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RAF Madley
RAF Madley was in Herefordshire and opened in 1941 as No. 4 Signals School Royal Air Force. Today the site is used as a civilian communications centre and a wildlife reserve.
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Those known to have served at RAF Madley during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Bunt Eveline.
- Johnson George Ronald. Flt.Sgt. (d.6th Sep 1942)
- Luckett Bernard.
- Sharp Ernest Desmond. WO.
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Eveline Bunt My Mum, Eveline Bunt joined the Women's Royal Air Force in September 1941 not long after she had married my Dad, Claude, who was serving in the RAF, they had met at RAF Netheravon where she had been working in the NAAFI. After training she was posted to RAF Andover as account's clerk, whilst at Andover the station was badly bombed and she was posted to Cranwell to train as a teleprinter operator eventually posted to RAF Madley, Hereford.
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Flt.Sgt. George Ronald "Ronnie" Johnson (d.6th Sep 1942) I have just traced George Johnson after all these years. He was born in Ollerton near Knutsford in Cheshire. In Marthall churchyard his name is recorded on his mother and father's gravestone, although there is also a stone erected in Shrewsbury General Cemetery. The stone is not a CWGC stone but a stone probably erected by his wife Constance. They were married in Shrewsbury Register Office on August 8th 1942, the stone bears the script "For England".
I am presuming his home address was in Ollerton pre-war, although both his parents predeceased him. He was living at The Hollow, Whitehurst, near Wrexham when he was married - that is recorded on the marriage certificate.
He was killed in an air accident on 6th September 1942. The plane apparently crashed on Brampton Hill near RAF Madley.
I like to think I have joined all the dots in his service life. He was in the RAFVR before the war and was obviously called to the colours when war was declared. I have more information to gather but I live in hopes someone is out there who can fill any gaps or correct any errors.
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WO. Ernest Desmond "Robbie" Sharp 102 Squadron Ernest Sharp (Robbie) was my Dad. He was born in 1926 and volunteered in 1942, when he would have been called up. He trained in Madley, and was put into Halifaxes as a wireless operator. He started as a sergeant, and had progressed to Warrant Officer by the end of the war. We have a copy of the Rubayat of Omar Kayam, which has his address given as Pocklington.
The Manchester museum of technology has a decorative propeller, which he remembered from the sergeant's mess.
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