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Personnel believed to have served at Radford aerodrome in Warwickshire

We hope this list will be useful for family history research. We have more information on some of the people listed, which we are pleased to share. If a member of your family is listed, or you know where photographs or anecdotes can be found, please can you contact us? We appreciate the opportunity to copy original material and aim to build an archive of early military flying in the south Midlands. Thank you.

First Date	Last Date	Rank	Names or Initials	Surname	Comment
12/03/1917		Capt		Adams	Officer in command despatch
	16/08/1916	F/Sgt	F.	Ballard	Delivery pilot.
24/09/1918		Lt	Charles Geoffrey	Baker	Delivery pilot.
September 1919		Lt		Baulman
		Lt	Hedley Herbert	Berry	Pilot, killed in a flying accident 24/09/1918.
24/09/1918		Sgt	W H	Bertie	Fitter.
24/09/1918		Cpl	J C	Boomer	Rigger.
January 1919		Sgt		Brewer
22/05/1917		Lt	Frank Douglas	Brooker	Officer i/c aeroplane erection.
		Capt		Bullman
		2/Lt	Leonard Turnell	Carruthers	Pilot, injured in flying accident 20/05/1919.
				Caskie	Pilot early in late 1916 or early 1917; later RE8 pilot in 21 Squadron.
22/05/1917		Lt	Arthur	Chapman	Officer i/c engines.
24/09/1918		Cpl	A	Coch	Rigger.
19/04/1918		1/AM	Frank	Coxah	Mechanic.
		Lt	George Spencer	Craddock	Killed in a flying accident 20/05/1919.
26/03/1917			James Anderson	Craig	Pilot.
19/04/1918	24/09/1918	Lt	George Henry	Crooke-Rogers	Officer commanding riggers.
		Pte2	Charles	Crossland	Died of pneumonia 30/06/1918.
27/05/1918	December 1918	Sgt	Herbert	Cutts	In command of fitters.
November 1918		Sgt		Davenport
1919		AM3	George	Denham	Born Dublin 1901.
11/01/1918	21/01/1919	Pte2	Austin Hugh	Dow
29/03/1917		Lt	William Molesworth	Dunkley	Pilot.
February 1919		Sgt		Egan
				Eland	Female: driver at Radford in 1917-1918.
		3/AM	Henry	England	Injured 29/09/1918 swinging prop.
01/10/1918		Sgt Maj	George Alfred	Filmore	Disciplining sergeant.
		Lt	Arthur Henry Felix	Fletcher	Pilot, killed in a flying accident 22/05/1917.
February 1919		Sgt		Gear
November 1919		Cpl		Gilroy	Mechanic
		3/AM	F W	Green	Injured by tram, 07/09/1918.
22/05/1917		Capt	Cecil Scott J	Griffin	Pilot.
19/04/1918	24/09/1918	Lt	Frank Esmond	Gritton	Test pilot.
December 1918		F/Sgt		Hall
01/12/1917	31/01/1919	Lt	George William	Halstead	Ferry pilot with 1 AAP in December 1917 to February 1918 and summer 1918. Killed in a flying accident 31/01/1919.
18/08/1918	07/11/1918	Lt	Eric Vivian Colclough	Hamilton	Lieutenant Flying at 1 AAP from 18/08/1918 until about November 1918.
15/12/1917	01/10/1919	Lt	Percy	Haselock	Officer in charge of armament from December 1917.
10/03/1919	05/04/1919	Capt	Edwin Tufnell	Hayne	Pilot. He was killed in a flying accident at Castle Bromwich on 28/04/1919.
October 1918		Sgt		Henderson
	25/10/1917	2/Lt	Alan Stanley	Hett	Ferry pilot.
19/04/1918	01/10/1918	Lt	George	Hodgson	Pilot; injured by propeller 26/08/1918.
29/09/1917	05/11/1918	2/Lt	William Harold	Hodson	Assistant instructor in gunnery.
19/04/1918	24/09/1918	Dr	Alfred	Hooper	MD medical officer i/c 1 AAP.
September 1919		Lt		Howden
24/09/1918		3/AM	H C	Hunter	Armourer.
				Jack	Female: driver at Radford in 1917-1918.
10/05/1917?	23/03/1918	Lt	John Herbert	James	Delivery pilot or test pilot. Between 1912 and 1915 he was a "self-employed aviator. In 1913 he built his own machine and flew it for two years on exhibition work. Between 1915 and 1917 he was a test pilot at the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough.
		Sgt	D T A	Jones	Pilot, killed in a flying accident 01/10/1918.
			Joe	King	Female: driver at Radford in 1917-1918.
27/05/1918		1/AM	Frederick	Lacroix	Fitter.
January 1919		Sgt		Leofold
February 1919		Sgt		Linnett
22/05/1917		Capt	Percy H	Linthune	Adjutant.
October 1918		Sgt		Lord
28/03/1918	16/08/1918	Lt	Donald Marcus Kelway	Marendaz	Delivery pilot.
01/08/1919	31/08/1919	Capt		Marsh
		Lt		Molyneaux	At the aerodrome in 1918.
12/03/1917		Lt	Lee R.	Murray	Test pilot.
27/05/1918		2/AM	Frank	Norris	Rigger.
27/05/1918		Lt	Hugh	Pendavis	Test pilot.
24/09/1918		Cpl	H	Perry	Fitter.
01/10/1917	01/10/1917	Capt	William Ewart	Reason
19/04/1918	24/09/1918	Lt Col		Rene-de-Sarigny	Officer commanding 1 Aircraft Acceptance Park.
			Clifford	Roberts
		Sgt	Walter	Rogers	Pilot
		2/AM	Victor Hewlett	Roser	No. 1075; was also a gunner and landed the aircraft after the pilot was shot dead - not clear whether this was before or after being posted to Radford. Met his future wife at the White and Poppe shell filling factory in Coventry.
19/04/1918	24/09/1918	Lt	Noel Arthur Clarence	Runnels-Moss	Officer in command of fitters.
April 1919		Sgt		Sarigry
				Sandford	Female: driver at Radford in 1917-1918.
22/05/1917	27/07/1917	Capt	Robert Horne	Seivwright	Dispatch officer.
24/09/1918		Cpl		Simonette	Fitter.
		Sgt	Hilda	Smith	Secretary to the adjutant and officer commanding 1 AAP, when she was 16.
27/07/1917		Sgt	Garnett	Sutcliffe	Fitter.
27/05/1918		Cpl	James Frederick	Taylor	In command of riggers.
27/07/1917		Lt	Clifford	Thomas	Tester
November 1918		Sgt		Thorpe
October 1918		Cpl		Turner	Mechanic
		Lt		Turpin
01/10/1917		Capt	R H C	Usher	Pilot with Military Cross. Had been wounded flying with 27 Sqn in 1916. Became Flight Commander in March 1918. Killed testing a machine at Northolt aerodrome on 05/06/1924.
October 1918		Sgt		Venn
		3/AM	Percival George	Welsman	Mechanic, killed in a flying accident 24/09/1918.
		1/AM		Wheeldon
October 1918		Sgt		Williams
27/05/1918	01/10/1918	Lt	Desmond A	Wright	Officer commanding dispatch; responsible for testing.

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