Originally Posted by
Finningley Boy
Eureka! Well almost, I've been browsing WW2 acronyms and abbreviations, STO was either Sea transport Officer or Station Transport Officer. The latter may well be appropriate, as plans for evacuation at RAF Stations in Germany, back in the day, were quite an imperative. Especially with US owned nukes on board. In other words, to oversee the organization of "Transport" to get various people away west smartish before the Russians arrived.
FB
Hi FB
Given the rank of Wing Commander - I would still perhaps lean towards 'Senior Techical Officer' (or similar),I could not find a good online guide to the history of the Technical/Engineering Branch.
The forces are past masters at changing job titles etc so these things were changing every few years sometimes.
A couple of years later the subject job title could have changed to 'OC Eng Wing' or Wingco Eng depending on the fashion of the day.
rgds LR