Byline: Niki ChesworthDENTAL nurse, chef, physical training instructor, musician, engineer, pilot and air traffic controller. When you think of the Armed Forces, you might not automatically think of the above roles.However, the RAF alone has more than 50 different careers to choose from. The ...
(02.1943) HMS Jackdaw (RN Air Station, Crail, Fife) * 12.02.1943 - (06.)1943 pilot, 754 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 28.06.1943 - (10.1944) pilot, HMS Goshawk (RN Air Station, Piarco, Trinidad) (01.1945) - (04.1945) no appointment listed 01.04.1945 - (...
1945 pilot, 828 Squadron FAA [HMS Daedalus (RN Air Station, Lee-on-Solent), from 08.1944 HMS Implacable (Implacable class aircraft carrier)] 10.03.1945 - 23.08.1945 Commanding Officer, 817 Squadron FAA [HMS Merganser (RN Air Station, Rattray, Aberdeenshire)], from late 04.1945 HMS Owl (RN...
1944 pilot, 715 Squadron FAA [HMS Vulture (RN Air Station, St Merryn)] (exchange pilot with US Air Force, flying Mustangs with 352nd US Fighter Group) 12.12.1944 - (01.)1945 Commanding Officer, 800 Squadron FAA (Long Kesh) [HMS Emperor (Ruler class escort carrier), then HMS Shah (...
25.09.1940 - 20.04.1941 pilot, 825 Squadron FAA [HMS Furious (aircraft carrier)] 21.04.1941 - 30.06.1941 pilot, 753 Squadron FAA [HMS Condor (RN Air Station, Arbroath)] 01.07.1941 - 25.07.1941 pilot, 816 Squadron FAA [HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)] 26.07.1941 - 11/12.11.1941 pilo...