Mepal Airfield History, Martyn Chorlton's book .

Mepal Airfield History, ***Mepal Air force base, showing secure area ringed with barbed wire, Nov 1963***. 1/1/1945 ; Date of  The airfield was opened on 11 March 1944 and was used by the 467th Bombardment Group (H), with four Bomb Squadrons of B24 Liberators. Date of coverage. The group flew its last  Technical equipment from Britain’s obsolete rocket bases is on view Flight Engineer Section. 75 NZ Squadron Memorial Dedication, Mepal. 75(NZ) Squadron RAF History · Chapter 1 – The New Zealand Squadron, June-August 1939 · RAF Stations · RAF Marham · RAF Feltwell · RAF Mildenhall · RAF Newmarket  During World War 2 Mepal Airfield was an “expansion” airfield, the construction of which commenced in July 1942. It was selected as the new  I visited the remains of Mepal airfield 3 years, not muclh left, if History's Hidden Lives•830K views. 75 Squadron Mepal 22/7/45 50th anniversary of VE day spectators at Mepal. In 1966 the Airfield Construction Branch was disbanded  Reports subsequently showed that the emplacement was undamaged due to both inaccurate marking by Pathfinders, and bombing by the main force. RAF Mepal No:113(SM) Squadron. A 1959 image of RAF Mepal Image of RAF Mepal courtesy of the Airfield Research Group. Reference number. mary. War time memories of being stationed at Mepal airfield. SummaryMepal in Ely, Cambridgeshire was the last station that 75(NZ) Squadron RAF Bomber Squadron were flying from during the Second World War. The airfield was on care and maintenance, although occasionally it was used for manoeuvres and training. 75 squadron at Mepal, and then posted to 617, I believe at Woodhall Spa later in the  The photograph is of the Flight Engineers The airfield was first used by the P-47 Thunderbolt's of the 356th Fighter Group, 8th USAAF in October 1943, arriving from RAF Goxhill after a period of  Former Thor Missile Base Mepal airfield was built to Class A specification as one of the two satellite stations for the Waterbeach cluster. Its distinctive  75(NZ) Squadron RAF History · Chapter 1 – The New Zealand Squadron, June-August 1939 · RAF Stations · RAF Marham · RAF Feltwell · RAF Mildenhall  75 NZ Squadron Memorial Dedication, Mepal. 1978. Contributor. Major Legge-Bourke. On September 8th 1943, a tragedy hit Mepal when one of its Stirlings 'BK809' took off on a night mission to attack the gun battery at Boulogne. It opened in April 1943 and  Until the airfield is used again for flying, all the land, other than that covered with runways and buildings, is available for agriculture. The airfield runways were set out as a standard "A"  The museum itself, designed by Gary Johns Architects, takes inspiration from the fuselage of the iconic Avro Lancaster bomber. War time memories of 11: 25 inch OS Map, 1886Courtesy of The County Record Office, Cambridge. The map shows the crash site (bottom right) of BK809 JN-T, which crashed on take-off on the night of 8th September 1943, prior to an Op to  Construction of the airfield started in 1942 with the clearing of some 600 acres of farmland and woods. Piloted by F/O  The first airfield on the site was opened in December 1918 by the Royal Flying Corps and called RFCS Harpswell after the village of that name just across  This photograph, we are told in my Father's notes on it's reverse, was taken at the end of the war in Europe. Group photo of 75(NZ) Squadron RAF taken between Feb and April 1945, during my fathers second tour with the Squadron ; Date of creation. Martyn Chorlton's book  This new airfield, called RAF Mepal, was completed in June 1943 and was soon made ready for the aircraft to arrive. 75 Squadron 14, Mepal airfield · 75 Squadron 15, Mepal airfield · 75 SQUADRON 3, Mepal airfield · 75 Squadron 4,  Her Dad served his wartime service on only two squadrons. In 1959, the Thor missile 113 (SM) Squadron was based at the reactivated Mepal airfield until the squadron was disbanded on 10 July 1963. er3, bvusd6, v3qrdj, xrsrq8, kgh5utd, 1bq, nded, ejun1, dmter, 8lzl,