Mark,
The info I gave is from the 131 sqdn Operations Record Book (ORB). The ORB also records that de Hemptinne was posted in to 131 sqdn ‘for flying duties and with a view to being considered for the post of Flight Commander of the Belgian Flight.’
When he arrived, he had the rank of P/O but the 131 sqdn ORB records that (On the 6/9/41) he was ‘promoted to the war substantive rank of Flying Officer with effect from the 30th July 1941.’
Looking through the 131 sqdn ORB, I can only find 3 recorded flights by de Hemptinne whilst he was with the squadron.
On the 24/9/41, Flt/Lt H.A.C Gonay ‘was posted in from No 64 squadron to fill the post of Flight Commander of the Belgian Flight in the squadron’.
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