207 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE HISTORY
Spilsby - the Squadron, 26 October 1944
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identification.
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Haslam with identifications, stating which of the parts, row and
position in row.
Those shown in italics were killed, pow or evaders by the end
of the war
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Ron Winton: taken at the round a/c parking pan in front of the 44
Sqn hangar.
The a/c was Lancaster I PD217 EM-Z [which went to 1659 Conversion Unit].
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Spilsby October 26 1944 - 1 of 10row 5: - row 4: 1 - 2 row 3: George Wall - 2 - Sgt Thomas - D Fernlee row 2: 1 - 2 - 3 - F/O Flanagan (next) front/row 1: Bruce Hill - 2 - 3 - 4 |
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Spilsby October 26 1944 - 2 of 10back/row 5: 1 - 2 - 3 - Bob Howes* row 4: Desmond Ronald 'Dickie' Bird - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 row 3: Peter Sells - Bill Cherrington - Reginald Breach - 4 row 2: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 front/row 1: 1 - Thomas Young - F/O Downing - Joe Adams * Ron Winton: Howes & Alexander were looking round to see if their skipper, Sqn Ldr Belasco, OC A Flt, was coming. |
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Spilsby October 26 1944 - 3 of 10back/row 5: Sgt Alexander* - 2 - 3 - Leslie 'Bob' Ewing row 4: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 row 3: Howard Boddy - 2 - F/S Hallam - 4 row 2: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 front/row 1: Michael Cooke - F Dougal - Arthur 'Ack Toc' Loveless - 4 |
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Spilsby October 26 1944 - 4 of 10back/row 5: 1 - 2 - 3 - Allan Keith Jenkins row 4: 1 - 2 - Patrick I Chatteris - 4 row 3: 1 - 2 - 3 row 2: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 front/row 1: William Sparks - 2 - Bill Verralls - Edward McMaster Lawson |
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Spilsby October 26 1944 - 5 of 10back/row 5: (prev) - Richard Elsy - 2 - 3 - Roy Hill row 4: William Burke/Sgt J Stewart - GAA Spurling - Robert Roebuck - 4 - 5 row 3: A Clarke - WF Turner - 3 - AR Mossman - GH Sykes row 2: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 front/row 1: William Wells - F/O Hodgkinson - George Stenhouse - John White - Squadron Adjutant |
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Spilsby October 26 1944 - 6 of 10back/row 5: FR Heeley - 2 - 3 - Alfred Copsey - 5 row 4: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 row 3: 1 - J Hoskins - CAF Dale - F Cheesman - Albert Tweddle - Edward Peek row 2: 1 - 2 - 3 - Michael Madigan front/row 1: G/C Harris (Station Commander) - W/C Hugh Black (OC 207) - RC Davie Dep A Flt Cdr - David Buchanan |
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Spilsby October 26 1944 - 7 of 10back/row 5: Cliff Morton - Stanley Fletcher - Arthur Plowman - Andrew Coyle - KR Hutchinson row 4: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 row 3: Aubrey Wykes - Ron Winton - Ron Webb - Lloyd Hahn - 5 - John Griffiths row 2: 1 - DJ Likeman - 3 - F/S Brown - Philip Russell - Reg Norley front/row 1: Ray Cupit - 2 - Ted Hudson - John G Anderson - 5 |
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Spilsby October 26 1944 - 8 of 10back/row 5: 1 - 2 - 3 - Desmond Wyatt row 4: ..... 1 ... row 3: 1 - 2 - J Botterill - 4 row 2: 1 - 2 - Donald Bell - 4 front/row 1: 1 - 2 - 3 - John Mitchell Sigs Ldr |
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Spilsby October 26 1944 - 9 of 10back/row 5: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 row 4: nil row 3: 1 - R Mitten - Sgt Jones row 2: 1 - 2 - 3 front/row 1: James Wardle Gunnery Ldr - 2 - Joyce Brotherton SIO - 4 |
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Spilsby October 26 1944 - 10 of 10back/row 5: Jock Corsar row 4: nil row 3: K Hancock - L Coughlin - 3 - Arthur Henderson row 2: 1 - 2 - Tom Rogers - Raymond Richardson front/row 1: 1 - 2 - Robert Jack, Dep Sigs Ldr |
image: via Lachlan Rutherford
identifiers: via Annette Burlingham (née Bird), Ian Elsy, Raymond
Glynne-Owen, Mike Madigan, Russell Milgate, Brian Russell, Lachlan
Rutherford, Bev Fitton-Wardle, Ron Winton, Terry Wyatt
last updated 15 Sep 2006: 16 Dec 18: 31 Dec 18: 22 Mar 21