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No.208 Sqn RAF - Squadron Details - Aviation Directory

No.208 Sqn RAF

Name : No.208 Sqn RAF
Founded : 1st April 1918
Country : UK
More Details :
Vigilant
Known Code Letters : , GA, RG,

Known Service Details :
Pilot or Aircrew
Rank
Start of Service
End of Service
Known Dates
Aircraft
Airframes
Notes
Paul Binns
unknown
unknown
Thomas Francis Netterville Gerrard
flight commander
unknown
unknown
04th June 1917
ank of Flight Commander, During a brief posting with No. 208 Squadron, he used a Sopwith Camel to down his tenth and final victim on 6 April 1918

Pilots and Aircrew for : No.208 Sqn RAF

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Binns, Paul
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Binns, Paul

Jaguar pilot, No.16 Sqn. Flight Lieutenant Paul Binns joined the Royal Air Force in 1988 and completed his Officer Training at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell. Following flying training on the Jet Provost and the Hawk, he was posted to Lossiemouth in 1990 to 237(R) Squadron, the Buccaneer Operational Conversion Unit. After his conversion course, Paul was posted to 12(B) Squadron to fly the Buccaneer S2B in the maritime Strike/Attack Role. When 12(B) Squadron re-roled, Paul was posted 208 Squadron to continue flying the Buccaneer. With the demise of the Buccaneer in 1994, Paul was posted to 6 Squadron at Coltishall, flying the Jaguar GR1A. He has flown on exercises throughout Europe, North America and the Middle-East in addition to flying on peace-keeping operations over the former Yugoslavia. In 1998 Paul completed the Jaguar Qualified Weapons Instructor Course and was posted to the instructional staff of 16(R) Squadron, the Jaguar Operational Conversion Unit at Lossiemouth. When not displaying, his job on the Squadron is to teach pilots to fly and operate the Jaguar.

Botterell, Henry
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Died : 2003

Botterell, Henry

First World War fighter pilot with the Royal Flying Corps. Born in 1896, Henry Botterell joined the Royal Naval Air Service in Canada, and in 1916 sailed for England where he trained as a pilot to fly fighters. In 1917 he was posted to France, joining an operational squadron on the Western Front, butan engine failure on his second take off brought his flying to an abrupt conclusion, forcing him to spend several months in hospital and convalescing back in England, where he was demobilised. After a chance meeting with pilots on leave in England with whom he had trained, Henry applied to rejoin the service and was accepted. Re-qualifying as a fighter pilot, in early 1918 he returned to operational combat flying in France with 208 Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Flying Sopwith Camels he saw active service with 209 Squadron for the remainder of the war until the Armistice in November. Staying in France as part of the continuing Force he eventually returned to Canada in 1919 - bringing back with him a fence post which the wing of his Camel had collected on one of his many low level sorties. The post now resides in the War Museum in Ottawa. Henry died in 2003.

Gerrard, Thomas Francis Netterville
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Died : 14 / 7 / 1923

Gerrard, Thomas Francis Netterville

born on 13th August 1897 in Selangor, Malaysia. on 31 December. After transferring to No. 1 Naval Squadron, Gerrard was assigned to fly Sopwith Triplanes; he would score eight victories with them between April and June 1917. on 11th April 1915. He was awarded the DSC for recognition of his services during a flight on 4th June 1917 in the rank of Flight Commander, During a brief posting with No. 208 Squadron, he used a Sopwith Camel to down his tenth and final victim on 6 April 1918. On 30 May 1918, Gerrard was promoted to temporary major, and was served as commander of No. 209 Squadron He later transferred to the newly created RAF in 1918 and in total he was credited with ten "kills" with all the units he flew with; nine of the ten were as a pilot of the Sopwith Tri-plane. On 21 October 1922, he was transferred from the Central Flying School (Inland Area) to the No. 5 Flying Training School and from there was transferred to No. 1 Squadron RAF in Iraq on 23 February 1923. On 14 July 1923 Gerrard died from a cerebral haemorrhage in Mosul after a fall from his polo pony, and was buried at the Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery Baghdad. he was twenty four years old.