What was this used for? RAF metal trunk

Can anybody enlighten me as to the use of this RAF metal trunk?

"NOT WANTED ON VOYAGE"

Is that likely to have left in Blighty when being posted overseas, or taken with him, and stored below decks or in the hold, as the contents literally werent needed for the voyage?

Can anyone tell me what the

R.G. 33​

CLASS "A"​

RAF​

label was for?

All help appreciated

 

That is correct.
Sorry, I can't help on the label question.

 

Which one is correct? Left in Blighty, or taken with him but not accessible?

 

Taken with him, stored in hold.

 

Slipped up on the edit, this was what my 'correct' referred to:

or taken with him, and stored below decks or in the hold, as the contents literally werent needed for the voyage?

 

LAC Walker's service number suggests he joined the RAF at Penarth,South Wales in November 1941.

His Scunthorpe address could be his marital home...probably married a Scunthorpe lady when stationed in the area.

Must have had special permission to use such a container on board ship. usually a kit bag and what you could carry without circumventing standing orders for a lower ranker.

 

would rg 33 class A be a wartime code the airfield and destination of the raf squadron rg 33 would that be north afrika hurricanes

 

Have a look at this link which I think reveals the mystery.

"RG 33 Class A RAF" on a personal container appears to be and is accepted as is related to a return home from an overseas posting for demobilisation.

An RAF Metal Trunk ~ It Must Have a Story » Rod Collins

An indication of the RAF demob procedure as:

Class A Release.Release Group 33....this would have generated a demob date within Class A

As an aside there was a RAF mutiny in India after the Pacific War end in relation to the lack of progress in demobilisation....I think similar codes were highlighted......the mutiny did not result in charges and the facts including the redress of grievance were hidden from the public at the time.

DEMOBILISATION (Hansard, 22 October 1945)

 

So class A Rg33 was not some secret raf code for airbase and squadron location as in I. E.........rg 33 was a code for 208 squadron north Africa hurricane's El Alamein region I'm open to further clarification

Was class A ........also referring to ( airfield ) as in aerial photos of airfields resemble letter A or is that something total different I'm interested Harry Ree for your input

Class A referring to airfield the term A a airfield got the term class A due to resembling the letter from seeing it on aerial photos.....any take on this query

it seems to fit the location area rg 33 wales 208 squadron also walker was stationed wales CLASS A RG 33 ,,,,,, any takers on this angle Harry

are you sure harry that class A RG33 ,,,,,,,,,,means a demob desination number ? are you open to suggestion class A ..... denote airfield and rg 33 code denote squadron 208

 

I can't see it being anything other than that suggested in my post #8.

 

thank you for your reply harry class A RG 33 like in the case of class b and c and s on a number for demob purposes release group ...............i do believe it was better to be class B ....for quicker release to blighty

why would someone go to the trouble of painting a release date on a trunk with a class letter when these 2 things would be on the persons release and demob papers i can understand a name and service number on a person kitbag or trunk but not a demob code