127th EVAC HOSP ETO 30 Apr 45 Germany (responsible for treatment of former inmates, prisoners and slave-laborers at KZ-Dachau) RAF Benson has two chaplains who share the chaplaincy duties. Indeed, many of those who did return were jailed or executed in countries like Poland and Yugoslavia. HOSP TRAIN No. 99th GEN HOSP ETO 12 Jun 44 England 29 Sep 44 France 32d EVAC HOSP USANIF 24 Feb 44 12 Mar 44 England 29 Apr 44 Wales 12 Jun 44 France 5 Feb 45 Germany Thisformer German Hospital was taken over by the US Army 9 Jun 45, after the fall of the town. There was a selection of hangar types, including four C-type hangars, four over-size (O) blister hangars and fourteen extra-over-size (EO) blister hangars. Browse the first series of Air Historical Branch (AHB) records in series AIR 1 for nominal rolls of individual units for the First World War. 121st EVAC HOSP ETO Germany Austria (responsible for medical treatment of former inmates at KZ-Flossenburg) Other German businesses were assisted by the Army, including the KWS Grain Factoryand theHuth-Apparatebau radio factory in Hanover. No. RAF Benson Personnel [Apr 1939 | May 1939] Date: Unit: To/From/Formed: 1 Apr 1939 . 44th EVAC HOSP USFBI 26 Nov 43 ETO 19 Jun 44France 12 Sep 44Belgium 9 Feb 45Germany 23 Sep 45France (medical support to former KZ-Nordhausen inmates from 16 Apr to 4 May 45, to ZI 10 Nov 45, and inactivated 21 Nov 45) These are records of airmen with service numbers from 1 to 562875. The second series of AHB records, in AIR 5, contains little on individuals. 34 ETO Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace 40th GEN HOSP ETO Nov 44 France (returned to ZI Aug 45) By the end of 1947, 20,0000 cars had been made. This provided paid work and accommodation for thousands of men. 590th MTR AMB CO ETO May 44 England 15 Jul 44 France (component of 33d MED BN), 618th MED CLR CO ETO 19 Jun 44 France 16 Dec 44 Belgium Apr 45 Germany (component of 134th MED GP) The unit, and most others hospitals that were hit in theregion, cared for their own casualties, cleared away rubble, and kept on working , 159th GEN HOSP ETO May 44 England 7450th STA HOSP ETO 15 Jun 45 England (Provisional German PW Hospital). 348th STA HOSP ETO 3 Feb 45 England 45 France 28 Jul 45 Germany 47th GEN HOSP ETO Aug 44 France Belgium (activated 10 Jun 43) 8th CONV HOSP ETO 28 Apr 44 England 9 Feb 45 France. Kilmer, ZI, 28 Jan 46) Alternatively, search The National Archives library catalogue to see what is available to consult at Kew. 47 6 Apr 44 Scotland ETO Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace 2 Group (Air Combat Support). 137th GEN HOSP ETO 44 England It established the British Army War Crimes Investigation Teams (WCIT), which was assisted by other units, including the Special Air Service (SAS). 69th MED GP ETO 44 France 44 Luxembourg Mar 45 Germany 103 Squadron started flying in on 3 April 1939, to be joined over the next few months by No. The very first were set up in March 1944 in the Western, Eastern, and Southern Base Sections. 499th MED COLL CO ETO 6 Jun 44 France (component of 60th MED BN, 6th ESB) 606 (Chiltern) Squadron (RAuxAF) is a reserve unit that provides personnel in ground-support roles to assist the Support Helicopter Force. Medical and sanitary conditions, hospital distribution, medical organization, evacuation of wounded, preventive medicine, number of beds, medical emergencies, all this information was of utmost importance to the USWD in preparation of medical planning. [44], The station is home to No. 13, at the Gare St.-Lazare, Paris, France. Theyweretasked with guard duties in the camps set up to deal with the tide of humanity moving through Germany. 103d EVAC HOSP ETO 20 Jul 44 France 6 Mar 45 Germany After the German retreat, it was re-occupied by American Forces during the period 24-29 Dec 44. Between 1 May 15 Jun 45, elements of the 9th 50th 61st 62d- 78th 83d Field Hospitals supported PW enclosures and established new PW Hospital Centers with German medics working under supervision of American Medical Battalions. The club is open to current and former members of the regular armed forces, current and former members of the reserves, MOD civil servants, MOD contractors, current members of UAS, URNU or UOTCs, members of other nation's armed forces serving in the UK as well as spouses and dependants of armed forces personnel. M-412 MED DEP ETO 44 France 80th STA HOSP MTO 44 Tunisia ETO 14 Sep 44 France [5] Once the Second World War started, both squadrons moved to France as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force. [48], RAF Benson is also home to the Grob Tutor T1 light training aircraft of the Oxford University Air Squadron and No. Flying squadrons comprise No. 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. 124th STA HOSP ETO 10 Dec 45 Austria Political opponents of the Communists also feared going home. There was now a growing concern in the West that the Soviets would attempt to impose by force their solution to the German question. By then, the WCIT had brought around 350 cases to trial involving over1,000 accused Nazis. 28th STA HOSP USANIF 26 Oct 43 ETO 44 England 44 France (admitted RAMPs for treatment Apr/May 45) 16 7 May 44 England 30 May 44 Wales ETO Northern France Rhineland Civilians in the ruins of occupied Hamburg, 1945. 120th STA HOSP USAFBI 1 Sep 43 England 8 May 45 France 4 Aug 45 Germany Royal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson (IATA: BEX, ICAO: EGUB) is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located at Benson, near Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England. Itsmain focus was on enforcing a sense of defeat on the Germans: Twenty-seven years ago the Allies occupied Germany: but Germany has been at war ever since. During the first days ashore, the unit functioned as an Evacuation Hospital, receiving and treating all types of patients,supported by Auxiliary Surgical Teams provided by the 5th Engineer Special Brigade (ESB) Clearing Stations. 106th EVAC HOSP ETO 21 Jul 44 France Germany 231st GEN HOSP ETO Feb 45 France 28 Squadron reformed at Benson in July 2001 to equip with the new AgustaWestland Merlin HC3 support helicopter. 77th FLD HOSP ETO 8 Apr 45 France (admitted RAMPs for treatment May 45) 3 ETO 20 Apr 44 Wales 19 May 44 England 44 France Rhineland 11th FLD HOSP ETO 1 Nov 44 France 26 Mar 45 Germany (returned to ZI 11 Nov 45, where inactivated at Cp. 197th GEN HOSP ETO 14 Feb 45 France 49 6 Apr 44 Scotland Major IvanHirst and his comrades of theRoyal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers took over the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg in 1945, initially to make and repair cars for the British. 154th GEN HOSP ETO Jun 44 England Hohenfels is the site of major training exercises, including force on force combined arms training. The key Nazi leaders were to be dealt with jointly by the main Allied powers, while the rest would be punished in those countries where they had committed their atrocities. 172d EVAC HOSP ETO. 30th FLD HOSP Alaska (Kiska) 15 Aug 43 ZI 20 Feb 44 ETO 15 May 44 England 14 Aug 44 France 28 Feb 45 Germany 252d GEN HOSP ETO Feb 45 France 114 Squadron and No. 91st EVAC HOSP USAFBI 8 Nov 43 ETO 10 Jun 44 France 7 Sep 44 Holland 15 March 44 Germany (ex-6th SURG HOSP, to ZI 2 Sep 45) Nato Allied Air Command also operates out of Ramstein AB and is considered the largest US military base in Germany. [17], Flying activity increased in January 1983 when the Hawker Siddeley Andover arrived from RAF Brize Norton. 27 Squadron at Odiham moved in during February 1998. 5th EVAC HOSP ETO 18 Dec 43 England 15 Jun 44 France 18 Sep 44 Belgium 11 Mar 45 Germany (activated 15 Jun 42) (operatedfeeding point for transient RAMPS at Gotha) (inactivated 5 Mar 46 ZI) 41 MTO Naples-Foggia Rome-Arno North Apennines ETO Ardennes-Alsace III Hospital Group (Prov) Chippenham, Wilts., UK HOSP TRAIN No. 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. HOSP TRAIN No. 317th STA HOSP USANIF 18 Jul 44 England 20 Jun 45 Germany (redesignated 416th STA HOSP 1 Apr 45) Nurses of the 13th Field Hospital (First US Army), at Omaha Beach, France. 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. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide a guard of honour. 228th GEN HOSP ETO Jan 45 France 112th GEN HOSP ETO 8 Jul 44 England (activated 23 Dec 43, returned to ZI 15 Jun 45, inactivated 4 Oct 45) 553d MTR AMB CO ETO Nov 44 France It was later joined by the 28th General Hospital which went into operation in the city early October.The staff of the 15th Gen Hosp held regular meetings with the medical faculty of the local University, to discuss latest developments in the medical field and help them further on with their medical-related activities. "First time @NAM_London today. Royal Air Force Employee Reviews for Warrant Officer - Indeed Soldiers of all ranks resisted the ban on fraternisation. 1st GEN HOSP USAFBI 28 Dec 43 ETO 16 Jun 44 England Sep 44 France (activated 10 Jun 43, returned to ZI Oct 45) 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. 11th MED DEP CO ETO Nov 44 France (operated M-402, later M-407) Additional fuel tanks on the Spitfires allowed missions to take place deep into enemy territory. [17], The headquarters of the Support Helicopter Force (SHFHQ) relocated to Benson from RAF Gtersloh in 1993, after the German station's closure that year. 103d GEN HOSP ETO 7 Aug 44 England 136th STA HOSP USAFBI 27 Aug 43 (remained in the United Kingdom for the duration of its overseas service) The initial objective was to establish Army Forces in the British Isles in order to protect them from a possible enemy invasion; another objective was to relieve a number of British troops for operations in the Mediterranean, and to reinforce the Royal Air Force with aircraft and personnel. 35th EVAC HOSP ETO 19 Feb 44 England 24 Jun 44 France 28 Dec 44 Luxembourg 6 Mar 45 Germany [17], The Queen's Flight received its first BAe 146 in May 1986, with a second in July 1986 and a final aircraft in late 1990. This type of British medical installations located in the Western Base Section,was to be transferred to the US Army and turned into General or Station Hospitals. 57th MED BN ETO Aug 44 France 18 Dec 44 Belgium [28] The ceremony marked the disbandment of No. 8275th GEN HOSP ETO 2 Mar 45 France (Provisional German PW Hospital) 83d GEN HOSP ETO England 24 Jun 45 France 53d GEN HOSP ETO 9 Jan 44 England (activated 10 Feb 41) Information pamphlet about the Nazi Party used by British investigators, 1948. RAF Benson - The Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer - Facebook 56 ETO 20 May 45 Rhineland Central Europe 240th GEN HOSP ETO 9 Nov 44 England 31 Dec 44 France Overall Mission: First Built by the Luftwaffe in 1935, the US Army Air Forces took over the operation of the base in 1945, and US Army ground forces took over by mid-1947. 247th GEN HOSP 15 Oct 44 (consolidated with 237th STA HOSP, to form the 71st GEN HOSP 7 Feb 47) M-401 MED DEP ETO France (closed down 31 Aug 44 in Cherbourg) 3d GEN HOSP MTO 12 May 43 French Morocco 13 Jul 43 Tunisia 14 May 44 Italy 25 Aug 44 France (to ETO 20 Nov 44) Consideration was given to closing at least one JHC airfield, with Benson's support helicopters potentially relocating to RAF Lyneham. 74 ETO Rhineland 129th GEN HOSP ETO Jul 44 England 54th FLD HOSP ETO Oct 44 France 7451st GEN HOSP ETO 1 Jun 45 England (Provisional German PW Hospital) 540 Squadron re-equipped with the English Electric Canberra PR.3 in late 1952 and relocated to RAF Wyton in 1953 along with No. 540 and No. STATION HOSPITAL 800 beds > 539 Off & EM The escallop, which is symbolic of early pilgrims, refers to the mobility function of this station. Meanwhile, in eastern Germany, the Soviets set about establishing a Communist political and economic system. 68th MED GP ETO 10 Jun 44 France Sep 44 Belgium Apr 45 Germany HOSP TRAIN No. But this only provided limited assistance. [11][39], The Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) is home to six helicopter flight simulators (three Chinook, two Merlin and a Puma version). This information will help us make improvements to the website. 53d MED BN USAFBI Nov 42 7 Jun 44 France 16 Dec 44 Belgium [26] A further Merlin unit, No. Some records were created only for officers, including records of commissions. 9th EVAC HOSP USAFBI 26 Sep 42 1 Nov 44 France (constitued with elements of 6th EVAC HOSP, disbanded 24 Aug 42, supplied enlisted personnel to other units, including this Hospital) The Soviets, taking advantage of their zone's position surrounding the German capital,severed road and rail links between western Germany and Berlin. [17] The Support Command Flight Checking Unit disbanded in early 1987, with its role transferred to No. [50] Thames Valley Air Ambulance (TVAA) which moved from White Waltham Airfield in January 2007 and also operates the Airbus H135. US President Harry Trumans intention to support any nations threatened by Communism (the so-called Truman Doctrine of 1947) raised the stakes even higher. HOSP TRAIN No. 542, No. In charge was Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney (US Air Corps) who headed the delegation formerly designated Special Observers Group (SPOBS). 23 at the Gare St.-Lazare and put the railway station out of service for 48 hours! 100th EVAC HOSP ETO 24 Feb 44 England 23 Jul 44 France 9 Oct 44 Luxembourg 13 Oct 44 Belgium 6 Feb 45 Holland 23 Mar 45 Germany (activated Feb 43 ZI) 666th MED CLR CO ETO 44 France, 384th MED COLL CO ETO 19 Sep 44 Belgium It performs support functions for other bases in the area, and is considered the smallest US military base in Germany. 117th EVAC HOSP ETO 6 Nov 44 France 1 Apr 45 Germany 9 Aug 45 Austria (activated 10 Feb 44) (redesignated Detachment A 124th GEN HOSP Linz, Austria 15 Feb 46) (117th EVAC HOSP officially inactivated 25 Feb 46, Linz, Austria) [51], Flying and notable non-flying units based at RAF Benson. HOSP TRAIN No. 241st GEN HOSP ETO 44 England 14 Feb 45 France 63d FLD HOSP ETO Nov 44 England France Feb 45 Germany (returned to ZI 1 Feb 45) Sports EVACUATION HOSPITAL 400 beds > 296 Off & EM (other sources 375 Off & EM) In April 1944, the existing organization was superseded by a new T/O 8-500, dated 23 April 1944 , governing a Hospital Center Headquarters consisting of 7 . HOSP TRAIN No. [17], With the departure of the Argosys, the only flying unit which remained at Benson was the Queen's Flight. Overall Mission: Dagger Complex previously operated as an Army Intelligence and NSA processing and analysis center. 5th GEN HOSP USANIF 4 Mar 42 + 12 May 42 USAFBI 21 May 42 6 Jul 44 France (on their way across the Atlantic, the ship transporting the main body developed problems and returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and later to Boston P/E, embarked again for Northern Ireland where it arrived 12 May 42) (ex-66th GEN HOSP) Additional Hospital Centers were later set up on the Continent, under jurisdiction of ComZ. Facilities | RAF Benson | Royal Air Force 163d GEN HOSP ETO 5 Oct 44 England (closed for operations 30 Nov 45, final closure early 1946) Due to its location on the Baltic, the British zone receiveda great number of German refugees who had come by sea. Eventually, the High Command accepted the policy was unworkable. On 25 August 1945, Field Marshal Montgomery's 21st Army Group was renamed the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). Members of the Royal Armoured Corps visit Yugoslav DPsat Elmshorn, 1945. 100th GEN HOSP USAFBI 14 Apr 43 16 May 44 England 22 Aug 44France (returned to ZI 20 Aug 45) Millions of people had been made homeless by the war. Contact us | RAF Benson | Royal Air Force In any case, the Allies took the threat seriously and had interned around 100,000 civilian suspects by the end of 1945. 195th GEN HOSP ETO 15 Feb 45 France This meant they had a different currency from the locals, and the only one accepted in NAAFI canteens and various messes. Following their victory, the Allies feared that Nazi fanatics might wage a partisan war against the occupation, and gather in the mountains of Bavaria and Austria, in the so-called 'Alpine Redoubt'. FIELD HOSPITAL 100 beds > 14 Off & 74 EM 229th GEN HOSP ETO Feb 45 France 22 Squadron (the Operational Evaluation Unit for Joint Helicopter Command) and Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility which operates a variety of simulators. [21], On 1 April 1995, the Queen's Flight, then equipped with the BAe 146 CC2 and Wessex HCC.4, merged with No. American medical help had already been sent in the form of a Contagious Disease Treatment and Control Unit, officially designated the American Red Cross Harvard Field Hospital Unit including a laboratory, a 125-bed Hospital, and a number of mobile investigating teams. The victorious powers also seized German military, technological, industrial and scientific assets, as well as all patents in Germany. Directives were issued June 18, 1942 compiling policies and procedures governing H & E, but were only finalized in November of the same year. 155th GEN HOSP USAFBI Sep 43 ETO 29 Jul 44 England (inactivated 21 Sep 45) The American medical build-up gathered momentum in summer andfall of 1942 with the steady increase of US troops in the European Theater . 32d GEN HOSP USAFBI 5 Sep 43 ETO 17 Aug 44 France Nov 44 Belgium 3 Mar 45 Germany 12 Aug 45 France (activated 15 Jan 43, to ZI 3 Oct 45) The BAOR and Control Commission Germany also had to restart German economic life. Archives, Open Government Licence [5][6][Note 1], The station's first tenants were two squadrons of Fairey Battle light bombers. 24th FLD HOSP ETO Jun 44 France Belgium 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)