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SQUADRONS.
NO. 17 (FIGHTER) SQUADRON.
No. 11 (Fighter) Group.
A gauntlet. "Excellere contende."
Formed. — Feb., 1915, at Gosport.
Service — 1915, United Kingdom ; 1915-16,
Egypt and Sudan ; 1916-18, Macedonia ;
1918-19, Bulgaria, South Russia and Turkey ;
1919, Nov., disbanded ; 1924, Apr., re-formed
at Hawkinge.
Postal Add. — Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey.
Sqdn. Ldr.
C. Walter 6Jan.87
Fig. Off$.
W. C. Williams 808ept.86
M. V. Blake 230ct.37
G. Drew 110ct.36
M. E. Reid 110ct.36
A. W. Ridler 110ct.86
Pilot Offs.
M. S. Donne 31JuIy37
J. Jefferies 7Aug.37
A. P. Lines 8Jan.38
R. V. Meredith 8Jan.38
P. E. Barnes 19Feb.38
L. H. Leader 22Aug.38
R. C. Whittaker 20Aug.38
H. A. C. Bird-WUson 9July38
A. K. Hunter 30ct.38
Acting Pilot Offs.
R. L. A. Hammill 17Sept.38
J. R. B. Hartnoll (R.A.F.O.) 290ct.38
K. Manger {R.A.F.O.) 290ct.38
W. M. Sizer... 17Dec.38
No. 18 (BOMBER) SQUADRON.
No. 2 (Bomber) Group.
A pegasus rampant. "Animo etflde."
Formed. — May, 1915, at Northolt.
Service.— 1915, United Kingdom ; 1915-18,
France and Belgium ; 1919, Germany ;
1919, Dec, disbanded 1931, Oct., re-formed
at Upper Heyford.
Postal Add. — Upper Heyford, Oxford.
Sqdn. Ldr.
K. W. Niblett ,,
16May38
Fig. Offs.
K. Slater 28June36
A. A. Dllnot [sn] 16Aug.S6
T. E. Syms lOAng.36
E. C. le Mesurler 21Feb.87
D. D. Rogers 21Feb.37
Pilot Offs.
R. G. Wheldon 24Apr.87
F. R. Jeffs 90ot.37
D. F. Elliot 40ct.37
B. S. Ambrose 27Nov.87
R. Langebear 4Sept.87
L. T. Wallls 4Sept.87
V. Rees 21 Jan.38
G. T. Stanley 81Jan.88
C. M. P. Kempster 19Feb.88
C. Bellis 20Aug.38
G. Howden 5Nov.38
NO. 19 (FIGHTER) SQUADRON.
No. 12 (Fighter) Group.
Between wings elevated and conjoined In base,
a dolphin head downwards.
" Possunt quia posse videntnr."
Formed. — Sept., 1915, at Castle Bromwich.
Service.— 1915-16, United Kingdom; 1916-19,
France and Belgium ; 1919, Dec, disbanded ;
1923, Apr., re-formed at Duxford.
Postal Add. — Duxford, Cambridge.
Sqdn. Ldr.
H. I. Cozens, p.t.a 18Dec.87
Fig. Offs.
J. A. G. Gordon (acting Flight Lieut.) 250ct.36
A. J. Banham 24Aug.86
Pilot Offs.
E. H. Thomas 22MayS7
W. G. Clouston 80June37
T. G. Pace 80June87
L. C. Wlthall 7Aug.37
J. B. Coward 4Sept.87
A. I. Robinson 230ct.37
G. L. Sinclair 27Nov.87
G. E. Ball 19Feb.38
G. W. Petrie 30 July38
B. G. Piddocke 9JulyS8
F. N. Brinsden WJulyS8
A. J. L. Llewellin 7Nov.38
D. V. S. Evans 17Sept.38
Acting Pilot Offs.
R. Marples 290ct.38
J. A. Bennett HNov.87
L. A. Scott 17Dec.38