  • RA Carter
  • KB Chalkley
  • RMS Cook
  • JF Davies
  • JL Davies
  • CR Dent
  • FR Guard
  • RE Leach
  • GK Pipe
  • B Rutledge
  • WA Scragg
  • R Smith
  • RC Stokes
  • CE Wade
• Nav (Radar)
  • J Barker
  • JHNM Blakey
  • RA Brocklebank
  • ESR Burke
  • KAD Evans
  • RC Feast
  • RW Hardisty
  • JP Holland
  • BE Lee-Cooper
  • CJ Leggett
  • DL Rodgers
  • P Taylor
  • N Tunley
  • GP Turfrey
  • KR Watson
  • NS Yeldham
• AEO
  • IJ Angus
  • JE Butchard
  • PJB Elliott
  • JA Glenton
  • DAW Harding
  • FJ- Jones
  • R Knight
  • JP Lamont
  • AJ McIntyre
  • Ron Morris
  • JP Pearson
  • RP Robinson
  • A Ward
  • JDM Widdess
  • ACMN Young

Non Commissioned Other Ranks (Ground)

All technical and engineering work, including daily servicing of squadron aircraft, was carried out by personnel on strength of the station [Centralised Servicing]), leaving only Administration Personnel on strength of the squadron

Photo Gallery

Masirah Detachment January 1972
[Courtesy of Marham Aviation Heritage Centre]