Private Papers of Air Commodore E J Morris CB CBE DSO DFC

Wordprocessor memoir (68pp) covering his flying training, latterly at RAF Netheravon and with the Parachute Test Flight at RAF Henlow (1937 - 1939), his service as a pilot with No 79 (Fighter) Squadron RAF at RAF Biggin Hill and RAF Manston, flying Hurricanes, from April 1939 until he was wounded on 31 August 1940 during the Battle of Britain, with No 238 Squadron on home defence duties (December 1940 - May 1941), his passage out to the Middle East on the aircraft carrier HMS VICTORIOUS (May - June 1941) and service with No 274 Squadron, flying Hurricanes, in the Western Desert (June - August 1941), his service with the Desert Air Force as commanding officer of No 250 Squadron, flying Tomahawks and later Kittyhawks (September 1941 - April 1942), as Group Training Instructor Fighters (April - late 1942), as Air Adviser to the 2nd New Zealand Division during the advance on Tripoli (? January 1943) and as Station Commander, Castel Benito (? January - April 1943), his appointments as Chief Instructor of No 71 OTU in the Sudan and at RAF Ismailia in Egypt (June - late 1943), as Wing Leader in 251 Wing, flying Spitfires and based in Corsica and the South of France, including operations over northern Italy, Elba and in support of Operation Dragoon, and as Wing Commander Plans at an Anglo-American HQ in Italy directing operations of the American TAF (September 1944 - May 1945), and his post-war service, most notably at the RAF Staff College (1945 - 1946), in staff appointments in Germany (1947 - 1949), on No 4 Flying College course (1953), on attachment to the USAF proving ground at Eglin Air Force Base, USA (1954 - 1955), as Station Commander, RAF Wattisham, No 11 Group's master airfield (1958 - 1960), in staff appointments at HQ Fighter Command and the Air Ministry (1960 - 1964); as Chief of Staff at the tri-service HQ Middle East Command in Aden during the Radfan operation and Rhodesia's declaration of independence (1964 - 1966) and as AOC Air Cadets in the United Kingdom (1966 - 1968). The memoir includes interesting assessments of several senior officers under whom he served, particularly Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, Air Vice-Marshal R Collishaw, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham and General Sir Charles Harington.

Wordprocessor memoir (68pp) covering his flying training, latterly at RAF Netheravon and with the Parachute Test Flight at RAF Henlow (1937 - 1939), his service as a pilot with No 79 (Fighter) Squadron RAF at RAF Biggin Hill and RAF Manston, flying Hurricanes, from April 1939 until he was wounded on 31 August 1940 during the Battle of Britain, with No 238 Squadron on home defence duties (December 1940 - May 1941), his passage out to the Middle East on the aircraft carrier HMS VICTORIOUS (May - June 1941) and service with No 274 Squadron, flying Hurricanes, in the Western Desert (June - August 1941), his service with the Desert Air Force as commanding officer of No 250 Squadron, flying Tomahawks and later Kittyhawks (September 1941 - April 1942), as Group Training Instructor Fighters (April - late 1942), as Air Adviser to the 2nd New Zealand Division during the advance on Tripoli (? January 1943) and as Station Commander, Castel Benito (? January - April 1943), his appointments as Chief Instructor of No 71 OTU in the Sudan and at RAF Ismailia in Egypt (June - late 1943), as Wing Leader in 251 Wing, flying Spitfires and based in Corsica and the South of France, including operations over northern Italy, Elba and in support of Operation Dragoon, and as Wing Commander Plans at an Anglo-American HQ in Italy directing operations of the American TAF (September 1944 - May 1945), and his post-war service, most notably at the RAF Staff College (1945 - 1946), in staff appointments in Germany (1947 - 1949), on No 4 Flying College course (1953), on attachment to the USAF proving ground at Eglin Air Force Base, USA (1954 - 1955), as Station Commander, RAF Wattisham, No 11 Group's master airfield (1958 - 1960), in staff appointments at HQ Fighter Command and the Air Ministry (1960 - 1964); as Chief of Staff at the tri-service HQ Middle East Command in Aden during the Radfan operation and Rhodesia's declaration of independence (1964 - 1966) and as AOC Air Cadets in the United Kingdom (1966 - 1968). The memoir includes interesting assessments of several senior officers under whom he served, particularly Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, Air Vice-Marshal R Collishaw, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham and General Sir Charles Harington.

Cataloguer RWAS

Catalogue date 1999-07