Key Ground Crew, 1939-1945

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Name ANDERSON, Hazley, MRCS LRCP
Number 139601
Rank Flight Lieutenant
Role Medical Officer
Nationality British
Born Aston, Warwickshire, 1917
Arrived ca January 1945
Departed ca May 1945
Notes Commissioned in Medical Branch, Mar 1943;  MO on 610 Sqn, 1944

Name ARMIN, Richard Hayward, MB ChB MRCS LRCP
Number 100464
Rank Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Role Medical Officer
Nationality British
Born Devizes, Wiltshire, 1915
Arrived At least 25 November 1941
Departed 30 April 1943
Notes Commissioned in Medical Branch, Jun 1941; 17 ITW, Scarborough, May 43; Consultant Psychiatrist & Dep Physician Supt, Mendip Hosp, Wells, Somerset, 1954; Dir, Abbeyfield Burnham & Highbridge Soc Ltd, Mar 92-Mar 94; d Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, 8 December 1909

Name BURNETT, Walter ‘Jock’, MB ChB, RAFVR
Number 134326
Rank Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Role Medical Officer
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived 1 May 1943
Departed At least 29 May 1944
Notes Commissioned  in Medical Branch, Dec 1942

Name CHALONER, Thomas Weston Peel Long, The Rt Hon Lord Gisborough, 2nd Baron Gisborough of Cleveland, ‘Gizzie’
Number 73814
Rank Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Role Intelligence Officer
Nationality British
Born Sedgehill, Wiltshire 6 May 1889
Arrived 6 May 1940
Departed 19 June 1945
Notes Seconded to RFC as Lt, Jun 1915; pilot, 13 Sqn, May 16; shot down and captured at Croix, 1 July 1916; escaped May 1918 & interned in the Netherlands until cessation of hostilities; relinquished commission in RAF, retaining Capt (Flt Lt), Sep 1920; commissioned Captain in Green Howards, Apr 1921; relinquished commission, Feb 1930, retaining Major; re-commissioned Plt Off in ASD Branch, 1 Aug 39; released Jun 1945; inj in hand tractor accident, Guisborough Estate, & died of injuries a week later, 11 February 1951

Name COLLIS, Ronald Thomas Harry
Number 111107
Rank Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Role Adjutant
Nationality British
Born London, 2 July 1920
Arrived ca 16 January 1944
Departed 15 June 1944
Decorations DFC (1945), MiD (1945)
Notes Commissioned July 1941; Pilot on 41 Sqn, 15 August 1943-18 June 1944 (Adjutant, ca 16 January-15 June 1944); see also Pilots 1939-1946

Name DARRANT, John Stewart
Number 242508 / 43500
Rank Warrant Officer / Flying Officer
Role Engineering Officer
Nationality British
Born Forres, Elgin, Scotland, 4 November 1999
Arrived 25 November 1939
Departed 13 August 1940
Decorations Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (1936), MiD (1941), 2 x MiD (1942), MiD (1944), OBE (1946)
Notes Served in RNAS/RAF, 1917-18 & remained in RAF between the wars; commissioned Fg Off in Tech Branch, May 1940 (sen Mar 1940); retired Sep 1953, retaining Wg Cdr; died Banbury, Oxford, 1984

Name GUSH, Peter Newsom Howard
Number 79673
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Role Adjutant
Nationality British
Born Kingston, Surrey, 1916
Arrived ca March 1941
Departed ca February 1942
Notes Commissioned in ASD Branch, May 1940; trans to Tech Branch, Aug 1940

Name HERMAN, Frederick Gustav, MRCS LRCP
Number 140841
Rank Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Role Medical Officer
Nationality British
Born New York, USA, 17 September 1911
Arrived ca June 1944
Departed At least January 1945
Notes Emigrated to UK with family, 1925; commissioned in Medical Branch, 1943; Pathologist, Queen Mary’s Hosp, Sidcup, 1952 to retirement; relinquished commission as Flt Lt, Sep 1956; died USA, 11 July 1987

Name HIBBERT, John Edward
Number 40537
Rank Pilot Officer
Role Adjutant
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived ca August 1939
Departed 24 November 39
Notes Short Service Commission in General Duties Branch, Feb 1938; Pilot, 41 Sqn, 1 May-24 Nov 1939 (Adjutant, ca Aug-24 Nov 1939); injured in motor vehicle accident, 24 Nov 1939, & did not return to 41 Sqn after recuperation; trans to Secretarial Branch as Sqn Ldr, Nov 48; retired as Sqn Ldr 13 Dec 1949

Name McALLISTER, Alexander ‘Mac’
Number 136130
Rank Flying Officer
Role Adjutant
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived ca June 1944
Departed 6 August 1945
Notes Commissioned Dec 1942; trans to ASD Branch, Feb 1943; demobilised, Aug 1945

Name NORMAN, R. (?)
Number Unknown
Rank Flying Officer
Role Adjutant
Nationality Unknown
Born Unknown
Arrived 6 August 1945
Departed 4 January 1946
Notes Previously with 66 Sqn; released from RAFVR, Jan 1946

Name NORMAN, Richard Hubert ‘Monty’
Number 48386
Rank Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant
Role Engineering Officer
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived ca July 1943
Departed ca June 1944
Decorations MBE (1945)
Notes Commissioned in Tech Branch, Apr 1942 (sen Dec 41); Engineering Officer, 6488 Servicing Echelon, Jul 44

Name SHERIFF, Thomas George
Number 88959
Rank Flying Officer
Role Adjutant
Nationality British
Born Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1905
Arrived ca February 1942
Departed ca July 1942
Decorations MiD (1943)
Notes Commissioned in ASD Branch, Dec 1940

Name SMITH, Harry W.
Number Unknown
Rank Flying Officer
Role Adjutant
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived At least 31 July 1942
Departed ca early 1944
Notes Currently unable to definitively establish this man's identity

Name STEVENS, Robert Ewart ‘Stevie’
Number 76410
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Role Adjutant
Nationality British
Born Wollerton, Shropshire, 26 August 1898
Arrived 9 December 1939
Departed 28 February 1941
Notes Commissioned 2Lt in RAF, Apr 1918; inj on 35 Sqn, France, Oct 1918; trans to Unemployed List, Feb 1919; commissioned in RAF ASD Branch, Nov 1939; Flt Lt, Aug 1945

Name WHIPP, Roger Henry ‘Whippy’,
Number 46361
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Role Engineering Officer
Nationality British
Born 12 October 1907
Term 1 ca November 1941-ca mid-October 1942
Term 2 2 December 1942-ca July 1943
Decorations OBE (1958)
Notes Commissioned in Tech Branch, Aug 1941; permanent commission as Flt Lt in Tech Branch, Jul 1946 (sen Sep 45); ret as Wg Cdr, Oct 1959

Name WOOD, Stanley John
Number 77238
Rank Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
Role Engineering Officer
Nationality British
Born Unknown
Arrived ca August 1940
Departed ca October 1941
Decorations MiD (1945)
Notes Commissioned in ASD Branch, Jan 1940; trans to Tech Branch, Aug 1940; Actg Sqn Ldr, 1944

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