Hi
To get thi thread back on to the title.
AC2 R G Cameron 1343390
Enlisted (deferred service) 12-3-40
Signed for Aircrew Training 26-11-40
Receiving wing(Lords Cricket Ground) 7-7-41
4ITW Paignton 19-7-41
21 EFTS Booker 6-9-41
ACDC Heaton Park 6-12-41
HMTS Bergensfjiord 22-12-41
31 RD Moncton Canada 2-1-42
33 SFTS Carberry Canada 6-1-42
Commissioned 21-4-42 Pilot Officer 123152
Pilots Brevet award 24-4-42
31 RD Muncton 5-5-42
31SFTS Kingston Canada 18-5-42
31 RD Muncton 14-8-42
HMTS Awatea 21-8-42
No 1Y dept Halifax Canada 24-8-42 Due to Ship hitting another in the convoy.
HMT Queen Mary New York 4-9-42 ( I've still got a coat hangar off this ship)
3 PRC Bournemouth 12-9-42
Married 21-9-42
7 AFU Peterborough 29-9-42 He hated the place!!!!! lousy CO too
10 FIS Reading 29-10-42
2 EFTS Worcester 17-1-43
197 Sqdn Tangmere 19-9-43 Just Visiting
2 EFTS Worcester 24-9-43
3 AFU South Cerney 12-4-44
1525 BATF Docking 17-5-44
3 AFU 23-5-44
5 PDC Blackpool 5-7-44
HMTS Strathnaver 17-7-44
BRD Worli Bombay India 16-8-44
84 Squadron Yelahanka 28-10-44 (mosquito's arrived in the Feb 45)
" Charra 24-4-45
" St Thomas Mount 22-6-45
" Baigachi 1-9-45 (awarded Burma Star for 1 days service)
" Hmawbi Burma 12-9-45
" Singapore 13-9-45
" Saigon 21-10-45 to 23-10-45 (Rtn Singapore)
" Batavia Java 11-1-46 (LST3035)
60 PTC Singapore 14-2-46
HMTS Largs Bay 15-2-46
BRD Bombay 22-2-46
104 PDC Cannock 15-4-46
So you can see his brevet took him just short of 10 months to achieve but his Flying training took over 18 months before he was allocated a full role as an Instructor.
I would say that enlistment to Combat flying would be similar for the brevet but most likely even longer to get to a squadron. surely AFU -OTU - HCU - LSF(maybe) then Squadron. So even 18 months would be a good run through the training; so a January 1943 enlistment (at 17 for example and being taken straight away) would give you a posting to a squadron in June 1944. Then over 100 ops before May 1945 would be some going for a 19 year old, for example.
Any more thoughts lads?
Cheers
Alastair