Order of Battle No 153 Squadron

Order of Battle No 153 Squadron

Order of Battle number 22 for 11 November 1944, shows Peter Baxter although acting Flight Engineer Leader scheduled to fly as a member of Flying Officer Whites crew. According to Peters record of his service ' I Flew with Nine Wing commanders', the operation was cancelled.

1944-11-11

Typewritten sheet

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[underlined]NO. 153 SQUADRON ORDER OF BATTLE NO. 22[/underlined]
Officer i/c Flying: W/Cdr. F.S. Powley, D.F.C., A.F.C. Date: 11.11.44.

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 1 – B – NG218 – F/O Bishop
Flight Engineer – Sgt Syme
Air Bomber – F/O Clarke
Navigator – F/O Jackson
W/Operator – Sgt Lott
MU/AG – Sgt Bolak
Rear/AG – Sgt Dash

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 2 – C – LM550 – F/O Capper – F/O Blackmore
Flight Engineer – Sgt Sparvell
Air Bomber – F/Sgt Bale
Navigator – P/O Morris
W/Operator – Sgt Luckraft
MU/AG – Sgt Nutt
Rear/AG – Sgt Ramsay

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 3 – D – PD636 – F/Lt Jones
Flight Engineer – Sgt James
Air Bomber – Sgt Cullen
Navigator – F/Sgt McDonnell
W/Operator – Sgt Williams
MU/AG – Sgt Trafford
Rear/AG – Sgt Simpson

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 4 – E – LM754 – P/O Searle
Flight Engineer – Sgt Robonson
Air Bomber – Sgt Wavish
Navigator – Sgt Thomasson
W/Operator – Sgt Hunt
MU/AG – Sgt Flavell
Rear/AG – Sgt Craig (AMQ. 39)

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 5 – G – PD168 – P/O Potter
Flight Engineer – Sgt Woolley
Air Bomber – F/O Thomas
Navigator – Sgt Boyle
W/Operator – F/Sgt Askew
MU/AG – Sgt Smith
Rear/AG – Sgt Hambrook

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 6 – H – NE113 – P/O Schopp
Flight Engineer – Sgt Davies
Air Bomber – F/O Leckie
Navigator – F/O Etherington
W/Operator – Sgt Taylor
MU/AG – Sgt Pratt
Rear/AG – Sgt Cuthbertson

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 7 – J – PB633 – F/O Groves
Flight Engineer – Sgt Clay
Air Bomber – F/Sgt Selkirk
Navigator – P/O McDonnell
W/Operator – W/O Kirby
MU/AG – F/Sgt Healey
Rear/AG – F/Sgt Foot

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 8 – K – PB472 – F/O Wheeler
Flight Engineer – Sgt Morandi
Air Bomber – F/O Durman
Navigator – Sgt Fish
W/Operator – F/Sgt Turner
MU/AG – Sgt Hodges
Rear/AG – Sgt Scott

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 9 – L – PD380 – F/O White
Flight Engineer – F/Lt Baxter
Air Bomber – F/Sgt Amy
Navigator – F/Sgt Blackmore
W/Operator – Sgt Cameron
MU/AG – F/Sgt Cardy
Rear/AG – Sgt Brilliant

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 10 – O – PB638 – F/O Willis
Flight Engineer – Sgt Horner
Air Bomber – F/Sgt Cumming
Navigator – F/O Boyce
W/Operator – F/O Pringle
MU/AG – Sgt Stewart
Rear/AG – Sgt Sandys

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 11 – P – NG189 – F/Lt Legg
Flight Engineer – Sgt Ross
Air Bomber – F/O Jones
Navigator – Sgt Henderson
W/Operator – F/Sgt Rawlings
MU/AG – Sgt Andrew
Rear/AG – Sgt Beat

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 12 – R – LM750 – F/O Williams
Flight Engineer – Sgt Dickson
Air Bomber – Sgt Taylor
Navigator – P/O Duignan
W/Operator – Sgt Crookes
MU/AG – Sgt Heath
Rear/AG – Sgt Carter

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 13 – S – LM752 – P/O Mettam
Flight Engineer – Sgt Simon
Air Bomber – F/O Saladine
Navigator – W/O Barton
W/Operator – F/Sgt Evans
MU/AG – F/Sgt Lockyer
Rear/AG – F/Sgt Kennedy

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 14 – T – NG201 – F/Lt Dury
Flight Engineer – Sgt Woods
Air Bomber – F/O Dickinson
Navigator – F/O Brand
W/Operator – F/Sgt Bourke
MU/AG – Sgt Gallacher
Rear/AG – P/O Strange

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 15 – U – NG184 – F/O Jones
Flight Engineer – Sgt Jenkinson
Air Bomber – F/Sgt Fletcher
Navigator – F/Sgt Dormer
W/Operator – Sgt Milburn
MU/AG – Sgt Coles
Rear/AG – F/Sgt Ferguson

Detail – A/C Letter – A/C No. – Captain – 16 – X – PD378 – F/O Gibbins
Flight Engineer – Sgt West
Air Bomber – Sgt Shield
Navigator – Sgt Cole
W/Operator – Sgt Craddock
MU/AG – Sgt Gough
Rear/AG – Sgt Mitchell

Spare Gunners: Sgt Shilliday (P/O Byer’s Crew) Sgt Frank (P/O Byer’s Crew)
Duty W/Op (Air): W/O Crew (P/O Byer’s Crew)
F/Eng: Sgt Thompson (F/O Langford’s Crew)

Sgd. F.S. Powley
Wing Commander, Commanding,
[underlined]153 Squadron, R.A.F.[/underlined]