Fleet Arm Arm ORBs?

[Procopius]

I'm looking for March-May 1942 ORBs, if such things exist, for FAA squadrons 803, 806, 788, and the composite RAF/FAA 273 Squadron [edit: found it, but it was sparse], during their time at Ceylon. When I last went through the PRO about a decade ago, I had no joy -- would there be an alternate source for Royal Navy ORBs, or do they even exist?

[Grey Beema]

8 minutes ago, Procopius said:

I'm looking for March-May 1942 ORBs, if such things exist, for FAA squadrons 803, 806, 788, and the composite RAF/FAA 273 Squadron, during their time at Ceylon. When I last went through the PRO about a decade ago, I had no joy -- would there be an alternate source for Royal Navy ORBs, or do they even exist?

 

I think @iang @Lee Howard  @Graham Boak  Might be the best guys to help.  I have had very little success ploughing the digitised National Archives for record books from individual Squadrons.  Especially 806 who’s ORB would be useful to me from Mid 1940 to Mid 1941..

[iang]

Fleet Air Arm WW2 Squadron Diaries at TNA  are filed in ADM/207. You can search their catalogue to see which ones they hold and for what period. They hold 51 in total, but not 803, 806 or 788 for any period. The Fleet Air Arm Museum also hold 18 WW2 Diaries. Again, none of the squadrons you're interested in sadly.