WW2 Mobilisation Regulations
No 10 Squadron has a Memorial Plaque commissioned in 1940 in memory of its first crew lost on the night of 2 October 1939, after the first leaflet raid over Berlin. Embedded within it is a metal squadron badge, with words indicating that it had been taken fron the crew's Whitley aircraft on the outbreak of war. The unit 540 mentions mobilisation being ordered on 1 September and completed on 3 September, but with no additional detail given. As the squadron aircraft had unit identifiers, I'm slightly curious as to why badges would have been removed from them and have not yet found an authoritative source on this aspect of mobilisation. Any suggestions will be welcome.
(And if anyone knows when the plaque was returned to 10 Sqn from the Station Church at RAF Dishforth, that would be good to know. All appears to be deep and silent on that so far.)