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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

No. 194 Squadron Royal Air Force



 

14th October 1942 New transport squadron formed in India

31st October 1942 Report for October

13th November 1942 Test flight for new service schedule

21st November 1942 Scheduled operational flying commenced

23rd November 1942 Transport to Acra

24th November 1942 Detachment to Dum Dum

30th November 1942 Report for November

6th December 1942 New Transport flights planned

7th December 1942 Hudson crashed to avoid collision

12th December 1942 Airmen arrive from UK

15th December 1942 Supply aircraft lost over Burma

16th December 1942 Transport aircraft makes crash landing

25th December 1942 Poor Christmas

28th December 1942 Missing aircraft found by troops

31st December 1942 Report for December

1st January 1943 Support for Chindits

17th January 1943 New transport service

6th February 1943 Service undertaken for Indian National Airways

February 1943 Operation Longcloth

11th February 1943 Supply drops behind Japanese lines

13th February 1943 Move planned

18th February 1943 Transport Squadron move to new base

21st February 1943 Collision at Bangalore

28th February 1943 Report for February

5th March 1943 Detachment relocated

10th March 1943 Film assignment

13th March 1943 Sightseeing flight

16th March 1943 Army cooperation exercises

31st March 1943 Report for March

31st March 1943 Chindit withdrawal ordered

5th Apr 1943 Supplies

15th April 1943 Two airment killed on take-off

1st May 1943 Dakotas delivered

12th May 1943 Crash caused by bird strike

1st June 1943 Report for May

3rd June 1943 Flight to Cairo

June 1943 Transport Operations

4th August 1943 Crash in stormy weather

27th August 1943 Air crash in India kills ten

16th September 1943 Handover of transport duties

18th September 1943 On the move

19th September 1943 194 renamed Airborne Forces Squadron

13th October 1943 Anniversary

20th October 1943 Paratroop dropping training

27th October 1943 Wireless operators make parachute jump

3rd November 1943 Change-over of Squadrons

8th November 1943 Night flying exercises

17th November 1943 Training

23rd December 1943 Navigator dies suddenly

13th January 1944 Supplies flown in

5th February 1944 Pack up to move

9th February 1944 Heel Trap deployed successfully

9th February 1944 Operation over Burma

10th February 1944 Battle of the Admin Box

10th February 1944 Supply drop in the Arakan

11th February 1944 Supply drops

12th February 1944 No enemy aircraft to be seen

13th February 1944 Supply drops

14th February 1944 Maximum effort

16th February 1944 Day and night supply drops

17th February 1944 Damaged by ground fire

19th February 1944 Supply drops

16-20th February 1944 Japanese airforce kept at bay

21st February 1944 Two sorties

22nd February 1944 24 sorties

23rd February 1944 24 sorties again

25th February 1944 30 supply drops

27th February 1944 Glider towing practice

28th February 1944 Supplies to Arakan

2nd March 1944 Transport Aircraft moved for Chindit Operations

3rd March 1944 Congratulations from Mountbatten

5th March 1944 Landing

5th to 11th March 1944 Supplies to Arakan

6th March 1944 Operation Thursday

6th to 8th March 1944 Paratroop dropping exercises

6th March 1944 Emergency repairs in the jungle

7th March 1944 Supplies to Broadway

8th March 1944 Chindit support operations

9th March 1944 Mules

10th March 1944 Wounded evacuated

11th March 1944 Detachment returns

12th March 1944 On the Move

12th March 1944 Supplies to Chindits

13th March 1944 Supply drops

15th March 1944 Chindit supplies

18th March 1944 Operation Thursday

18th March 1944 Reinforcements moved to Imphal

19th March 1944 Reinforcements delivered

20th March 1944 Detachment sent to Imphal again

21st March 1944 Troops moved to 'Aberdeen'

22nd March 1944 Chindit reinforcements

23rd March 1944 Movement of RAF forces

24th March 1944 Quiet day for recovery

25th March 1944 Seige of Imphal

26th March 1944 Supplies

27th March 1944 Relief of seige

28th March 1944 Transport

29th March 1944 Siege of Imphal

29th March 1944 Supplies to beseiged garrison town

29th March 1944 Supplies to Aberdeen

30th March 1944 Supplies to Aberdeen

31st March 1944 Supplies to Aberdeen

1st ? 4th April 1944 Supplies to Aberdeen

5th & 6th April 1944 Supplies dropped to White City

7th April 1944 Shot down on jungle airstrip

8th April 1944 Night flights deliver troops

9th April 1944 Dakota written off

10th April 1944 15 unsuccessful supply drops

11th April 1944 Sustained attack

11th April 1944 Dakota crashed in the jungle

13th April 1944 Missing in Action

14th April 1944 Transport

16-24th April 1944 Supplies delivered

25th April 1944 Two Daks missing

26-27th April 1944 Chindit supplies

28-29th April 1944 Supplies delivered

2nd May 1944 Chindit Operations

3rd May 1944 Supplies and men transported

6th May 1944 Dakota crahsed in jungle

8th May 1944 Intensive shuttle service

10th May 1944 Evacuation

10th May 1944 Guns uplifted from White City

12th May 1944 Mail rescued

16th May 1944 Supplies drops to Kohima aborted

21st May 1944 Relief crews

25th May 1944 Japanese occupy Blackpool

26th May 1944 Terrifying plunge over mountains

May 1944 Transport flights day and night

4th June 1944 Shuttle service

6th June 1944 New C.O. appointed

8th June 1944 Chindit and Kohima ops

19th June 1944 Dakota lost at Kohima

22nd June 1944 Detachment

23rd June 1944 2 supply aircraft crash at Imphal

28th June 1944 Detachment reinforced

1st July 1944 Routine transport

3rd July 1944 Seige lifted

10th July 1944 New aircrew

12th July 1944 Detachment relocated

20th July 1944 Detachment moves to Imphal

1-31st July 1944 Appalling weather

12th August 1944 Congratulations

24th August 1944 Dakota missing

1-31st August 1944 Daily operations

September 1944 Move to Imphal

10th October 1944 

2nd November 1944 Transport Squadron stood down

1st December 1944 Paratroop exercise

2nd December 1944 Training

7th December 1944 Increased establishment

9th December 1944 Orders to move

10th December 1944 Transport Squadron relocated

11th December 1944 Back on operations

17th December 1944 Transport services into Burma

12th December 1944 Operations from Imphal

13th December 1944 Squadron reunited

19th December 1944 Routine ops

24th December 1944 Record supply deliveries

25th December 1944 Christmas Ops

31st December 1944 Medical Report

3rd January 1945 Sorties completed despite weather

6th January 1945 Bad weather stops ops

7th January 1945 Ops stopped

8th January 1945 Ops aborted

27th January 1945 Casualty evaluation flight attached to Squadron

31st January 1945 Monthly report

7th February 1945 Aircraft overloaded

8th February 1945 Bodies recovered from Beaufighter

12th February 1945 Crash on take-off

14th February 1945 Explosion in ammo store

17th February 1945 Frustration of unmarked DZ's

25th February 1945 Supplies dropped to front line troops

28th February 1945 Japanese airbase taken

28th February 1945 Monthly report

1st March 1945 Relocations

19th March 1945 Move into Burma

25th March 1945 Collision on the runway

31st March 1945 Monthly report

8th April 1945 Fire at airbase

30th April 1945 Monthly report

3rd May 1945 Dakota lost

31st May 1945 Monthly Report

31st May 1945 Monthly Report

14th June 1945 Navigator earns a George Medal

20th June 1945 C/O killed in thunderstorm

30th June 1945 Monthly Report

25th July 1945 Crashed off Akyab Island

31st July 1945 Monthly report

21st August 1945 Relocated to Rangoon

31st August 1945 Monthly report


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No. 194 Squadron Royal Air Force

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

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Want to know more about No. 194 Squadron Royal Air Force?


There are:2189 items tagged No. 194 Squadron Royal Air Force available in our Library

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George Ollerhead 102 Squardron

George Ollerhead served with 102 Sqdn and 194 Sqdn from 1941 to 1945, if anyone remembers him I would be very glad to hear from you.

Mark Haselden



Robert Wells pilot 194 Sqd.

My father Robert Wells RAF was pilot on c47 Dakotas in India 1944/45 on 194 sqd.

Bob Wells



ACI. Charles Christopher Murphy 194 Squadron

Charles Murphy served with 194 Squadron, Royal Air Force.




P/O. Colin Alan "Happy" Walton 194 Squadron (d.3rd May 1945)

My father, Colin Walton, joined the RAAF in Australia on 2nd of July 1940 and was sent to Canada and England to train. He was then stationed in India and flew Dakotas from Imphal, India delivering supplies. His last flight was his third mission for the day in very bad weather. He and his crew were declared missing on 3rd of May 1945.

Jill Overton



Sgt. Gho Friel 194 Sqdn.

My dad volunteered for 194 Squadron which started in August 1942 in Burma. He was a non-commissioned sgt pilot from 1939 to 1945. His crew was from Australia and New Zealand.

John Friel



Robert Court 1651 HCU

I served with 1651 HCU from 1942 to 1944 as a Fitter 11A servicing Stirlings, before being posted overseas with 194 Squadron.

Bob Court



F/Sgt. George Ollerhead W/op 102 Sqd.

My grandad, Georhe Ollerhead trained at Blackpool from 17th January 1941 when he joined the RAF and later went on to Driffield and was assigned to 102 Sqdn. He trained through Wymeswold and Litchfield from 1943 onwards to the early part of 1945 from were he was posted to Karachi with 194 SQdn. He was a Wireless opp air gunner and made it to Flight Sargent. I am very very proud of this fine man and only have one photo of him the day he joined up, aged 21. I would love to know if anyone out there remembers him.

Mark Haselden







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