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(b) Main Rail Party Composition of the Main Rail Party is
Appendix 'C'. The train times will be issued as an amendment
to this order when it is available.
(c) Air Party The composition of the Air Party is detailed in
Appendix 'D'.
Railway Transport Requirements
5. The Flying Wing Adjutant is to arrange rail transport for the move of
parties below:
(a) Advance Road Party reservation of Rail Flats at the railhead
Niebull for the conveyance of personnel and vehicles listed at
Appendix 'A' from Niebull to Westerland.
(b) Main Rail Party Provision is to be made for passenger train
service to transport the Main Party to R.A.F. Sylt to arrive PM on
7th February, 1958. (Click to see pictures taken on the rail journey.)
(c) Rail Party Documentation The officer i/c Main Rail Party is
to have warrants prepared for the Main Rail Party personnel. The
Officer i/c Advance Party is to have railway warrants prepared for the
Advanced Party personnel and vehicles to cover the journey from
Niebull to Westerland. Return journey warrants are to be prepared at the
same time and handed to the Squadron Adjutant for safe custody. O.C.s
Advanced and Main Parties are to collect all movement documents from
Admin Wing not later than 1600 hours on 4th February, 1958.
6. Squadron M.T. Requirements The officer i/c Advance Party is to
collect all necessary documents for the vehicles listed at Appendix
'A' and Appendix 'B', from the Station M.T.O. twenty four hours
before departure.
(a) Other M.T. Requirements The M.T.O. R.A.F. Sylt is to arrange
sufficient transport for the personnel listed at Appendix 'C' to convey
them from the point of disembarkation from the train to their
accommodation at R.A.F. Sylt.
(b) Private Cars Officers, N.C.O.s and Airmen travelling to Sylt
in Private Cars are responsible for arranging their own passage from
Niebull to Westerland. Personnel are warned that they will have to
pay full German rated and cannot claim re-imbursement. They are to
arrive at Sylt in time for Duty at 07.00 hours 10th February, 1958.
7. Loading of Equipment The loading of Technical and Heavy Personnel
baggage onto Number 317 Squadron M.T. Vehicles is to commence at 1000 hours
on 5th February, 1958.
8. Rations & Catering
(a) Advance Party The N.C.O. i/c Advance Party is to collect from
The Main Ration Store pack rations for the personnel detailed in
Appendix 'A'.
(b) Main Rail Party If it is not possible to receive meals
throughout the journey by the Restaurant Car Service, the Catering
Officer is to provide sufficient pack rations and liquid refreshment
for the Main Rail Party. The Catering Officer will be notified of the
number of pack rations that will be required when the final figure is
known.
9. Kit Full scale kit, excluding webbing is to be carried by all
personnel. Personnel of the Main Rail Party are to travel in No 1 Home
Service Dress.
10. Pay The adjutant Number 4 Squadron is to collect the pay books
of the Squadron and 2nd Line support personnel detailed from Technical
Wing and is to be responsible for their safe custody during the detachment
at Sylt.
11. Booking In and Out Officers All Officers proceeding to R.A.F. Sylt
are to sign the movements book in the Station Adjutants office and the
Warning Out Book in the Officers Mess before proceeding to R.A.F. Sylt.
12. Domestic The Adjutant No 4 Squadron is to ensure that all airmen
including 2nd line element of the rank of Corporal and below take with them
their sheets and pillow cases for use during the detachment. Normal laundry
facilities and Dirty Linen changes will be actioned by R.A.F. Sylt.
13. Command & Signals
(a) Crystallisation of Aircraft Aircraft en route are to fly with
normal operational crystallisation.
(b) Route & Call Signs Route, departure times and call signs
will be detailed at the departure briefing.
ACKNOWLEDGE
(T. J. McELHAW)
SQUADRON LEADER
OFFICER COMMANDING
NUMBER 4 SQUADRON.
List of Appendices
Appendix 'A' - Composition of Advance Party
Appendix 'B' - Convoy Regulations and Routing Instructions.
Appendix 'C' - Composition of Main Rail Party
Appendix 'D' - Composition of Air Party.
Distribution Internal Copy No External Copy No
Station Commander 1 Headquarters 2. ATAF 27
O.C. Flying Wing 2-4 Headquarters 2 Group 28
O.C. Admin Wing 5-8 2 Group ACC 29
O.C. Tech Wing 9-12 R.A.F. Sylt 30-33
O.C. No. 4 Squadron 13-16 Hanover Movements 34
O.C. No 101 S.U. 17 F.540 35
S.A.T.C.O. 18 File 36
Met Office 19 Spare 37-42
Catering Officer 20
Station M.T.O. 21
S.E.O. 22
S.M.O. 23
O.C. No 1 Signals Troop 24
S.W.O. 25
5352 Wing 26
Appendix 'A' to No 4
Squadron Movement
Order No 1/58
dated 1st January, 1958
Composition of Advance Party
Landrover 43 AA 28 Fg.Off. A.A. Boyle
4011803 Sgt. M.E. Perkins.
4173830 SAC. MacDonald.
5019838 SAC. Murphy.
Landrover 35 AA 88 Fg.Off J. Hawtin
Fg.Off D. Hipperson
Landrover 43 AA 24 Fg.Off. P.F. Hunwick
Fg.Off A. Pollock
Magirus 46 AE 59 1924078 Cpl Powell.
1924999 Cpl Went.
Magirus 52 AE 18 1927561 Cpl Clarke.
4169809 SAC O'Keefe.
Magirus 45 AE 86 5038052 LAC Lee.
4167488 SAC Evans.
Magirus 52 AE 16 3521315 SAC Knight.
5023567 SAC Waller.
Magirus 53 AE 34 586391 Cpl Browning.
Borgward 60 AE 77 4172507 LAC Mucklay.
4172411 LAC Wooley.
Magirus 53 AE 29 4189141 LAC Brown
1922962 SAC Rutty.
Magirus 52 AE 35 3523899 LAC Stallard.
586372 Cpl Shea.
Magirus 92 AF 37 4169441 LAC Codona.
4171504 SAC Harris.
Magirus 47 AE 08 4195361 LAC Aird.
4070757 Cpl Newmarch. M.T. Fitt.
Appendix 'B' to No
4 Squadron Movement
Order No 1/58
dated 1st January, 1958
CONVOY REGULATIONS AND ROUTING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Speed
(a) Columns (excluding articulators, vehicles towing trailers,
freight carrying vehicles designed for a load of 10 tons or
over, refuellers, cranes and snow ploughs).
DAY NIGHT
Autobahns 24 m.p.h. (38 k.p.h.) 12 m.p.h. (19 k.p.h.)
1st Class Roads 20 m.p.h. (24 k.p.h.) 12 m.p.h. (19 k.p.h.)
All other Roads 18 m.p.h. (29 k.p.h.) 9 m.p.h. (12 k.p.h.)
(b) Columns including all types of vehicles
DAY NIGHT
Autobahns 12 m.p.h. (19 k.p.h.) 9 m.p.h. (14 k.p.h.)
1st Class Roads 10 m.p.h. (16 k.p.h.) 8 m.p.h. (12 k.p.h.)
Bad Roads 7 m.p.h. (11 k.p.h.) 6 m.p.h. (14 k.p.h.)
NOTE. The speed of all convoys must be restricted to a maximum speed
consistent with that of the slowest vehicles in the convoy, as
laid down in T.S.I. Vol 6 Leaflet 32.
2. Halts
Short - 20 mins after every 1 hours 40 minutes driving
Long - One hour after every five hours driving.
Overnight Ten hours after every five hours driving.
Note In cases where longer driving periods are essential, a second
relief driver is to be carried by each vehicle.
3. Rations Form 250 is to be taken by O.C. Convoy and handed in to
Transit Camp.
4. Staging and Refuelling The Station M.T. Officer is to arrange staging
refuelling and escorts for the advance party.
5. Breakdown and Recovery In the event of a breakdown of a vehicle
every effort is to be made by convoy personnel to carry out repairs. If
this cannot be done quickly, recovery assistance is to be requested from
the nearest Military Police Post, either direct throughout a service or
throughout any german Police Station all of which are in possession of the
telephone number of the nearest Military Post. A convoy is not to be unduly
delayed because of the breakdown on an individual vehicle (30 minutes is the
maximum possible delay.)
6. Documentation
(a) Normal
(i) Forms 658 for each vehicle
(ii) Form FMT 3 for each vehicle
(iii) Form 656 for each vehicle
(iv) Form 1250 for each personnel
(v) BAOR Form 347 (Return) for each vehicle.
(b) Additional One Form 494 to cover the journey from Niebull to
Westerland for the whole of the party and vehicles. Nominal roles
showing Number Ranks and Names of all personnel and registration
numbers of vehicles and makes of all vehicles, is to be attached to
the Form 494.
* See note below.
7. Communications In the event of any delays or any information being
required, the following information is to be notified on the R.A.F. Movements
Organisation.
Location Phone Area Covered
Duty Hours After Duty
2 Group
Gutersloh Ex 705 Ex 776 Gutersloh, Jever
Oldenburg
Hamburg Hamburg Mil RAF Uterson Sylt & Hamburg
443970 Ex 346
8. Convoy Discipline No overtaking by individual vehicles within the
convoy is to take place.
9. Convoy Route
R.A.F. Jever Luneburg
Jever Town Hamburg
210 Ostiem 4 Neumeunster
69 Oldenburg 205 Renderburg
75 Bremen 77 Schleswig
Autobahn 76 Flensburg
199 Niebull
Ferry to Sylt
10. General The convoy commander is to read and sign all orders held
in the M.T. Section pertaining to his duties. He is also to check that
each driver is in possession of his R.A.F. F 1629 before proceeding.
Appendix 'C' to No 4
Squadron Movement
Order No 1/58
dated 1st January, 1958
COMPOSITION OF MAIN RAIL PARTY
Officers i/c Fg.Off P. Jones
Fg.Off A. McNae
366024 W.O. Baker. Acr/Fitt 5023181 AC Mohan. Arm/Asst
570460 F.S. Morris. Acr/Fitt 4148860 SAC Mold. Arm/Mech
584987 Sgt. Boulden. Radio/Fitt 1175670 SAC Morris. Elec/Mech
582934 Sgt. Cherrett. Elec/Fitt 3519177 SAC Neagle. Eng/Mech
1476756 Sgt. Danks. A/F/Fitt 5033350 SAC Oldham. A/F/Mech
4022563 Sgt. Mills. Eng/Fitt 4187582 LAC Postgate. Photo.GS
647634 Sgt. O'Donald. Eng/Fitt 4191844 LAC Robertson. Clk/Org
641292 Sgt. O'Gorman. A/F/Fitt 5022499 SAC Stark. Arm/Mech
623425 Sgt. Simmons. Inst/Fitt 5020383 LAC Thomson. Arm/Mech
537650 Sgt. Wilkinson. Arm/Fitt 5020402 SAC Thorne. A/F/Mech
1925692 Cpl. Barlow. Inst/Fitt 4174997 SAC Tristram. Eng/Mech
4013815 Cpl. Burnett. A/F/Fitt 4175780 SAC Verringer. Eng/Mech
4161401 Cpl. Burns. Arm/Fitt 5016256 SAC Walker. Elec/Mech
3511854 Cpl. Clackson. A/F/Fitt 3522668 SAC Wares. A/F/Mech
1926476 Cpl. Jennings. A/W/Fitt 4167328 LAC Williams. Arm/Mech
1924279 Cpl. Pearson. Eng/Fitt 5023133 AC Woolard. Arm/Asst.
4127066 Cpl. Roberts. Elec/Fitt 1922741 Cpl McCartney. Eng/Fitt.
4060928 Cpl. Scudder. Arm/Fitt
588384 Cpl. Smith. A/F/Fitt
1927420 Cpl. Stanbrook. Arm/Fitt
4099711 Cpl. White. A/Rad/Fitt
4173325 SAC. Barnes. Elec/Mech
5015280 SAC. Cobb. A/Rad/Mech
5010801 SAC. Cruden. A/W/Mech
3150104 LAC. Eagles. Arm/Mech
4184661 SAC. Glasby. Eng/Mech
4167931 SAC. Harvey. Eng/Mech
5015916 SAC. Holmes. A/F/Mech
5018514 SAC. Keppie. A/W/Mech 2nd Line Support Personnel
5029267 SAC. Lagden. ST/Mech 654505 Sgt Smith. Acr/Fitt
4184716 AC. Lawrie. Acr/Asst 588970 Cpl Honey. A/F/Fitt
4194147 AC. Lewis. Admin/Ord 4145481 J/T Bammer. A/F/Fitt
5033807 SAC. Lyon. A/F/Mech 1929413 J/T Wright. A/F/Fitt
5022391 SAC Rich. A/F/Mech
4175250 SAC Ayers. Eng/Mech
586519 Cpl Hayes. Elec/Fitt
588773 Cpl Ray. Inst/Fitt
4164526 Cpl Joseph. A/W/Fitt
Private Cars
523255 F.S. Lipscomb. Eng/Fitt.
1928231 J/T. Stroud. A/F/Fitt
Appendix 'D' to No 4
Squadron Movement
Order No 1/58
dated 1st January, 1958
Composition of Air Party
Sqn.Ldr T.J. McElhaw
Flt.Lt. G. Eades
Flt.Lt. R.H. Barraclough
Fg.Off. J. Slaney
Fg.Off. W.B. Maish
Fg.Off. J. Cross
Fg.Off. D.G. Riley
Fg.Off. A. Bendell
Fg.Off. A. Brewer
Fg.Off. T.M. Jeffrey
Fg.Off. D.A. Ferguson
Fg.Off. B. Dale
Fg.Off. J.A. Bell
Fg.Off. R. Cope - Lewis
Fg.Off. A. Bebbington.
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