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No. 233 Squadron Royal Air Force If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Logbooks Do you have a WW2 Flying Log Book in your possession? If so it would be a huge help if you could add logbook entries to our new database. Thank you. View Logbook entries Those known to have served with No. 233 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Bettridge Austin Victor James. P/O. (d.1st Nov 1942) Potter DFM. James Walter . Flt.Lt. (d.17th February 1942) Smith Arthur Wilfreid. LAC. (d.7th January 1940) Styles DSO. Hubert Mortimer. Wing Co. (d.1st Nov 1942) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of No. 233 Squadron Royal Air Force from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 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Susan Bettridge Add to this record. Flt.Lt. James Walter Potter DFM. 233 Squadron (d.17th February 1942) James Potter was awarded the DFM, his citation reads, Sergeant Potter has completed 110 operational flights including attacks on enemy destroyers, successful reconnaissances off the Dutch coast and an attack with 250lb bombs on Stavanger aerodrome. On 16th of February 1940, he took part in a special search for the Altmark, the next day, he escorted five destroyers bringing rescued prisoners from Norway to Scotland. On 23rd of July 1940, during a North Sea patrol, he sighted an enemy force of eight destroyers and six motor vessels. He reported and shadowed them for two and a half hours to the full endurance of his aircraft despite the presence of enemy aircraft. He has displayed great courage and determination. Neil Potter Add to this record. LAC. Arthur Wilfreid Smith 233 Squadron (d.7th January 1940) Arthur Smith joined the RAF in 1936 and was posted to 233 Squadron on its formation at Tangmere in 1937. He was a Wireless Operator Air Gunner. Initially he trained on Avro Anson's for the Norwegian Patrol. In 1939 he twice took part in the ferrying of Bristol Blenheim light bombers to RAF Habaniyya in Iraq, returning to the UK the day before war broke out. On 7th of January 1940 aged 20 years whilst testing Anti Surface Vessel radar he was killed when Lockheed Hudson N7256 crashed on Nanty Moel, Bridgend Glamorgan along with Sergeant Pilots Hallam and Bousefield and 2 civilian scientists. Cause of the accident was bad weather. Martin Smith Add to this record. Wing Co. Hubert Mortimer Styles DSO. 233 Squadron (d.1st Nov 1942) British Commander in R.C.A.F. Honored. Acting Wing-Cmdr Hubert Mortimer Styles, English born commander of the R.C.A.F coastal command squadron, which has since September destroyed or damaged many thousands of tons of enemy shipping, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order, it was announced on Wednesday night. Styles, whose men want him to remain as their commander even when the squadron otherwise becomes 100 percent Canadian, displayed rare powers of leadership and organizing ability, the citation reads. "On 1 November 1942 W/Cdr Styles was the pilot of Hudson IIIA FH343 of 233 Squadron Coastal Command. This aircraft took off from Portreath, Cornwall on a delivery flight to RAF Station Gibraltar, where the rest of the squadron was based. His aircraft was seen to spin into the sea in position 4158 N 0939 W and disappear immediately at 1108hrs. Other aircraft circled and observed wreckage, but no sign of life." The crew included Sergeant W. Thirde RCAF, the wireless operator. 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