Sometimes individuals are mentioned by name, though often it is just the activities of the unit as a whole which are recorded. At the end of the war, the Allies also had to deal with millions of displaced persons (DPs). 123d GEN HOSP ETO 3 Aug 44 England 160th GEN HOSP ETO Feb 44 England From 1939 there is also the Confidential Air Force List, similar to the standard Air Force List but often with slightly more detail on the specifics of an officers duties. 542, No. 76th GEN HOSP ETO Mar 44 England Jul 44 France Nov 44 Belgium (activated 28 Sep 42) (inactivated 7 Nov 45) Those Germans who had been expelled from Eastern European countries were assimilated by being granted German citizenship. M-2 MED DEP ETO 20 Jul 44 France (later redesignated M-402T at Chef-du-Pont) 122d GEN HOSP ETO 7 Aug 44 England With the construction of a similar, but more advanced facility in Wiesbaden, Dagger Complex was downgraded to a data center, and is scheduled to be closed in the coming years. 110th GEN HOSP ETO Nov 44 England In order to provide more beds for the First US Army, the Hospital opened in Lige on 21 Sep 44, occupying a former Belgian Military Hospital. 30th GEN HOSP USAFBI 4 Jul 42 ETO 21 Jul 44 France 1 Nov 44 Belgium (ex-207th GEN HOSP, supplied cadres for other units, returned to ZI 4 Oct 45) 6th FLD HOSP Alaska (Kiska) Aug 43 ZI 20 Feb 44 ETO Jun-Jul 44 England (operated as Air Holding Unit at Prestwick, AAF-500, until 18 Aug 45) 152d STA HOSP USAFBI 5 Aug 42 ETO 19 Sep 44 France (first Hospital in charge of blood collection at Salisbury Blood Collection & Processing Plant, 15 Apr 44 sent first refrigeration trucks ashore after D-Day, to Omaha Beach 7 Jun 44, and to Utah Beach 9 Jun 44, never operated as STA HOSP but as ETO BLOOD BANK, located in Paris) By May 1945, when the peak in Hospital beds overseas was reached, there were 335,000 fixed beds and about 87,000 mobile beds in all Theaters. The British, Americans and French were unable to come to an agreement with the Soviets about war reparations, the status of ethnic German refugees and the overall future of Germany. 350th STA HOSP ETO France They werehoused in makeshift camps where they were fed, medically checked and processed. 6 Air Experience Flight, both flying the Grob Tutor T1 light training aircraft used for student and cadet flying training. The wartime Reichsmark (RM)was almost worthless, so goods like cigarettes and coffee served asmakeshift currency. A BAOR Centurion tank on exercisenear Bispingen, West Germany, 1953, Germany HOSP TRAIN No. Under interrogation, Himmler admitted who he was, but avoided trial by committing suicide with a concealed cyanide pill. 51st FLD HOSP ETO 9 Mar 44 England 8 Jun 44 France 5 Sep 44 Belgium 1 Oct 44 Germany 27 Dec 44 Belgium 4 Feb 45 Germany 3 Dec 45 France BrowseAIR 21 for courts martial records from 1918 to 1965. M-405 MED DEP ETO 25 Aug 44 France 666th MED CLR CO ETO 44 France, 384th MED COLL CO ETO 19 Sep 44 Belgium 130th GEN HOSP ETO England France Nov 44 Belgium (NP HOSP maintaining psychiatric services and treatment facilities) Eleven were executed and the others sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment. 164th GEN HOSP ETO 24 Sep 44 France (first Gen Hosp to be shipped directly to France, together with the 165th GEN HOSP, expanded to 200-bed capacity 29 Nov 44, transferred to Marseille Staging Area for possible assignment to Pacific Theater, after V-J Day shipped to ZI 23 Aug 45, arrived at Newport News 2 Sep 45, inactivated 9 Nov 45) Both here and elsewhere, itrequisitioned German buildings for military administration and accommodation, exacerbating the housing shortage. RAF Benson Personnel [Apr 1939 | May 1939] Date: Unit: To/From/Formed: 1 Apr 1939 . research. Hospital construction in Britain was lagging behind in 1943, andUS implementation of the required bed capacity (about 90,600 fixed beds) proved impossible to meet. As well as the simulators, there are also four computer-based ground school training classrooms and a tactical control centre, allowing for operational mission training. 34th EVAC HOSP ETO 27 Feb 44 England 5 Jul 44 France 2 Feb 45 Luxembourg 30 Mar 45 Germany 105th EVAC HOSP ETO 3 Sep 44 England 5 Oct 44 France 16 Oct 44 Holland 16 Oct 44 Belgium 28 Oct 44 Holland 8 Mar 45 Germany (activated 1 Apr 43) (a small contingent of the 105th EVAC HOSP went to KZ-Bergen-Belsen 15 Apr 45) (inactivated 21 Nov 45 ZI) Records of RAF airmen who served after 1939, and of men whose service numbers were above 562875 are still with the RAF. 541 Squadrons following in September 1946. 106th GEN HOSP ETO Nov 44 England Mr Marshman is leaving after two and a half years, and moving on to take up a Para STANEVAL position at @RAFBrizeNorton. 57 25 Feb 44 England (inactivated 12 Nov 45) Eventually, Hirst helped turn Volkswagen into today's well-known brand. In any case, the Allies took the threat seriously and had interned around 100,000 civilian suspects by the end of 1945. 62d GEN HOSP USAFBI 8 Mar 44 3 Sep 44 France (ceased operations Jul 45) 6 Air Experience Flight. 228th GEN HOSP ETO Jan 45 France 93d MED GAS TREAT BN ETO Jun 44 England 15 Jun 44 France Within the War Department, and among some elements of the SOS, such as the Quartermaster Corps and the Medical Department, functions, responsibilities, authority, control, and matters of activation, training, and supply became critical subjects for constant review among AGF and SOS staff, leading to disputes about general planning for Hospitalization and Evacuation! 809th HOSP CEN Oxford (established Jan 45, not operational). STATION HOSPITAL 900 beds > 596 Off & EM 38 Group was subsumed into RAF Strike Command and relocated to RAF Upavon, whereas the TCW moved to nearby RAF Brize Norton. This is the only known Second World War nominal roll for the RAF in The National Archives. 23d STA HOSP ETO 10 Nov 44 France (inactivated ZI Sep 45) 6 Group in early 1939. [45], No. [28] The ceremony marked the disbandment of No. Directives were issued June 18, 1942 compiling policies and procedures governing H & E, but were only finalized in November of the same year. USAG Ansbach and the attached Katterbach Kaserne base played a significant role during the Cold War, but operations have since been scaled back. 28th STA HOSP USANIF 26 Oct 43 ETO 44 England 44 France (admitted RAMPs for treatment Apr/May 45) In the absence of a service record, or perhaps to supplement one, Operations Record Books (ORBs) can prove very revealing. 33 Squadron arrived from RAF Odiham. On 21 July 1945, the British held a victory parade through Berlin to commemorate and celebrate the end of the war. EVACUATION HOSPITAL 750 beds > 409 Off & EM (other sources 417 Off & EM, 507 Off & EM) The German capital of Berlin, despite being deep inside the Soviet occupation area, was also to be split into four separate zones. HOSP TRAIN No. 242d GEN HOSP ETO 16 Dec 44 England 14 Feb 45 France Belgium (to SWPA, diverted at sea to ZI) 33d STA HOSP USAFBI 22 Mar 43 (assigned to 804th HOSP CEN early Jan 45) [46] Flying operations are supported by units such as No. 3d AUX SURG GP ETO 6 Jun 44 France 44 Belgium 127th STA HOSP ETO Apr 44 England Germany (second Hospital in charge of blood collection at Salisbury Blood Collection & Processing Plant, 26 Aug 44) 130th STA HOSP ETO 15 Jun 44 England France 24 Aug 45 Germany (the unit where G. S. PATTON Jr died on 21 Dec 45 at 1755 hrs) Alternatively, search The National Archives library catalogue to see what is available to consult at Kew. 4th EVAC HOSP 10 Feb 40 (disbanded 24 Aug 42, redesignated 2d EVAC HOSP, embarked for Northern Ireland 4 Sep 42, redesignated 48th EVAC HOSP, embarked for India 18 Jan 43) 12 OTU were replaced in December 1940 with Vickers Wellington medium bombers. 84th FLD HOSP ETO May 45 Germany The first US Army Military Mission to England set up its Headquarters in London, on May 19, 1941. 428th MED BN ETO 28 Jun 44 France 48th GEN HOSP ETO Apr 44 England 23 Sep 44 France Germany Austria (reopened in France 23 Jun 45) 40th GEN HOSP ETO Nov 44 France (returned to ZI Aug 45) 32 Squadron and moved to RAF Northolt in London to become No. Meanwhile, in eastern Germany, the Soviets set about establishing a Communist political and economic system. 724th MED SN CO ETO Jun 44 England Jun 44 France (component of 33d MED BN), This page was printed from the WW2 US Medical Research Centre on 1st May 2023 at 06:45. 141st GEN HOSP USAFBIOct 43 ETO Jun 44 France Among those brought to trial were the SS personnel ofBergen-Belsen concentration camp, which had been liberated by the British in April 1945. During the period January July 1942, inclusive, a large number of Hospital Units moved overseas: 2 Evacuation , 2 Surgical, 4 General, 14 Station Hospitals went to Australia 2 Evacuation , 2 General, and 2 Station Hospitals were shipped to the South Pacific 2 Station Hospitals were transferred to the Central Pacific 1 General and 1 Station Hospital went to Northern Ireland 1 General Hospital to Iceland 2 General and 3 Station Hospitals to England and more later embarked for India and northwest Canada. 622d MED CLR CO ETO 17 Jun 44 France 18 Sep 44 Belgium (component of 134th MED GP) 237th GEN HOSP ETO Dec 44 France This change in policy was exemplified by the introduction of the Deutsche Mark (DM) in 1948, which replacedthe weak wartime currency, the Reichsmark (RM). 7th GEN HOSP USAFBI 5 Dec 43 England (activated 10 Jun 43) In their zone, the British handed over de-nazification panels to German authorities. M-406T MED DEP ETO 26 Aug 44 France (mainly used by the Red Ball Express) For information on gallantry medals awarded to RAF personnel, read our British military gallantry medalsguide. STATION HOSPITAL 350 beds > 266 Off & EM [47], RAF Benson Flying Club (RAFBFC) operate a number of civilian registered light aircraft from the site. II Hospital Group (Prov) Blandford, Dorset, UK 313th STA HOSP ETO 14 Jan 44 England (Rehabilitation Center No. Their numbers were swelled by thousands of German POWs returning from abroad. Meanwhile new Hospital Units were earmarked for special task forces and deployment to North Africa (Operation Gymnast), Northern Ireland (Operation Magnet), and England (Operation Bolero). RAF Honington said a very sad farewell to its Station Warrant Officer (SWO) on Tuesday. 100th GEN HOSP USAFBI 14 Apr 43 16 May 44 England 22 Aug 44France (returned to ZI 20 Aug 45) In response to West Germany joiningNato, the Communist states of Eastern Europe formed the Warsaw Pact under Soviet tutelage. The Hospital reopened on 20 Jun 45(after having removed anyremaining German patients), and though still partly in ruins, startedoperating as the 116th Gen Hosp,later to beredesignated 385th Sta Hosp. Nurses of the 13th Field Hospital (First US Army), at Omaha Beach, France. 95th MED GAS TREAT BN ETO 29 Aug 44 France, 31st MED GP ETO 10 Jun 44 France 44 Belgium 45 Germany 634th MED CLR CO ETO 6 Jun 44 France (component of 60th MED BN, 6th ESB) Indeed, with around 800,000 Commonwealth soldiers in Germany by the end of 1945, finding barracks and camps for them all in a ruined country was major headache. 197th GEN HOSP ETO 14 Feb 45 France Notwithstanding, the station remained busy with several administrative and support units taking up residence. 5 7 Mar 44 England 23 Apr 44 Scotland 391st Medical Collecto-Clearing Company ETO 6 Jun 44 France (component of 61st MED BN, 5th ESB) Liberated on 7 Sep 44, the city of Ciney suffered considerably during the Battle of the Bulge. The lion relates to the Manor of Benson, having been granted in the 13th century to the Earl of Cornwall in whose Armorial Bearings a lion appears. At the same time, they had to learn to live and work alongside their former enemies. 7th FLD HOSP ETO 19 Sep 43 England ETO 10 Jul 44 France 25 Feb 45 Belgium 17 Mar 45 Germany 8 Sep 45 France (activated 10 Sep 43)(opened 2 separate Hospitals in the UK, on 9 Nov 43 and 22 Dec 43) (later operated as 3 independent Hospitalization Units in France and Germany) (inactivated 15 Nov 45 Germany) 165th GEN HOSP ETO Sep 44 France (closed 30 Sep 45, returned to ZI) For more information about the RAF, you may wish to: Visit The National Archives bookshop for a range of publications on Royal Air Force personnel and the associated records. Last edited on 16 December 2021, at 15:33, introducing citations to additional sources, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Station_warrant_officer&oldid=1060607991, This page was last edited on 16 December 2021, at 15:33. 393d Medical Collecto-Clearing Company ETO 6 Jun 44 France (component of 61st MED BN, 5th ESB), M-1 MED DEP ETO 10 Jul 44 France (later redesignated M-401T in Cherbourg) 811th HOSP CEN (established Jan 45, never operational) 818th HOSP CEN Lige, Belgium (established Dec 44) 801st HOSP CEN Taunton (previously I Hospital Group, Provisional) 8275th GEN HOSP ETO 2 Mar 45 France (Provisional German PW Hospital) 808th HOSP CEN Aachen, Germany 15, Hq, UK Base. The tented 76th Gen Hospwashard hit on 8 Jan 45, when a V-1 buzz bomb struck the area, killing 24 patients and staff, injuring another 20, and causing heavy damage to installations and equipment. Indexes and keys to AIR 1 are available with the printed version of our catalogue at The National Archives at Kew. Initially, RMs were accepted in Army canteens and stores and could be used to buy more goods, or converted into sterling and sent home as money orders. Even so, he still banned his troops from billeting with Germanfamilies, or from marrying Germans. By 2 Jun 45, Third US Army operated a total of 237 Hospitals in Germany, 3 for RAMPS, 13 for DPs, and the remainder for German PWs (in that period over 3 million enemy PWs were in American hands). 185th GEN HOSP USFBI Mar 43 ETO Apr 44 England Royal Air Force Warrant Officer Salaries | Glassdoor 186th GEN HOSP USAFBI Mar 43 ETO Apr 44 England 5th AUX SURG GP ETO 44 France, 33d MED BN ETO May 44 England STATION HOSPITAL 400 beds > 296 Off & EM 13th FLD HOSP ETO England 7 Jun 44 France 15 Aug 45 Germany HOSP TRAIN No. The hunt for war criminals was accompanied by a campaign to rid German and Austrian politics, industry, media, arts, and the judiciary of Nazis. 95th GEN HOSP ETO Mar 44 England Aug 44 France late 44 Belgium (part of the 819th HOSP CEN 18-28 Oct 44, went into strategic reserve Jun 45 in France) 229th GEN HOSP ETO Feb 45 France 2 Sep 44, French civilian Litter Bearers get ready to unloadarriving patients. [6], Benson retained a photographic reconnaissance role into the early 1950s. 116th EVAC HOSP ETO 6 Nov 44 France 28 Mar 45 Germany (also provided medical assistance to former inmates of KZ-Dachau, May + June 45) 14 Aug 45 France 21 Sep 45 Germany 180th STA HOSP MTO 44 Corsica ETO 13 Sep 44 France 22 Squadron which provides operational evaluation and training for all aircraft in Joint Helicopter Command and No. The BAOR and Control Commission Germany also had to restart German economic life. Search it in the following sets of documents: Look in PMG 42/13-16 to find payments made to invalided RAF officers from 1917 to 1920. The BAORs headquarters were established in Bad Oeynhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia. Nato Allied Air Command also operates out of Ramstein AB and is considered the largest US military base in Germany. It was made responsible for the occupation and administration of the British Zone in north-west Germany. 8th MED DEP CO USAFBI May 43 Scotland 154th GEN HOSP ETO Jun 44 England 207th GEN HOSP USAFBI 4 Jun 42 (activated 10 Feb 41, inactivated 15 Jan 43, disbanded 11 Nov 44) The escallop, which is symbolic of early pilgrims, refers to the mobility function of this station. 80th STA HOSP MTO 44 Tunisia ETO 14 Sep 44 France Soldiers of all ranks resisted the ban on fraternisation. 13 21 May 44 England 24 May 44 Wales ETO Normandy Northern France (later redesignated 7th Hospital Train) 64th FLD HOSP ETO 18 Nov 44 England France Germany (to SWPA 16 Aug 45, diverted at sea to ZI 25 Aug 45) HOSP TRAIN No. 814th HOSP CEN Paris, France (established Feb 45) [47] Prior to the establishment of the NPAS in October 2012, a Eurocopter Squirrel of the Chiltern Air Support Unit had been based at Benson since March 1998. 38 ETO Oct 44 Belgium 33d MED DEP CO ETO 6 Jun 44 France We wish them the best of luck and . MSO units had a British Army commanding officer and senior non-commissioned officers overseeing a multi-nationalrank and file. 540, No. 93d GEN HOSP USANIF 7 Apr 44 Northern Ireland ETO 14 May 44 England (activated 25 Jun 43) (closed for operations 17 Sep 45, return to ZI) 96th GEN HOSP ETO 9 Jan 44 England (possessed psychiatric facilities for prolonged treatment and rehabilitation of patients) The total breakdown of Soviet-Allied cooperation and joint administration in Germany became apparent with the Berlin Blockade in 1948-49. Look at AIR 2/219, the Roll of Honour for men from the USA and Dominions who served with the British Air Forces in the First World War. The new organization could however borrow any additional personnel needed for the performance of its functions from the General Hospitals assigned to the Center. [12], Post-war demobilisation saw the disbandment of No. SS guards forced to bury their victims at Belsen, 24 April 1945, Heinrich Himmler's body after his suicide atLneburg, May 1945. 120th STA HOSP USAFBI 1 Sep 43 England 8 May 45 France 4 Aug 45 Germany 540 Squadron reformed in December 1947 to fly the Mosquito. This remained the case throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Here follows a tentative list of Military Hospitals active in the European Theater of Operations: The Medical Department was impressed by the effectiveness of the British Convalescent & Rehabilitation system, and as a result of their survey, it ordered the building of special reconditioning camps. STATION HOSPITAL 100 beds > 82 Off & EM This provided paid work and accommodation for thousands of men. 34th GEN HOSP ETO 17 Jul 44 England (remained in the United Kingdom for the duration of its overseas service, boarded the Queen Elizabeth 4 Aug 45 for return to the ZI) (activated 25 Jul 42) These included the headquarters of No. 58 Squadron reformed in October 1946 to fly the Mosquito and Anson, No.541 Squadron reformed in November 1947 with the Spitfire PR.19 and No. Another last-ditch Nazi resistance effort, the Werewolf plan, was also something of a damp squib. It is also the central operating point for several smaller facilities in the surrounding area. The crew included Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth, founder of the Shuttleworth Collection, who was killed. HOSP TRAIN No. 231st STA HOSP ETO 1 Dec 45 England [40][41][42], Group Captain Chris Royston-Airey was appointed as Benson station commander in November 2022. Sunday services are provided in Benson and Ewelme churches. Formation badge of theBritish Army of the Rhine, c1958, Two suspected 'Werewolves' at Asendorf, Lower Saxony, May 1945. 91st GEN HOSP ETO 29 Apr 44 England 26 Sep 44 France 6 Oct 45 Belgium (priority for treatment of RAMPs effective 23 Apr 45, inactivated Cp. RAF Benson - Wikipedia 77th FLD HOSP ETO 8 Apr 45 France (admitted RAMPs for treatment May 45) The building was a former GermanReserve-Lazarett(local reserve, or emergencyhospital) which wastaken over by American Occupation Forces. 230th GEN HOSP ETO 7 May 45 France Search the AFN Europe site: Search Search Required fields are marked *. 425th MED BN ETO Oct 44 France HOSP TRAIN No. Mid-46, only 21 Hospitals remained with a total of12,000 beds. A civilian worker at the Huth-Apparatebau factory, Hanover, 1946. M-409 MED DEP ETO 27 Oct 44 Belgium Despite its limitations, it was a useful propaganda device that helped convince the most ardent Nazi supporters to carry on fighting in the final weeks of the war. 21 ETO 24 Oct 44 England Wales 44 France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace (inactivated 18 Sep 45) But the wider black market was only fully ended by West Germanys economic recovery and byissuing a stable and trusted new currency, theDeutsche Mark (DM). 231st COMP MED BN ETO Jan 45 Southern France 2, became the 833d CONV CEN 1 Dec 44) 103d EVAC HOSP ETO 20 Jul 44 France 6 Mar 45 Germany Between November 1945 and October 1946, the Nuremberg military tribunal tried 24 leading Nazis and charged them with crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity.