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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earls Colne. | 1st | Lieuts. Millar and Barclay returned to this unit having forced landed at | |
| TILBURG. They were looked after by the Dutch Underground movement who | |||
| arranged their escape to England. Forced landed whilst taking part in | |||
| Operation "MARKET". | |||
| Earls Colne. | 2nd | Normal procedure and routine. | |
| Conversion Course for second pilots ended successfully. 7 Pilots | |||
| completed course. Sgts. Cole, Crone, DeRungary, Cooper, Foster, Walton | |||
| and Orford. They were all promoted to S/Sgts. | |||
| Colonel Chatterton's visit to "B" Squadron cancelled. | |||
| Earls Colne. | 3rd | Lieuts. Horrocks, Norman and Cox, and S.S.M. Watt proceeded on Leave | |
| pending posting to INDIA. Capts. Tait and Palmer posted, rejoined | |||
| their previous units. | |||
| Earls Colne. | 4th | Normal Routine. Court of Inquiry held at "B" Squadron to investigate | |
| loss of Escape purses by No. 1 Wing. | |||
| Earls Colne. | 5th | 1 N.C.O. previously reported "missing" now officially P.O.W. S/Sgt Voller. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earls Colne | 6th | Two Tiger Moths arrived at unit from SHREWTON for Glider Pilots own use. | |
| Earls Colne. | 7th | Normal Routine. 1 N.C.O. previously reported "missing" now officially | |
| P.O.W. Sgt. Miller. | |||
| Earls Colne | 8th | NORMAL ROUTINE. | |
| Earls Colne | 9th | 2 N.C.O's. previously reported "missing" now officially P.O.W. - S/Sgt. | |
| Higginbotham and Sgt. Smith. | |||
| "The King has been graciously pleased to award the Distinguished Flying | |||
| Medal to S/Sgt. Howard, R. No. 14200103. | |||
| Earls Colne | 10th | NORMAL ROUTINE. | |
| Earls Colne | 11th | 3 N.C.O's. previously reported "missing" now officially P.O.W. - Sgts. | |
| Rigby, Leeper and S/Sgt. Bowen. | |||
| Earls Colne | 12th | 5 S/Sgts. and 5 Sgts. proceeded on Leave prior to posting to INDIA. | |
| Earls Colne. | 13th | NORMAL ROUTINE. | |
| Earls Colne. | 14th | 1st Glider Exercise, 16 Crews took part. Ex. Light Load. Towing was | |
| done by Halifaxes. 3 S/Sgts. reported to W.O.S.B. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earls Colne | 15th | Previous day's Exercise was to have been repeated, but was cancelled | |
| owing to bad weather. S/Sgt. Smith arrived back to unit from Bagulay | |||
| Hospital, BIRMINGHAM. Wounded at ARNHEM on Operation "MARKET". | |||
| Earls Colne. | 16th | Exercise Light Load to have been repeated, cancelled owing to bad weather. | |
| Earls Colne. | 17th | 2 N.C.O's. previously reported "missing" now officially P.O.W. - S/Sgts. | |
| Hooper and Thomson J. | |||
| Earls Colne | 18th | Nos. 3 and 20 Flights used range at MIDDLEWICK. | |
| Earls Colne | 19th | Nos. 3 and 4 Flights used range at MIDDLEWICK. | |
| 3 S/Sgts. returned from W.O.S.B. accepted for O.C.T.U. | |||
| Earls Colne. | 20th | Tiger Moth flying AM. and PM. 1 N.C.O. previously reported "missing" | |
| now officially P.O.W. | |||
| Earls Colne | 21st | Tiger Moth flying AM. and FM. also light glider towing - Cross Country. | |
| Earls Colne | 22nd | Tiger Moth cross country. Glider cross country. | |
| Earls Colne | 23rd | Personnel returned from Indefinite Leave. 3 Officers and 15 N.C.O's. | |
| Tiger Moth flying. Glider flying Cross Country. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earls Colne | 24th | Tiger Moth flying. Normal Ground training. | |
| Earls Colne | 25th | Complete Squadron used Fingeringhoe open field firing range. Tiger Moth | |
| flying. Glider flying cross country. | |||
| India Draft reported to Millbank Military Hospital for Yellow Fever | |||
| Innoculation. | |||
| Earls Colne. | 26th | Glider Cross Country and Tiger Moth Cross Country. Normal Ground | |
| Training. | |||
| Earls Colne | 27th | Second Conversion Course started for 2nd Pilots. India party departed to | |
| "MUSHROOM FARM" Transit Camp. (1 Officer and 9 N.C.O's. ) | |||
| Earls Colne | 28th | S/Ldr. Hervey M.C. lectured to Squadron on evasion and escape. (S/Ldr. | |
| Hervey a member of M.I.9. | |||
| 10 Officers and 10 N.C.O's. - R.A.F. Glider Pilots posted to Station and | |||
| attached to "B" Squadron. | |||
| Earls Colne. | 29th | Tiger Moth flying. Horsa Cross Country, and Course personnel flying. | |
| S/Sgt. Startup F. killed in flying accident in Halifax, near Bury St Edmunds. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earls Colne. | 30th | 10 Officers and 10 N.C.O's. (R.A.F. Glider Pilots) commenced 9 days | |
| Privilege Leave. Massed take off - 20 Halifaxes and Horsa combinations | |||
| Cross Country. Mass landing. Landing on two runways and towing off | |||
| was successful. |
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