54 Squadron Hornchurch, April 1937 to April 1939.
Serials	Code	Arrival	Note	Departure
K7894		12/04/38 From 3 Sq.		30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7917		07/05/37 From Manufacturer.		30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7918		30/04/37 From Manufacturer.		30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7920		27/04/37 From Manufacturer.		21/04/39 To 603 Sq.
K7921		03/05/37 From Manufacturer.		10/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7923		05/05/37 From Manufacturer.		07/04/38 To Packing Depot 05/05/38 To Aircraft Depot Aboukir for 80 Sq.
K7924		06/05/37 From Manufacturer.		28/02/39 To 603 Sq.
K7925		07/05/37 From Manufacturer.	22/04/38 Undershot flare path and hit fence, Sutton Bridge.	06/04/39 To 603 Sq.
K7926		10/05/37 From Manufacturer.		30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7927		19/05/37 From Manufacturer.		21/04/39 To 603 Sq.
K7928		10/05/37 From Manufacturer.		30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7929		10/05/37 From Manufacturer.		21/04/39 To 603 Sq.
K7930		19/05/37 From Manufacturer.	26/01/39 Flew into ground in snowstorm, Baldock, Herts.; P/O Theodore Ralph Tate Carr-Ellison injured and died on 30/01/39.	02/02/39 Wreck to 13 MU. SOC.
K7931		19/05/37 From Manufacturer.		24/01/39 To Air Member for Development & Production (AMDP) for gun sight trials. 09/05/39 Returned to 54 Sq. from AMDP. 30/08/39 To 27 MU. 30/09/39 To 603 Sq.
K7932		19/05/37 From Manufacturer.		06/04/39 To 603 Sq.
K7933		19/05/37 From Manufacturer.	16/06/38 Propeller damaged by own bullets over range and engine broke away. Crashed into the sea off Leysdown, Kent, and abandoned too late by Sgt Reginald Malcolm Marsh, who was KIFA.	16/06/38 Wreck to 1 Air Armament School. 20/11/30 SOC.
K7935		20/05/37 From Manufacturer.		30/02/39 To 603 Sq.
K7936		15/10/37 From 65 Sq.		30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7937		15/10/37 From 65 Sq.		05/04/38 To Packing Depot 05/05/38 To Aircraft Depot Aboukir for 80 Sq.
K7938		15/10/37 From 65 Sq.		30/07/39 To 603 Sq.
K7946		11/04/39 From 65 Sq.		03/06/39 To 615 Sq.
K7949		11/04/39 From 65 Sq.		13/06/39 To 615 Sq.
K7961		11/04/39 From 65 Sq.		03/06/39 To 615 Sq.
K7972		23/08/38 From 87 Sq.		30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K7987		10/11/38 From 6 ATS.		29/08/39 To 615 Sq.
K7990		16/06/38 From 56 Sq.		30/03/39 To 603 Sq.
K8013		16/08/37 From Manufacturer.		15/10/37 To 65 Sq.
K8014		16/08/37 From Manufacturer.		15/09/37 To 65 Sq.
K8015		19/08/37 From Manufacturer.		15/09/37 To 65 Sq.
K8029		04/09/37 From Manufacturer.		09/02/38 To 65 Sq.
K8044		11/04/39 From 65 Sq.		12/06/39 To 615 Sq.

Gloster Gladiator Mk.I of 54 Squadron operating from Hornchurch, Essex, in June 1938.
© 1999 Rick Kent