207 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE HISTORY

207 Squadron Armourers, Flight Mechanics, Electricians,
Instrument Repairers, Tanker Drivers, etc.
September 1945


Photo in front of doors of T2 hangar in the main Technical Area - its concrete base is now the Meadowlands parking area. The identifications below include the aircraft each was associated with, e.g. A, M etc

Front row: Charlie TOOKEY Flight Mechanic Engines J,H or M - Norman BROWN Flight Mechanic Engines - 3 - 4 - Sgt WILLIAMS A - Sgt ROPER Fitter II G - F/Sgt CAIRNCROSS NCO i/c Armourers - Sgt ? Y - Cpl Jesse JAMES Fitter II E + M - Cpl Jock KIERNAN Petrol Tanker Driver MT Section (Scot) - Cpl Tommie ? Petrol Tanker Driver MT Section (Scot) - Cpl ? Petrol Tanker Driver MT Section (Scot)

row 2: 1 - 2 - 3 - Fred KITE Flight Mechanic Airframe K - 5 - EE Blondie ROBERTS Flight Mechanic Engines D - Ernie CLEGG Flight Mechanic Engines A - George FAYNE Flight Mechanic Engines J, H or M - 9 - 10 - 11 ? Dog (Sandy) owner - 12

row 3: 1 - 2 - 3 - Mick MAYCOCK Flight Mechanic Engines A - Les JOHNSON Flight Mechanic Airframe A - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - Les CHADWICK Flight Mechanic Engines A - 11

row 4: shows some of 207 B Flt: a mixture of Armourers, Electricians, Instrument Repairers, etc.
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - Roberts Flight Mechanic Engines C 207 A Flt - 10 - 11 - 12

back row:1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
These could be 207 B Flt and/or from 44 Squadron before transferred from Spilsby

Do you have a better quality original of this photo that we could borrow to scan? please contact the editor Frank Haslam

last updated 31 Oct 2005: sources Raymond Glynne-Owen, Fred Pearce