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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nijmegen | Oct. 1 | quiet day. stood to all night. | |
| " | 2 | 1430 | Relief arrived. Night stand to. |
| " | 3 | 1100 | Left Corps H.Q. by road. Lt. Urquhart and Sgt. Yeoman remained. |
| 1900 | Arrived at BRUSSELS. Night agent at barracks. | ||
| Brussels. | 4 | 0830 | Arrived at BRUSSELS Airport. |
| 1145 | Squadron took of in 4 Dakotas. | ||
| Base. Harwell | 1330 | Squadron landed. | |
| Base. | 5 | 9 pilots remained to ferry gliders to new station. Remainder of pilots | |
| returned from Corps H.Q. proceeded on leave. 22 gliders ferried to | |||
| Rivenhall. | |||
| " | 6 | Day spent preparing for move. Lt. Urquhart & Sgt. Yeoman returned. | |
| " | 7 | 20 gliders ferried to Rivenhall. Remainder of pilots proceeded on leave. | |
| " | 8 | Squadron moved to R.A.F. Station, Rivenhall. | |
| Rivenhall. | 9 | Normal Routine. | |
| " | 10 | " " |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivenhall. | Oct. 11 | Normal Routine. | |
| " | 12 | " " | |
| " | 13 | " " | |
| " | 14 | 40 pilots returned from leave. | |
| " | 15 | Normal Routine. | |
| " | 16 | " " | |
| " | 17 | " " | |
| " | 18 | " " | |
| " | 19 | 1 and 17 Flights combined into Composite Flight. Pilots returned from leave. | |
| " | 20 | Normal Routine. | |
| " | 21 | Local Exercise 12 gliders. 11 took off. 1 landed at Earls Colne in error. | |
| Remainder of pilots returned from leave. | |||
| " | 22 | Normal Routine. | |
| " | 23 | " " | |
| " | 24 | " " |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivenhall | Oct. 25 | Local Exercise "ESSEX" postponed 24 hrs. Local lifts. | |
| " | 26 | Exercise "ESSEX" postponed 24 hrs. | |
| " | 27 | " " " " ". 13 gliders ferried from Harwell. | |
| " | 28 | " " " " " ". | |
| " | 29 | 1310 | Exercise "ESSEX" 24 out of 30 gliders took off at 1310 and landed an |
| groups of 4. 4 night lifts. | |||
| " | 30 | Normal Routine. | |
| " | 31 | " " |
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