Can anyone please help with interpreting some numbers and abbreviations on my father’s WW2 RAF service record.
In the column titled — “Dep. Cas. Form.”
67/38
115/38
101/38
135/38
In the column titled “Reason”
H
HH
F
E
X
In the column titled — “Cas. Form Confirming Arrival.”
61/38
45/38
16/38
In the column titled – “Trade”
A.C.H./MATE
Mate ?/? F. Mech.
F. Mech
Fitt 2 E
In the column “Unit To”
Rotol Airscrews
BAFO PHU
100 PDC
AP 938 Para 210
:confused::confused:
By: TonyT - 2nd August 2011 at 21:27
Last one
100 PDC (Personnel Dispersal Centre) based at RAF Uxbridge.
On link HE is (Home Embarkation) so might give a clue
By: Grey Area - 2nd August 2011 at 06:11
You might have better luck in the Historic Aviation forum, mate.
By: 41bronco - 2nd August 2011 at 02:42
Hello Paul,
So far there have been no suggestions of what it might mean. In the near future I will be trying other avenues. I will update this thread with whatever results I get.
By: paulh - 1st August 2011 at 22:43
service record abreviations
Hi all,
out of interest, did you manage to find out the meaning of ‘HH’ in reason column. I have the same on my fathers records and its been bugging me.
All the best
Paul
By: keithmac - 13th June 2011 at 17:41
I can answer a few of these queries. You father was a Flight Mechanic, that’s the F.Mech. After further training he became an engine fitter, that’s the Fitt.2E.
He must have attended a Propeller course at Rotol Airscrews – I think their main factory was at Cheltenham.
The BAFO PHU was the British Air Force of Occupation Personnell Holding Unit. This unit is where personnel posted to Germany immediatley Post WW2 would have been administered from if they had not gone to a squadron.
AP 938 Para 210 is Air Publication 938 paragragh 210
It was probably an administrative publication, which I don’t recognise.
The rest is a mystery to me!
KeithMac
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June 13, 2011 at 12:07 pm