People of Ouston - Index

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

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 

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) -  Commandant 80 (French) OTU, Spitfire crash.  Models of Ouston's Aircraft

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) - Commandant of 80 (French) OTU -  fatal crash in Spitfire MH388.  Models of Ouston's Aircraft

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.

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