Stories - 197 Typhoon Squadron

Sgt. John Richard Hill RCAF

Crew

197 Squadron RAF, December 28, 1942 – May 7, 1943. Of the nine Canadians who served with 197 Sqn, eight were shot down (seven KIA and one POW). Canadians provided about eight per cent of the total number of pilots…

F/SJohn Henry "Chiefy" Adcock led the 100-plus ground crew personnel of 6197 Servicing Echelon from April 1944 to August 1945. He went on to become a Squadron leader and retired in 1962. Image: courtesy Penny Rouse (Adcock Family)

F/S Jack “Chiefy” Adcock BEM RAF

Crew

Flight Sergeant John Henry “Chiefy” Adcock (524788), 6197 Servicing Echelon April 1944 – August 1945 Jack, as he was known to his family, or “Chiefy” Adcock, as he was known to the pilots of 197 Squadron, joined the RAF in…

S/L Allan H. Smith, DFC & Bar RNZAF

Crew, First-Hand Account

C/O 197 Squadron, July 1944 – December 31, 1944 Allan Henderson Smith was Squadron Leader of 197 Squadron from July 1944 until he was shot down by flak over Holland on December 31, 1944, and taken POW. He survived the…