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 Photo courtesy of Al Brandon Back row; Grigg, Grant, Gilmour, Clark, Smith, Patterson, Johnson, Conrad, McElroy, Zary, Warfield, Tetroe, Murray, Wilson. Front row; Thorne, Curry, McRoberts, Stronach, Bamford, Driver, Drope, Brandon, Saunders, Calvert, Cook. Missing is Gimbel. |
The photo above was taken at RAF Station Tangmere
in East Sussex on the first of June 1944. Of the twenty-seven pilots identified
above, Saunders and Gimbel left in the next couple of days, leavingy twenty-five
pilots on the roster of 421 Squadron the morning of the Normandy Invasion, 6
June 1944.
| Start Date | Wing and Station | Commander |
| 9-Apr-42 | 12 Group, Digby Lincolnshire | S/L F W Kelly |
| 3-May-42 | 10 Group, Fairwood Common South Wales | S/L F W Kelly |
| 8-Oct-42 | new commander S/L F C Willis | |
| 15-Oct-42 | 10 Group, Angle South Wales | S/L F C Willis |
| 17-Nov-42 | new commander S/L F C Willis KIA 8-Nov replaced by S/L F E Green | |
| 29-Jan-43 | 11 Group, Kenley Surrey | S/L F E Green |
| 23-Mar-43 | Kenley Wing, Redhill Surrey | S/L F E Green |
| 13-Apr-43 | new commander S/L J D Hall | |
| 17-May-43 | Kenley Wing, Kenley Surrey | S/L J D Hall |
| 17-Jun-43 | new commander S/L P L Archer KIA 17-Jun replaced by S/L R W McNair | |
| 7-Aug-43 | 127 Airfield, Lashenden Kent | S/L R W McNair |
| 20-Aug-43 | 127 Airfield, Headcorn Kent | S/L R W McNair |
| 14-Oct-43 | 127 Airfield, Kenley Surrey | S/L R W McNair |
| 17-Oct-43 | new commander S/L C M Magwood | |
| 13-Dec-43 | new commander S/L J F Lambert | |
| 20-Dec-43 | S/L J F Lambert KIA replaced by S/L W A Conrad 1-Jan-44 | |
| 18-Apr-44 | 127 Wing, Tangmere West Sussex | S/L W A Conrad |
| 16-Jun-44 | 127 Wing, B.2 Bazenville Normandy | S/L W A Conrad |
| 28-Jul-44 | new commander S/L W A Prest | |
| 28-Aug-44 | 127 Wing, B.26 Iliers l'Eveque Normandy | S/L W L Prest |
| 22-Sep-44 | 127 Wing, B.68 Beauvechain Belgium | S/L W L Prest |
| 1-Oct-44 | 127 Wing, B.82 Grave Netherlands | S/L W L Prest |
| 23-Oct-44 | 127 Wing, B.58 Melsbroek Belgium | S/L W L Prest |
| 3-Nov-44 | 127 Wing, B.56 Evere Belgium | S/L W L Prest |
| 23-Nov-44 | new commander S/L J D Browne | |
| 2-Mar-45 | 127 Wing, B.90 Petit Brogel Belgium | S/L J D Browne |
| 31-Mar-45 | 127 Wing, B.78 Eindhoven Netherlands | S/L J D Browne |
| 11-Apr-45 | 127 Wing, B.100 Goch Germany | S/L J D Browne |
| 13-Apr-45 | 127 Wing, B.114 Diepholz Germany | S/L J D Browne |
| 28-Apr-45 | 127 Wing, B.154 Reinsehlen Germany | S/L J D Browne |
| 2-Jul-45 | 127 Wing, B.152 Fassberg Germany | S/L J D Browne |
| 7-Jul-45 | 127 Wing, B.174 Utersen Germany | S/L J D Browne |
| 11-Jul-45 | squadron disbanded | |
last updated 1 June 2006 in sunny Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.