This page collates the names of the individuals mentioned on the various pages, including some who were never at Ouston but are integral to the stories told. Some additional details are included here, particularly for those who have made contact with the Author since this website was published. The names are in alphabetical order by surname, and a link is given to the main Page(s) on which they appear.
Roland G. Adams - Gliding Instructor with 641 GS - day job was with Customs & Excise. Roland G. Adams Photos ; Air Cadet Flying at Ouston
Geoff Allan - Photographer & Aviation enthusiast. Geoff Allan Photographs
J. Allan - Flying Officer with 38(F) Perth ATC squadron. Air Training Corps at Ouston
David Allen - Photographer of Ouston. Home
Commander Jacques Andrieux - Free French pilot commanding 80 (French) OTU in 1945-6. 80 (French) Operational Training Unit
Tadeusz Baranowski - Sergeant Pilot 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile - jointly shared RAF Ouston's only 'kill' of the War. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
Roger Bennett - Headmaster, Rutherford Grammar School., Newcastle. Gliding tales from Ouston
Martin Brooke - Instructor with 641 Gliding School. Stan Purdy Photographs
Stanislaw Brzeski - Sergeant Pilot 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
V. Bufka - Czech pilot - captured by Gestapo - victim. The Czech Defector
František Burda - Captain, pilot of 310 (Czech) Sqdn, captured and interrogated. The Czech Defector
W.E.Burns - Sergeant Pilot 226 Sqdn - crashed Boston aircraft AL275 near Ouston. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Sub Lieutenant Cogill - 808 Sqdn Fleet Air Arm - killed on D-Day flying former Ouston Spitfire EN821. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Charles Curd - Parchutist to Czech Resistance - captured by Gestapo - victim. The Czech Defector
Alan Crowley - 641 Gliding School. Air Cadet Flying at Ouston
Chris Dale - ATC cadet with 38(F) Perth squadron. Air Training Corps at Ouston
John Danskin - Instructor with 641 Gliding School. Stan Purdy Photographs
Flt Lt Arthur Gerald Donahue DFC - Author of "Last Flight from Singapore" - see Hurricane BE388. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Squadron Leader Bill Drinkell - Station Commander and organiser of Model Flying Championships at Ouston. Photographs at Ouston
Durand - Belgian farmer from Ortho village - victim of Czech Defector from Ouston. The Czech Defector
Charles Dytham - son of the resident Officers' Mess Chef. Air Cadet Flying at Ouston
T.A.F. Elsdon - Flying Officer 'B' Flight 72 Sqdn - previous pilot of 81 Sqdn Spitfire of Ouston. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
John English - Gliding Instructor with 641 GS - born in the married quarters at Ouston on 2 June 1954 and the first child ever born to RAF Ouston. Returned to Ouston, aged 16, to join 641 GS and subsequently stayed on as a Staff Cadet and finally as a Civilian Instructor. Last Spitfire at Ouston
Rodney Fawkes - Staff Cadet and 641 Gliding School pupil. Air Cadet Flying at Ouston
Martin Fenwick - Instructor with 641 Gliding School. Stan Purdy Photographs
Fred Fulcher - Instructor with 641 Gliding School. Stan Purdy Photographs
Michael E. Gascoigne - Staff Cadet with 131 (F) Newcastle Sqdn ATC. Air Training Corps at Ouston
Pilot Officer/Flt Lt Angus Glendinning - Royal Australian Air Force, instructor with 62 OTU. Known as 'Gus' and came from Perth, playing professional football for East Perth. The Australian Cricketer
Pilot Officer John Gorton - Royal Australian Air Force - with 232 Squadron - later Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG, AC, CH who became the nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia, 1968 to 1971. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Wing Commander K.W. Gough AFC - Officer in Charge 55 OTU, RAF Usworth. The Czech Defector
Air Commodore P.H. Hamley - RAF Ouston and 62 OTU. The Australian Cricketer
Sgt Jean Claude Henry - Airfield Flying Control with 80 (French) OTU in 1945-6. 80 (French) Operational Training Unit
Estelle Henry-Bossonney - daughter of Jean Henry (above), who found and donated his wartime photo album. 80 (French) Operational Training Unit
Josef Hurt - painter of Měchenice, Czechosolvakia - victim in the Small Fortress in Terezin. The Czech Defector
Maruška Jarušková - Czech farm girl, Czechoslovakia - victim. The Czech Defector
Wing Commander James Edgar “Johnnie” Johnson DSO AFC - former pilot of 80 (French) OTU Spitfire EN398. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Squadron Leader Allan E.Johnston - 243 Sqdn - his Spitfire at Ouston. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Philip Jordan - Gliding Instructor with 641 GS - day job was with Customs & Excise. Photographs at Ouston
Muriel Graham Kirby - wife of 55 OTU RAF Usworth Instructor and Defector, Augustin Preucil. The Czech Defector
David Kirkpatrick - Winch Driver with 641 GS. Photographs at Ouston
T.G.Knox - Airwork Manager & Air Race pilot, Ouston - owned Proctor G-AIHD based at Ouston. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Tadeusz Koc - Flight Lieutenant 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
Bronislaw Koscik - Sergeant Pilot 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
Vladimír Krajina - Czech Resistance fighter - victim. The Czech Defector
Squadron Leader W.I."Wally" Lashbrook DFC, AFC, DFM - former owner and Racer of Proctor G-AIHD of Ouston. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
A.J. Lovett - Flight Lieutenant Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron, his name marked on Chipmunk WK633. Photographs at Ouston
Wing Commander 'Laddie' Lucas - former Battle of Britain pilot and visitor to Ouston. The Australian Cricketer
Stanislaw Lukaszewicz - Flying Officer 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
Ian Macfarlane - airline employee and photographer during temporary 'Newcastle Airport' use. Commercial Prints
Andrzej Malarowski - Flying Officer 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
Jan Malinowski - Sergeant Pilot 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
Christian Martell (nome de Guerre of Lucien Montet, qv) - Commander of 80 (French) OTU, Spitfire crash. Models of Ouston's Aircraft and 80 (French) Operational Training Unit
Pilot Officer/Flt Lt Keith R. Miller - Royal Australian Air Force, instructor with 62 OTU. The Australian Cricketer
Stuart Mitchell - Sixth Former, Rutherford Grammar School, Newcastle. Photographs at Ouston
Lucien Montet (see also Christian Martell) - Commander of 80 (French) OTU - fatal crash in Spitfire MH388. Models of Ouston's Aircraft and 80 (French) Operational Training Unit
W.L. Mount - Warrant Officer 198 Sqdn, crashed former Ouston Typhoon DN439. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
James Nicholson - Pilot Officer, later Victoria Cross winner - his Gladiator aircraft subsequently at Ouston. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Pawel Niemiec - Flight Lieutenant 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile - jointly shared RAF Ouston's only 'kill' of the War. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
Piotr Ozyra - Squadron Leader 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
Peter Pain - Cadet ATC - Air experience flight with Ouston Station Flight. Air Cadet Flying at Ouston
Philip Pain - Leading Cadet ATC - 641 GS pupil and author of this website. Home
Parrish - surname of Photographer at Ouston. Photographs at Ouston
Václav Pinc - Czech Domestic Resistance leader - victim. The Czech Defector
Augustin Přeučil - Sergeant Pilot RAFVR, Czech Air Force in Exile - 55 OTU RAF Usworth. Defected to the Nazis from RAF Ouston. The Czech Defector
Stan Purdy - Photographer and Gliding Instructor 641 GS. Stan Purdy Photographs
Nik Read - Current owner of former Ouston based Skylark glider BGA 823. The Survivors
Bob Robertson - Instructor with 641 Gliding School. Stan Purdy Photographs
Ken Ruddick - Instructor with 641 Gliding School. Stan Purdy Photographs
Mark Scott - Commanding Officer and Gliding Instructor 641 GS. Photographs at Ouston
"Shep" - Mark Scott's dog, famous for chasing all glider launches. Geoff Allan Photographs
Tommy Simpson - Owner and Racer of Marcus car 150 BTM '41' at Ouston. Photographs at Ouston
Wing Commander R.L.Smith - Commanding 607 and 608 Sqdns at Ouston and Thornaby-on-Tees , flying Vampie VZ305. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Eric Stephenson - gliding instructor and RAF officer reservist with 641 Gliding School. Roland G. Adams Photos
Colin Sword - Gliding Instructor 641 GS. Photographs at Ouston
Henryk Szczesny - Squadron Leader 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
Tadeusz Szumowski - Flying Officer 317 Sqdn - Polish Air Force in Exile. Ouston's only wartime 'kill'
John George Stuart Temple - Pilot Officer RAFVR, known as 'Stuart' - Gliding Instructor with 641 GS - day job an Accountant. Air Cadet Flying at Ouston
Ronald Alexander Thomson - New Zealand pilot previously flying 81 Sqdn Spitfire of Ouston. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Wing Commander Brian Sheredin Thynne - Ouston's first Station Commander in 1941. "Red, White & Blue" Concert 1941
Naomi Thynne (nee Waters) - wife of Station Commander and organiser of Ouston's first Concert. "Red, White & Blue" Concert 1941
P. Uruba - Czech pilot - captured by Gestapo - victim. The Czech Defector
Josef Vitejček - barber from Netvořice, Czechoslovakia - victim. The Czech Defector
T. Ware - Flight Lieutenant Northumbrian Universities Air Squadron - his name marked on Chipmunk WG474. Models of Ouston's Aircraft
Dave Welch - Photographer & Aviation Enthusiast, visiting on the staff of 395 Air Cadet Squadron in Stafford. Dave Welch Photographs
John Young - Gliding Instructor with 641 GS. Gliding tales from Ouston
Rudolf Zima - Sergeant Pilot & Instructor 55 OTU RAF Usworth, Czech Air Force in Exile. The Czech Defector