207 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE HISTORY

207 Squadron (RAF) Association Newsletters 2012
Content Index

Easter 2012 - 207(R) Sqn Disbandment Parade

1 President's page - Alan Watkins: Disbandment Day No.207 (Reserve) Squadron
2 The Disbandment Day of No.207 (Reserve) Squadron, Friday January 12th 2012: A welcome from Sqn Ldr Andy Scott OC No.207(R) Squadron
3 .. The Day
5 Speech by the Reviewing Officer AVM MG Lloyd, AOC 22 Group
6 Deaths: Served on the Squadron (*not Association members: WW Burke, Navigator 8/44-1/45, in 2011; NR Bury DFM, Flt Eng 3/43-9/43, Oct 2011; PH Chapman, Navigator 8/44-1/45, Dec 2010; PG Crawley WOp/AEO 6/51-1/54, Jan 2012; DR Crichton, Navigator 9/44-5/45, Jan 2011; GW Gardiner, Air Gunner 11/44-5/45, Dec 2009; *J Gibbons, Pilot 2/62-5/65, Dec 2011; RHJ Goreham, Air Gunner 6/44-8/44, July 2011; J Haines, Armourer 7/57-10/61, 2010?; D Hewlett, Air Gunner 2/53-3/54, May 2005; *BD Hollins, Nav 5/44-11/47: Oct 2011
Gp Capt KG Hunter, Navigator 3/61-7/63, July 2011; Mrs IM Jackson, Pay/Accounts 8/40-9/42, July 2011; PRS Renacre, Armourer 9/42-9/45, Jan 2011; JA Riley, Navigator 4/53-4/56, Jan 2011; IJ Samuel, Air Gunner 3/51-2/53, Feb 2010; CJ Savage, Airframe Mech. 9/55-4/57, 2009?; G Simpson, Nav/Adjutant 1/47-9/47, 2011?; *RC Sooley, Flt Eng 2/43-9/43, Aug 2007;
Friend Members: Mrs M Aitken, widow of F/Sgt Len Aitken, 2007?; Mrs Eileen Levick, wife of Norman Levick, her first husband was Stan Hanson, Nov 2011; Mrs M Rummery, widow of FJ Rummery, May 2010.
7 Obituary: WW Bill Burke Navigator 8/44-1/45 - Margaret Burke
7 Obituary: NR Nat Bury DFM Flt/Eng 3/43-9/43 - Peter Marshall, John Miller, Kevin Mapley
8 Obituary: Don Crichton Navigator 9/44-5/45 - Dave (Jock) Sutherland
8 Obituary: Sqn Ldr John Gibbons Pilot 2/62-5/65 - via John Laing
9 Obituary: Basil Hollins Navigator 5/44-11/47 - Mark Hollins
9 [Renewal of] 207 Sqn Tree Plaque at National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas - Kevin Grant
10 [Notice of] Spilsby Bomb Dump Explosion - Spilsby Airfield Memorial Service, 2.30pm Tuesday 10th April - Rev Brian Keyworth
10 [Notice of] Spilsby Airfield Memorial Dedication, Saturday 9 June 2012 - Kevin Mapley
10 Alec White's Clermont-Ferrand Visit - Kevin Mapley
11 Bill Baker's Logbook and medals return to the Association - Editor
12 A piece of 207's Waddington History [building named after ground gunner Charles Wheatley GM for fighting a fire on a crashed 207 Manchester] - John Laing
12 My part in the Second World War: 3 Sqn Ldr Peter Langdon DFM RAF (Retd) Pilot 8/42-2/43 and 4/72-6/74
14 207 (Cranfield) Sqn ATC - some recent news - OC Matt Dolton, Fg Off RAFVR(T)
15 Bomber Command Memorial News
15 Editor's Corner: More from Bob Kirby about the second edition of his book on the Manchester; Elizabeth Hall on her father Peter Coventry; Award of Air Crew Associaton Presidential Commendations to the Editor Frank Haslam (Surrey) and the late Nat Bury DFM (Mid Kent); Do you remember Reg H Brown, Air Gunner 11/44-3/45?; V-Force Reunion, Newark Air Museum 28-29 April 2012