Key Ground Staff, 1939-1945
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Role |
Name |
From |
To |
Adjutants |
Plt Off
John E. Hibbert |
ca August 1939 |
24 November 1939 |
Fg Off Robert E. Stevens |
9 December 1939 |
28 February 1941 |
Fg Off Peter N. H. Gush |
ca March 1941 |
ca February 1942 |
Fg Off Thomas G. Sheriff |
ca February 1942 |
ca July 1942 |
Fg Off Harry W. Smith |
ca July 1942 |
ca January 1944 |
Flt Lt Ronald T. H. Collis |
ca 16 January 1944 |
15 June 1944 |
Fg Off Alexander McAllister |
ca June 1944 |
6 August 1945 |
Fg Off R. Norman |
6 August 1945 |
4 January 1946 |
Engineering
Officers |
Fg Off John S. Darrant |
25 November 1939 |
13 August 1940 |
Flt Lt Stanley J. Wood |
ca August 1940 |
ca October 1941 |
Fg Off
Roger H. Whipp |
ca November 1941 |
ca mid-October 1942 |
Fg Off
Roger H. Whipp |
2 December 1942 |
ca July 1943 |
Flt Lt Richard H. Norman |
ca July 1943 |
ca June 1944 |
Intelligence
Officer |
Flt Lt Lord Gisborough |
6 May 1940 |
19 June 1945 |
Medical
Officers |
Flt Lt Richard H. Armin |
ca 25 November 1941 |
30 April 1943 |
Flt Lt Walter Burnett |
1 May 1943 |
ca 29 May 1944 |
Flt Lt Frederick G. Herman |
ca June 1944 |
ca January 1945 |
Flt Lt Hazley Anderson |
ca January 1945 |
ca May 1945 |
Name/font> |
ANDERSON, Hazley,
MRCS LRCP |
Number |
139601 |
Rank |
Flight Lieutenant |
Role |
Medical Officer |
Nationality |
British |
Born |
Aston, Warwickshire,
22 October 1917 |
Arrived |
ca January 1945 |
Departed |
ca May 1945 |
Notes |
Commissioned in
Medical Branch, Mar 1943; MO on 610 Sqn, 1944; died Guildford,
Surrey, 3 July 2001 |
Name |
ARMIN, Richard
Hayward, MB ChB MRCS LRCP |
Number |
100464 |
Rank |
Flying Officer,
Flight Lieutenant |
Role |
Medical Officer |
Nationality |
British |
Born |
Devizes, Wiltshire,
28 May 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; died Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, 8 December 2009 |
|
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, Jul 1916; escaped May 1918 & interned 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
Maj; re-commissioned Plt Off in ASD Branch, 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 |
Manor Park, Essex,
2 July 1920 |
Arrived |
ca 16 January 1944 |
Departed |
15 June 1944 |
Decorations |
DFC (1945), MiD
(1945) |
Notes |
Commissioned Jul
1941; Pilot on 41 Sqn, Aug 1943-Jun 1944; died San Francisco,
Cal, USA, 3 December 2006; 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 1899 |
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 |
Thames Ditton, Surrey,
15 September 1916 |
Arrived |
ca March 1941 |
Departed |
ca February 1942 |
Notes |
Commissioned in
ASD Branch, May 1940; trans to Tech Branch, Aug 1940; died Bonnes,
Charente, France, 26 September 1993 |
Name |
HERMAN, Frederick
Gustav, MRCS LRCP |
Number |
140841 |
Rank |
Flying Officer,
Flight Lieutenant |
Role |
Medical Officer |
Nationality |
Amercian |
Born |
Tarrytown, 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 Bromley, London,
11 July 1987 |
Name |
HIBBERT, John
Edward |
Number |
40537 |
Rank |
Pilot Officer |
Role |
Adjutant |
Nationality |
British |
Born |
Stockport, Cheshire,
April 1914 |
Arrived |
ca August 1939 |
Departed |
24 November 1939 |
Notes |
Commissioned, Feb
1938; pilot, 41 Sqn, 1 May-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 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 |
Chatham, Kent, 2
May 1916 |
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; died Paris, France, 3 February 2007
|
Name |
SHERIFF, Thomas
George |
Number |
88959 |
Rank |
Flying Officer |
Role |
Adjutant |
Nationality |
British |
Born |
Portsmouth, Hampshire,
16 June 1905 |
Arrived |
ca February 1942 |
Departed |
ca July 1942 |
Decorations |
MiD (1943) |
Notes |
Commissioned in
ASD Branch, Dec 1940; died Blakeney, Norfolk, 2 May 1991 |
|
Name |
SMITH, Harry
W. |
Number |
Unknown |
Rank |
Flying Officer |
Role |
Adjutant |
Nationality |
British |
Born |
Unknown |
Arrived |
At least 31 July
1942 |
Departed |
ca January 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; commissioned
in RAF ASD Branch, Nov 1939; Flt Lt, Aug 1945; died London,
13 October 1953 |
Name |
WHIPP, Roger
Henry ‘Whippy’, |
Number |
46361 |
Rank |
Pilot Officer, Flying
Officer |
Role |
Engineering Officer |
Nationality |
British |
Born |
Gibraltar, 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; ret as Wg Cdr, Oct 1959; died St. Austell,
Cornwall, 27 January 1976 |
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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