June 1942 - Joined No.1 Works Squadron at Newmarket as a Wks/Elect. and was detached
to No.1 Works flight at R.A.F. Bircham Newton. (1943 No.1 Works Squadron renamed
5001 A.C. Squadron.)
November 1943 to May 1945 - 4866 A.C. Flight Gibraltar, back to UK and transferred
to 5154 M&E Squadron and posted to R.A.F. Mill Green, then as listed in About Us
to 1966.
November 8th 1951 - from Church Lawford posted to Egypt, Shallufa, Kasfareet, Abu
Sueir, back to Lichfield May 1954.
October 1959 - posted to 5004 Sqdn. Aden, Kormaksar, Masirah Island, Salalah, Sharja,
Bahrein, T O S Manama, back to UK 1961.
April 1965 - posted to 5001 Sqdn Singapore, Seletar, Alor Star, Quanton, Gong Kedah,
Penang,
April 1966 - on the disbandment of the Airfield Construction Squadrons I elected
to stay on secondment to 51 Field Squadron (Airfields) R.E. to complete my tour.
October 1967 - Back to UK and seconded to HQ 39 Engineer Regiment (Airfields) at
Waterbeach.
April 1st 1969 - so ended 26 years 260 days of R.A.F. service.
Royal Air Force Airfield Construction Branch Association
This site has for a number of years been managed voluntarily, and by the kindness and
generosity of Charles Sewell whose Royal Air Force service, which is appraised below,
spanned the full 25 year period of Airfield Construction activities. During 2005, both the
Airfield Construction Branch Association (ACBA) and the Airfield Construction Officers
Association (ACOA), considered it appropriate to formalise a joint website for collating
and recording an Airfield Construction history as well as providing both Memberships
with activity information and communication facilities. Charles remains deeply involved
as Membership Secretary of ACBA and contributes considerably to the site
www.rafacb.org.uk to which you are now being routed:-
