[17][23] Due to the increased level of helicopter activity at Benson, it was necessary to relocate the University of London Air Squadron to RAF Wyton during 1999. On 7May 1945, after months of fierce fighting, the Germans agreedto Allied demands for unconditional surrender, finally ending six years of warfare that had left millions dead and much of Europe in ruins. It was made responsible for the occupation and administration of the British Zone in north-west Germany. Liberated on 7 Sep 44, the city of Ciney suffered considerably during the Battle of the Bulge. A first Rehabilitation Center opened on April 19, 1943 in Worcestershire, followed by a second on October 5, 1943 in Warwickshire. M-409 MED DEP ETO 27 Oct 44 Belgium M-412 MED DEP ETO 44 France During the period January July 1942, inclusive, a large number of Hospital Units moved overseas: 2 Evacuation , 2 Surgical, 4 General, 14 Station Hospitals went to Australia 2 Evacuation , 2 General, and 2 Station Hospitals were shipped to the South Pacific 2 Station Hospitals were transferred to the Central Pacific 1 General and 1 Station Hospital went to Northern Ireland 1 General Hospital to Iceland 2 General and 3 Station Hospitals to England and more later embarked for India and northwest Canada. 302d STA HOSP USAFBI 43 England 44 France 1 Sep 45 Germany (ceased operations Jul 45 in France) (reopened 1 Sep 45 in Germany) 92d MED GAS TREAT BN ETO Mar 45 Germany The organization was authorized to operate under T/O 8-540, dated 1 April 1942, comprising a personnel strength of 29 Medical Officers, 4 Warrant Officers, 1 Nurse, and 255 Enlisted Men. 26th GEN HOSP USAFBI 20 Oct 42 (inactivated 15 Sep 45) (activated 1 Feb 42, inactivated 15 Sep 45) It took over aspects of local government, policing, housing and transport. HOSP TRAIN No. M-404 MED DEP ETO 20 Aug 44 France (closed down in Rennes15 Oct 44) 95th EVAC HOSP ETO 1 Nov 44 France (ex-74th SURG HOSP) 67th GEN HOSP USAFBI 24 Nov 42 (activated 1 Sep 42) The unit was renamed the Queen's Flight on the coronation of Elizabeth II in June 1953. Nato has been the cornerstone of British defence planning for 70 years. 10th STA HOSP USANIF 26 Jan 42 USAFBI (activated 10 Feb 41) Search these records by: These files may contain missing person and casualty action sheets, death certificates, personal letters and correspondence, exhumation reports, investigation reports, questionnaires by repatriated personnel and personal effects of POWs. The number of patients in Hospitals overseas increased from 47,446 on June 30, 1943 to 266,466 at the end of January 1945. Apprehending these lesser-known Nazis became the responsibility of the Allies depending on which zone of Germany or Austria they controlled. 53d GEN HOSP ETO 9 Jan 44 England (activated 10 Feb 41) 41 MTO Naples-Foggia Rome-Arno North Apennines ETO Ardennes-Alsace HOSP TRAIN No. Last edited on 16 December 2021, at 15:33, introducing citations to additional sources, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Station_warrant_officer&oldid=1060607991, This page was last edited on 16 December 2021, at 15:33. 103d GEN HOSP ETO 7 Aug 44 England 541 Squadrons following in September 1946. It was disbanded in 1960 when RAF squadrons became responsible for the collection and ferrying of their own aircraft. Two further Argosy units were established, No. 203d GEN HOSP USAFBI 8 Jan 44 ETO 22 Jul 44 France 4 Aug 45 Belgium 14 Sep 45 France (to ZI 18 Nov 45, arrived 29 Nov 45, and inactivated) If you are looking for the service record of a woman you should start by consulting our guide to records of Womens Royal Air Force personnel. [17], In July of that year, the closure of nearby RAF Abingdon, resulted in several new units moving to Benson, namely the University of London Air Squadron and Oxford University Air Squadron both flying the Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1 and No. 12 OTU were replaced in December 1940 with Vickers Wellington medium bombers. 242d GEN HOSP ETO 16 Dec 44 England 14 Feb 45 France Belgium (to SWPA, diverted at sea to ZI) . 67th FLD HOSP ETO 25 Oct 44 France 17 Dec 44 Belgium Dec 44 Holland 25 Mar 45 Germany (disbanded ZI Jun 46) The majority of the bases are operated by the US Army, but the Marines and USAF also have bases in the country. 66th FLD HOSP ETO Belgium Germany 32 (The Royal) Squadron, bringing Benson's long association with VIP transport to an end. 297th GEN HOSP USAFBI Jun 43 ETO 30 May 44 England (activated 10 Jun 43) This provided paid work and accommodation for thousands of men. [52], Since 2012, Benson's gate guardian has been a full-scale replica of a wartime Supermarine Spitfire PR.Mk XI. 202d GEN HOSP ETO 29 Jan 45 France (opened but only effectively operating 15 May 45) 58 Squadron. [47] Prior to the establishment of the NPAS in October 2012, a Eurocopter Squirrel of the Chiltern Air Support Unit had been based at Benson since March 1998. Look at AIR 2/219, the Roll of Honour for men from the USA and Dominions who served with the British Air Forces in the First World War. Search it in the following sets of documents: Look in PMG 42/13-16 to find payments made to invalided RAF officers from 1917 to 1920. American Forces Network Europe. But even those forcibly taken by the Germanswould still be suspects in the eyes of the Communist authorities. The Soviets followed suit in October 1949 with the establishment of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). STATION HOSPITAL 600 beds > 426 Off & EM Serving RAF RAF veterans Families and Dependants Financial assistance Help with day-to-day living costs Apply for financial help Benefits advice Help with further education and employment Help with funerals and bereavement Help with housing and repairs Legal advice helpline Schemes for serving personnel Other organisations that can help The SWO is responsible for discipline and is therefore comparable to the regimental sergeant major in a British Army unit. Many investigating officers were demobbed without being replaced. 365th STA HOSP ETO 26 Jun 44 France 303d STA HOSP ETO 43 England 16th FLD HOSP ETO 17 Mar 44 England 24 Jul 44 France Germany 61st GEN HOSP ETO England Hospital Centers were designed to save personnel and administrative resources. M-406T MED DEP ETO 26 Aug 44 France (mainly used by the Red Ball Express) 314th STA HOSP ETO 44 England (Rehabilitation Center No. HOSP TRAIN No. In June 1945, soldiers were no longer forbidden from fraternising with children. 76 ETO Rhineland Central Europe 27 Squadron at Odiham moved in during February 1998. 14th FLD HOSP ETO 44 Between November 1945 and October 1946, the Nuremberg military tribunal tried 24 leading Nazis and charged them with crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Members of the Royal Armoured Corps visit Yugoslav DPsat Elmshorn, 1945. [7] The wing was elevated to the status of No. Some records were created only for officers, including records of commissions. Read more: https://www.med-dept.com/articles/ww2-military-hospitals-european-theater-of-operations/, 59th EVAC HOSP MTO 25 Aug 44 Southern France 26 Mar 45 Germany, 39th FLD HOSP ETO 11 Mar 44 England 22 Jun 44 France 30 Sep 44 Belgium 11 Mar 45 Holland 30 Mar 45 Belgium 24 Apr 45 Germany 18 Jun 45 France, 53d FLD HOSP ETO 27 Apr 44 England 15 Jul 44 France 2 Oct 44 Belgium 14 Oct 44 Holland 12 Dec 44 Germany, 100th GEN HOSP USAFBI 14 Apr 43 16 May 44. 22 Squadron (the Operational Evaluation Unit for Joint Helicopter Command) and Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility which operates a variety of simulators. 4th AUX SURG GP ETO 8 Jun 44 France Royal Air Force Warrant Officer Salaries Updated 7 Oct 2019 United Kingdom United Kingdom Any Experience Any Experience 0-1 Years 1-3 Years 4-6 Years 7-9 Years 10-14 Years 15+ Years Low Confidence 56,930 /yr Base Pay Average 4 Salaries Average 55K 58K 55K 25% 58K 75% 38th STA HOSP USAFBI 5 May 42 ETO Jun 44 England 4 Aug 45 France STATION HOSPITAL 700 beds > 480 Off & EM 33 Squadron and No. In their zone, the British handed over de-nazification panels to German authorities. RAF service records created since the beginning of the Second World War remain in the custody of the Ministry of Defence and are accessible only to the service personnel themselves or their next of kin. 180th GEN HOSP ETO Aug 44 France 9 May 45 Germany (inactivated in France 31 Jan 46) 45th STA HOSP ETO Germany (ex-45th EVAC HOSP 1 May 45) Due to its location on the Baltic, the British zone receiveda great number of German refugees who had come by sea. HOSPITAL TRAIN 360 patients > 43 Off & EM STATION HOSPITAL 450 beds > 331 Off & EM In the west, the three post-war occupation zones were formally abolished by treaty in May 1955. The group was assigned to Coastal Command's photo reconnaissance assets, with the whole of Northern Europe as its operational area. 2 Sep 44, French civilian Litter Bearers get ready to unloadarriving patients. 801st HOSP CEN Taunton (previously I Hospital Group, Provisional) HOSP TRAIN No. 7450th STA HOSP ETO 15 Jun 45 England (Provisional German PW Hospital). Royal Air Forces Association. Many were from Germany's eastern provinces and had fled the vengeful Red Army, or were ethnic Germans forcibly expelled from countries like Poland and Czechoslovakia. 230 Squadron, both operating the Westland Puma HC2, and forming part of the RAF's Support Helicopter Force. Our Army took no revenge in 1918; it was more than considerate So accommodating were the occupying forces that the Germans came to believe that we would never fight them again in any cause. sanitation, laundry, finance, postal, signal, security, motor transport, laboratory, bakery, etc.) Nissen-Hut 834-bed Station Hospital, located near Cheltenham, England, mid-July 1943. 77th STA HOSP USAFBI Oct 43 England (reorganized in England, redesignated 231st STA HOSP 3 May 44 the old 77th STA HOSP, Reconditioning Center No.1, became the 825th CONV CEN 1 Dec 44) 100th GEN HOSP USAFBI 14 Apr 43 16 May 44 England 22 Aug 44France (returned to ZI 20 Aug 45) To cope with this situation, The Surgeon Generals Hospital program revised the ZI Hospital system, developed and perfected a system of specialized General Hospitals, provided additional General and Convalescent Hospital beds, improved the overall administration of Hospitals, and inaugurated a program of increased standards of maintenance and improvement of Hospital facilities. 79 ETO Rhineland There was a selection of hangar types, including four C-type hangars, four over-size (O) blister hangars and fourteen extra-over-size (EO) blister hangars. Mrs Cooper has been at the heart of the RAF Benson leadership team for several years and has made a huge impact on our personnel and families. Benson operated under RAF Transport Command throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Soldiers of all ranks resisted the ban on fraternisation. US Military Observers were sent to Great Britain to keep abreast of British wartime technical developments and to study the overall British war effort (the United States was not yet at war). Images by Cpl Connor Payne RAF German prisoners of war released to assist with Operation Barleycorn, Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, 1945. 42d FLD HOSP ETO Mar 44 England 8 Jun 44 France 17 Sep 44 Holland 16 Dec 44 Belgium 24 Dec 44 France 9 Jan 45 Belgium 13 Apr 45 Germany 126th EVAC HOSP ETO 1 May 45 Germany (responsible for PW, DPs and RAMPS servicing) Finally, in September 1945, Montgomery cancelled his previous orders on the issue and simply reminded his soldiers that they were 'to conduct themselves with dignity, and to use common sense when dealing with Germans'. 77th EVAC HOSP USAFBI 4 Sep 42 ETO 27 Dec 43 England 18 Jul 44 France 13 Oct 44 Belgium 25 Mar 45 Germany Jul 45 France (constituted with elements of 42d EVAC HOSP) National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HTRegistered Charity Number: 237902, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Active Edge: The Army, Germany and the Cold War. The Allies seized German jet aircraft, usingthe technology in their own jetprogrammes, May 1945, DemobilisedGerman soldiers boarding lorries to be taken to reconstruction projects, June 1945. [28], The Merlin fleet was officially handed over to the navy during a ceremony at Benson on 30 September 2014. 36th STA HOSP USANIF 12 Sep 43 England (opened a special center for psychotics and non-combat related mental disorder in 1943) HOSP TRAIN No. [21] By July 2003, approximately 1,400 military personnel, 166 Ministry of Defence civilians and 150 contractors were employed at Benson. 306th STA HOSP USAFBI 24 Nov 43 18 Mar 44 England (operated as Reception Unit for incoming troops arriving in the UK, no longer effective as Hospital) (assigned to 15th HOSP CEN 22 Dec 44) (primarily caring for wounded German PWs from 3 Jul 44 to 8 May 45) From theArmy's first crossing into enemy territory,personnel were expressly forbidden to have any social contact with Germans. 96th GEN HOSP ETO 9 Jan 44 England (possessed psychiatric facilities for prolonged treatment and rehabilitation of patients) 73 ETO Rhineland 8279th GEN HOSP ETO 27 Apr 45 France (Provisional German PW Hospital). Kilmer, ZI, 28 Jan 46) 124th STA HOSP ETO 10 Dec 45 Austria 38 ETO Oct 44 Belgium 1, became the 826th CONV CEN 1 Dec 44) 543 and No. 606 (Chiltern) Squadron (RAuxAF) is a reserve unit that provides personnel in ground-support roles to assist the Support Helicopter Force. Browse by reference through PMG 44 to find records of pensions paid to relatives of deceased RAF officers from 1916 to 1920. "First time @NAM_London today. 541 Squadron received the Gloster Meteor in December 1950, before relocating to Germany in June 1951. 20 30 May 44 Wales ETO Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace 617 Squadron in May 1943. V Hospital Group (Prov) Great Malvern, Worcs., UK (ex-12th Hospital Center) 177th MED BN ETO Sep 44 France Sep 44 Belgium The following publications are recommended: William Spencer, Air Force records for family historians (The National Archives, 2008), Ian Tavendar, The Distinguished Flying Medal register for the Second World War: With Official Recommendation details (Savannah Publications, 2000), Michael Maton, Honour the Air Forces: Honours and awards to the RAF and Dominion Air Forces during the Second World War (Token Publishing Limited, 2004), Find details of men who joined the RFC between its formation in 1912 and August 1914 (numbers 1-1400) by reading Jack V Webb and Ian McInnes, A Contemptible Little Flying Corps (London Stamp Exchange, 1991), Nick Carter and Carol Carter, The Distinguished Flying Cross and how it was won 1918-1995 (Savannah Publications, 1998), Phil Tomaselli, Tracing your Air Force Ancestors (Pen & Sword, 2007), For quick pointersTuesday to Saturday In fiscal 1945, when the peak of overseas shipments occurred, the WD sent 81 General, 35 Field, and 8 StationHospitalsto the various Theaters of Operations. The same month, i.e. 40th GEN HOSP ETO Nov 44 France (returned to ZI Aug 45) 1 for Officers, active 19 Apr 43 1 Sep 43, ceased operations 30 Dec 44, remained in France and moved to Germany 2 Jun 45) (reopened 23 Jul 45 in Germany) The British also established the Civilian Mixed Labour Organisation to undertake reconstruction work. The last German DP camps closed in the early 1950s. In October 2017, the MOD announced it would invest 90 million in the facility over eight years. Most of the factory's workforce initially consisted of displaced personsfrom across Europe, but more Germans were employed as time went on. The plan negotiated between British and Americans provided for a total of 94,108 beds 14,896 of them in former British and EMS Hospitals 51,220 in newly constructed installations and 27,992 in convertible troop camps (such as the one illustrated). Required fields are marked *. 42d EVAC HOSP 1 Jun 41 (disbanded 15 Oct 42, partly split in 2 separate units; the newly designated 27th EVAC HOSP, embarked for North Africa 3 Apr 44, and the designated 77th EVAC HOSP, which embarked for England 5 Aug 42) You can, however, consult: See also our guides to British prisoners of war c1790-1919 and British prisoners of the Second World War and the Korean War. [48], RAF Benson is also home to the Grob Tutor T1 light training aircraft of the Oxford University Air Squadron and No. The OCU later moved to RAF Thorney Island. 70th MED BASE DEP CO ETO 20 Nov 44 France 5th EVAC HOSP ETO 18 Dec 43 England 15 Jun 44 France 18 Sep 44 Belgium 11 Mar 45 Germany (activated 15 Jun 42) (operatedfeeding point for transient RAMPS at Gotha) (inactivated 5 Mar 46 ZI) All Rights Reserved. Consult GOV.UKto find out more. The E.T.O. 2d EVAC HOSP USANIF 27 Sep 42 6 Nov 42 England 10 Feb 44 Wales 29 Jun 44 France 2 Oct 44 Belgium 31 Mar 45 Germany (constituted with elements of 4th EVAC HOSP, disbanded 24 Aug 42, split in 2 different units, the 2d EVAC HOSP sent to Northern Ireland, 4 Sep 42, and the 48th EVAC HOSP transferred to India 18 Jan 43) The organization was authorized to operate under T/O 8-540, dated 1 April 1942, comprising a personnel strength of 29 Medical Officers, 4 Warrant Officers, 1 Nurse, and 255 Enlisted Men. Map of Germanyshowing the different zones of occupation in 1945. 1 PRU was formed into No. 96th FLD HOSP ETO France. was assigned as Camp Surgeon, assisted by personnel of the 116th EVAC and 127th EVAC HOSP) The station warrant officer ( SWO, often pronounced as a word) is the senior warrant officer on a British Royal Air Force station. 96th EVAC HOSP USAFBI 28 Feb 44 ETO 16 Jun 44 France 28 Sep 44 Belgium 22 Nov 44 Germany 27 Dec 44 Belgium 25 Feb 45 Germany (ex-8th SURG HOSP, 96th EVAC HOSP inactivated 11 Mar 45) (responsible for feeding and servicing of non-patient RAMPS at Merseburg airstrip) The first of six aircraft arrived on 20 November 1961 to form the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) which trained Argosy crews. The British, Americans and French were unable to come to an agreement with the Soviets about war reparations, the status of ethnic German refugees and the overall future of Germany. USAG Ansbach and the attached Katterbach Kaserne base played a significant role during the Cold War, but operations have since been scaled back. Hohenfels is the site of major training exercises, including force on force combined arms training. 195th GEN HOSP ETO 15 Feb 45 France [27] However, in November of that year, the Puma force was brought together when No. [46] Flying operations are supported by units such as No. 130th STA HOSP ETO 15 Jun 44 England France 24 Aug 45 Germany (the unit where G. S. PATTON Jr died on 21 Dec 45 at 1755 hrs) Hospital Train No. 1 Flying Training School at RAF Shawbury and builds on their existing skills learnt from basic and advanced helicopter training to qualify them on the Puma and Chinook. It performs support functions for other bases in the area, and is considered the smallest US military base in Germany. 170th GEN HOSP ETO 30 Sep 44 England 21 Nov 44 France (inactivated, 29 Jun 45) (reopened 1 Aug 45 in France and closed down 21 Sep 45) Furnishing hospitalization facilities for overseas areas became another phase of the US War Department plans. Be the first to hear about our latest events, exhibitions and offers. 17 ETO France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace (inactivated 15 Nov 45) Partial view of the385th Station Hospital, at Nrnberg, Germany, in Sep 45. Search the AFN Europe site: Search Search 106 Wing, with five units (No. 67th MED GP ETO 44 France Royal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson (IATA: BEX, ICAO: EGUB) is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located at Benson, near Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England. 22 30 May 44 Wales 15 Jun 44 England ETO Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace 32d EVAC HOSP USANIF 24 Feb 44 12 Mar 44 England 29 Apr 44 Wales 12 Jun 44 France 5 Feb 45 Germany Major IvanHirst and his comrades of theRoyal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers took over the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg in 1945, initially to make and repair cars for the British. 27th EVAC HOSP MTO 20 Apr 44 Algeria 22 May 44 Italy 1 Sep 44 Southern France 26 Mar 45 Germany(constituted with elements of 42d EVAC HOSP) (to ETO control 1 Nov 44, shipped to ZI 28 Nov 45, inactivated 10 Dec 45 ZI)
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