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Those known to have served at RAF Tarrant Rushton during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Burge John Gilbert. Sgt. Pilot. (d.25th Sep 1944)
- Cooper Joe. Sgt.
- Town . F/Sgt
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Want to know more about RAF Tarrant Rushton? There are:21 items tagged RAF Tarrant Rushton available in our Library
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Sgt. Joe Cooper RAF Tarrant Rushton My father, Sgt Joe Cooper, was stationed at RAF Tarrant Rushton in Dorset on 5th June 1944. He recalled seeing the dozens of Halifaxes and Horsa Gliders taking off that night for the invasion of Normandy on the 6th June.
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F/Sgt Town 196 Squadron Sgt Town was an air gunner and a crew member of a Short Stirling that belonged to 196 Sqn & flew from RAF Tarrant Rushton, Dorset on a mission to parachute supplies to the resistance. Unfortunately the aircraft (EF469) crashed into a mountain in a snow blizzard & Sgt Town was captured & sent to Stalag 357. I am looking for any information, documents or photos.
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Sgt. Pilot. John Gilbert Burge Glider Pilot Regiment (d.25th Sep 1944) John Burge was a member of the Metropolitan Police but volunteered to join the Glider Pilot Regiment AAC and train as a Glider Pilot.
He took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem), taking off from Tarrant Rushton in a Horsa Glider towed by a Halifax (Chalk No. 379).
He was killed in action aged 25 on 25th of September 1944 age 25 years and is remembered on the Groesbeek Memorial in The Netherlands.
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