The list below is complied from various
sources: Commissioned officers are as they appear in the relevant
editions of the Navy List [note, because of a time lag between
appointments and the publication of the lists some officers are not
included]. Names of Telegraphist Air Gunners are primarily drawn
from incident reports. Maintenance and other squadron personnel from
Admiralty Fleet Orders.
Abbreviations: A = Air Branch, P = Pilot, O
= Observer, TAG = Telegraphist Air Gunner, RNVR = Royal Navy
Volunteer Reserve, RNZNVR = Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer
Reserve, Tpy = Temporary, Mid = Midshipman, KIA = Killed in Action,
MPK = Missing Presumed Killed.
March 1942 - July 1944
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Rank |
Name |
Appointed |
Notes |
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Lieut. Conn. (A) (P) |
P. E. I. Bailey |
21 Oct 43 |
In command |
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Lieut. (A) (P) |
J. C. M. Harman |
15 Mar 42 |
In command |
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T. B. Winstanley |
15 Mar 42 |
Senior pilot |
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D. M. T. Morey |
19 Oct
43|
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R. H. H. L. Oliphant |
27 Jul 42 |
In command |
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H. G. Thorn |
16 May 42 |
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Lieut. (E) (P) |
P. Richmond |
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Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) |
G. W. Bricker |
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R. M. Crosley |
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D. B. Law |
4 Nov 43 |
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R. D. C. McAlpine |
15 Mar 42 |
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D. M. T. More |
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J. L. Newman |
16 Jun 42 |
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G. Ogilvy |
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J. O. Robertson |
10 May 43 |
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W. A. Wallace |
1 Mar 44 |
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Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P) |
J. M. Howden |
20 Oct 43 |
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H. Lang |
15 Mar 42 |
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H. Morrison |
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Tpy. Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O) |
R, O. Davies |
23 mar 42 |
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O. J. H. Davies |
28 Aug 42 |
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A. Carroll |
16 Jun 43 |
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Sub- Lieut. (A) (P) |
H. H. Simpson |
1 Mar 44 |
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Sub- Lieut. RNR |
D. G. Konatz |
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Killed, air crash 19.6.43 |
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Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (P) |
C. H. Birch |
25 Feb 44? |
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F. H. Borlace |
16 Jun 43 |
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F. M. D. Brooshooft. |
25 Feb 44 |
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W. T. S. Buchan |
19 Oct 43 |
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T. A. Cooper |
22 Mar 43 |
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P. A. Crompton-Smith |
15 Mar 42 |
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T. W. Down |
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R. I. Foxley |
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T. C. Green |
15 Mar 42 |
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D. A. Gibson |
20 Oct 43 |
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J. G. Hornshaw |
14 Nov 43 |
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H. T. T. Harding |
16 Jun 43 |
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C. F. Hargreaves |
15 Mar 42 |
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G. H. Home |
25 Feb 44 |
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A. Horstead |
1 Mar 44 |
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D. T. Keene |
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D. M. Lawler |
15 Mar 42 |
Killed, air crash 25.8.42 |
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J. W. Leake |
5 Nov 43 |
Killed, air crash
1.2.44 |
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D. K. Lewis |
25 Feb 44 |
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J. A. Luke |
16 Jun 43 |
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R. D. C. McAlpine |
15 Mar 42 |
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N. McG. Ganley |
19 Oct 43 |
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J. S. Oxon |
4Sept 42 |
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P. B. N. Prentice |
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Killed, air crash 9.9.43 |
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P. Richmond |
15 Mar 42 |
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G. A. M. Rood |
15 Mar 42 |
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A. E. Taylor |
25 Feb 44 |
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J.C.Thomas |
25 Feb 44 |
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Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R. (O) |
K. A. Farmer |
16 Jun 43 |
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T. S. Hall |
16 Jun 43 |
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H. H. Harvey |
15 Jun 42 |
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A. F. Pearson |
16 Jun 43 |
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A. W. Siddle |
16 Jun 43 |
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S. C. Yeo |
16 Jun 43 |
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Tpy. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. (P)
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R. A. Colbeck |
9 Feb 43 |
Killed, air crash 11.11.43 |
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J. T. Hodgson |
15 Apr 43 |
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Tpy. act. Sub- Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R.
(P)
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B. Spencer |
25 Feb 44 |
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Telegraphist Air Gunners |
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Petty Officer Airman |
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Leading Airman. |
R Lakey |
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S.N.C.O.s |
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Information drawn from the Navy list
April 942 through June 1944
List last modified
02 February 2021
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