1 Wing Glider Pilot Regiment War Diary: March 1944
National Archive Reference: WO 171/1234
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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Div. Cross Country Race. No.1 Wing G.P.R., finished 4th. Sgt. Udall, Sgt. Dawson, | ||
| S/Sgt. Jenkins, Sgt. Lawton & S/Sgt. Bradshaw. | |||
| 2 | Exercise 'Sailor' (2nd & 3rd Mar). | ||
| Lt. S.R. Smith appointed Wing Security Officer, | |||
| 9 | Exercise 'Sailor 2' (9th & 10th Mar). | ||
| 13 | WIng H.Q. moved from R.A.F. Station Brize Norton to R.A F. Station Harwell | ||
| 14 | Squadrons completed moves as under :- | ||
| A Sqn. from Hurn to Harwell. | |||
| B Sqn. from Stony Cross to Brize Norton. | |||
| D Sqn. from Tarrant Rushton to Keevil, | |||
| 18 | G Sqn. No.1 Wing G.P.R. formed at R.A.F. Stn. Fairford under Command of | ||
| Major Crott R.S. | |||
| Flights of the Wing are allotted to Sqns as follows. | |||
| Sqdn. | Flight. | R.A.F. Sqn. | |||
| A | 1 | 570 | |||
| A | 2 | 295 | |||
| B | 3 | 296 | |||
| B | 4 | 297 |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Sqdn. | Flight. | R.A.F. Sqdn. | ||
| D | 5 | 299 | |||
| D | 8 | 196 | |||
| G | 9 | 620 | |||
| G | 10 | 190 | |||
| 18 | Capt. Langley J.M. appointed command of 9 Flight 'G' Sqn. vice Capt. Kershaw J.H. | ||
| 22 | Conference at Commander Glider Pilots. | ||
| 23 | Squadron Meeting was held at Wing H.Q. | ||
| 23 | Lt. S.A.M. Johnson appointed A/Adjutant and L/Rank of Capt. Capt. J.B.Bottonley absent on | ||
| Flying Course. Major J.P. Royle assumed command in absence of Lt.Col. Murray I.A. absent on a course. | |||
| 25 | Commanding Officers Conference held. | ||
| 28 | Lt. Taitt A.R. regranted temporary rank of Capt. w.e.f. 29/Feb/43 | ||
| Lt. Downing M.W., Lt. Corrie M.T., Lt. Bewley J.M., Lt. Dauncey M.D.K, posted to 'G' | |||
| Sqn. from 'D' Sqdn. w.e.f. 18/Mar/44. | |||
| T/Capt.Morrison J.A., Lt. Martin D., Lt. Scott P.T., Lt. Sykes H.R., Lt.Chittleburgh K.T., | |||
| posted to 'D' Sqdn. from 'B' Sqdn. w.e.f. 18/Mar/44. | |||
| Capt. T/Miller T.G., Lt. Stilton G.E., Lt. Norton H.M.R., Lt. Simpson D.A., posted to 'B' Sqdn. | |||
| from 'A' Sqdn. w.e.f. 18/Mar/41. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Lt. Cole H.C.L., posted to 'G' Sqdn. from 'A' Sqdn. w.e.f. 18/Mar/44, | ||
| T/Major Andrews K.J.S., relinguishes the T/Rank of Major and reverts to Rank of W/S Capt. | |||
| w.e.f 29/Dec/44. | |||
| T/Capt. Kershaw J.H. posted to Glider Pilot Depot, w.e.f. 20/Mar/44. | |||
| Lt/Barclay J.H. appointed Adjutant of 'B' Sqdn. w.e.f. 12/Feb/44. | |||
| Lt. Strathern K.F. appointed Adjutant of 'D' Sqdn. w.e.f. 12/Feb/44. | |||
| 2/Lt. Fletcher P.N. appointed Adjutant of 'A' Sqdn. w.e.f. 12/Feb/44 | |||
| 29 | TEWT "Glider" | ||
| 31 | Exercise 'BIZZ 2' (25th/26th Mar). | ||
| 2/Lt. Markwick E.J. promoted to the rank of Local Lieut. w.e.f. 24/Mar/44. | |||
| Lieut. Col. I.A. Murray re-assumes command of the wing. | |||
| 20 | Exercise 'BIZZ 1' (20th and 21st Mar). |
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