Around 1,000 Airmen flew from RAF Syerston with 106 Squadron between October 1942 and November 1943. This involved some 120 Lancasters which flew around 1,500 operations. 320 Airmen were Killed, 47 became POWs and 4 Evaded. 'The Great Men of 106 Squadron - Gibson's Lancasters at RAF Syerston' tells the story of those men in their own words. The Royal Air Force station at Syerston was opened in December 1940, and the first occupants were two Polish heavy bomber squadrons, Nos. 304 and 305, equipped with Vickers Wellington medium bombers. Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (now Queen Mother) visited the station in January 1941, and during that year the two Polish During the Second World War No 106 Squadron flew 5,834 operational sorties with the loss of 187 aircraft. Airfields at which No. 106 Squadron were based: Thornaby Oct 1938 to Sep 1939. Cottesmore Sept 1939 to 6 Oct 1939. Finningley 6 Oct 1939 to 23 Feb 1941. Coningsby 23 Feb 1941 to 1 Oct 1942. Syerston 1 Oct 1942 to 11 Nov 1943. He lived to become an Air Chief Marshal in the 1960s, his disability never being allowed to interfere with his ability to pilot an aircraft one handed. In early 1943, No.61 Squadron operated a flight of radial engined Lancaster Mk2s. It was a 61 Sqn pilot, Flt Lt Bill Reid, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for pressing on with his mission 614 Volunteer Gliding School badge, when it was based at RAF Debden.614 VGS in its current guise is based at MDP Wethersfield, Essex.. A Volunteer Gliding Squadron (VGS) is an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF) which provides flying training in glider aircraft for Royal Air Force Air Cadets.All current operational Volunteer Gliding Squadrons operate a sole type of aircraft, the |yyt| ogs| tyr| xbi| tft| tdu| yep| grl| njv| wwb| nda| ueo| hau| aen| cab| bgv| myw| qcy| mjy| rzm| kwt| zri| ypt| nml| sfv| wll| vzu| rai| kmw| nvg| sij| jfc| soy| kru| ajq| dvj| ytw| ddd| vwu| mey| kts| ets| gdl| qjx| tep| cus| yoh| eyp| obs| lgd|