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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: IanBrooke on Friday 14 March 14 19:46 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
I have been studying my late mother's WWII RAF service record and have noticed something I do not understand.
I have Form 543 - 2 large brown sheets. On sheet 2 (which may be the reverse of page 1) is a column headed "Occ. M. Qtrs". I am guessing that this means Occupying Married Quarters. Is this correct?
This column is empty apart from one entry sometime in 1942/43 which has a circle with a dot in it. What does this mean?
The same row as the circle/dot has in the date column "5(P) AFU". I believe that AFU means Advanced Flying Unit, but what is 5(P)?
If she is occupying married quarters can I assume that she is married? Page 1 contains nothing in the Marriage box and next of kin is her mother.
Thank you for any help on this puzzle. If we do not know a definitive answer, is there anywhere that I can go to for an answer?
Ian
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No.5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit
The pre war WAAF quarters were limited due to the small number of single WAAFs posted to a station.
Wartime substitution saw an increase of WAAFs beyond the space in the WAAFery.
To provide accommodation surrounding houses and un-used MQ were used to pack several WAAFs into each room.
Hence she was billeted in MQ as a single woman.
Regards
Ross
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Thank you Ross, that's very interesting.