No 11 Squad
B Flight
RAF Uxbridge 1938
The back of this photograph is reproduced below showing signatures of the men in the picture. We thought it would be an interesting project to try to identify all the men and what happened to them. As you can see they are mostly initials and surnames so the first step was to try to identify their full names. Which we managed to do. We don't expect to be able to put names to the faces - but if we get lucky we might be able to do that for the odd one or two.Â
Here are the names in the order they appear on the postcard, with their Service Numbers. Dad hasn't signed the card and his service number was 621812. As you might have expected all of the service numbers are fairly close to each other.
Frank Hawkins 621811
William Trevor Williams 622201
William Sydney Johnston 622185
Douglas Hilton Smith 621820
Albert Edward Wright 621808
George Allen Clark 622184
Eric Gardiner Voce 622180
William Leslie Shaw 622195
Joseph Alexander Boyd 622196
Richard Henderson 622202
James Ogg 622207
Reginald John Farrier 621809
John Eric Clay 621813
James Campbell Smith 622182
Sidney Lewthwaite Simpson 622183
Simon Brown 622191
Ernest Harry Pownall 621889
Horace Ernest Morecock 622179
William Percival 621831
Edward Arthur Green 621821
Eric Meiklereid 621810
Corporal Murray
Two of these men died during the war, both when their bombers were shot down over Germany. The remainder survived the war.