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RAF Mepal 27th June 1943 Relocated 13th July 1943  Raid on Aachen 25th July 1943 Attack on Essen 30th July 1943 Two Stirlings lost 2nd August 1943 Two Stirlings lost 6th August 1943 Mine-laying 15th August 1943 Stirling lost 17th August 1943 Peenemunde Raid 23rd August 1943 Berlin 27th August 1943 Nuremburg 30th August 1943 Stirling lost 31st August 1943  Berlin 5th September 1943 Aircraft shot down 8th September 1943 Crashed into houses 23rd September 1943 Three Stirlings lost 27th September 1943 Attack on Hanover 4th October 1943 Bomber lost 24th October 1943. Air sea rescue role 4th November 1943 Three aircraft lost 22nd November 1943 Two Stirlings lost 1st December 1943  Family killed in crash 24th February 1944 Minelaying March 1944 Special Operations March 1944 Minelaying 13th March 1944 Lancasters arrive 18th April 1944 RAF Mepal bombed 23rd April 1944 Stirling lost 27th April 1944 Lancaster lost 11th May 1944 Lancaster lost 11th May 1944 Two Lancasters lost 22nd May 1944 75 Squadron Lancaster lost 22nd May 1944 Two Lancasters lost 6th June 1944 Coastal battery bombed 12th June 1944 Bomb Aimer pilots aircraft home 15th June 1944 Lancaster lost 25th June 1944 Lancaster lost 19th July 1944 Aircraft works attacked 21st Jul 1944 Seven Lancasters lost 25th July 1944 Two Lancasters lost 29th July 1944 Two Lancasters lost 30th July 1944 Troops attacked 8th August 1944 Aircraft shot down 13th August 1944 Four raids in one night 26th August 1944 Two Lancasters lost 30th Aug 1944 75 Squadron Lancaster lost 12th Sep 1944 75 Squadron Lancaster lost 17th September 1944 Busy month 5th October 1944 Railway yards bombed 6th October 1944 Lancaster missing 6th October 1944 Mid-air collision 21st October 1944 Lancaster shot down 4th November 1944 Lancaster lost 20th November 1944 Oil refinery raid unsuccessful 22nd November 1944  Aircraft missing 30th November 1944 Lancaster shot down 7th December 1944 Ditched 19th December 1944 Detachment 27th December 1944 Lancaster lost July 1945 Prepared for the Far East July 1945 On the Move If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Those known to have served at RAF Mepal during the Second World War 1939-1945. Gore Desmond Wallace. Flt.Sgt. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 19th Nov 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about RAF Mepal? There are:59 items tagged RAF Mepal available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Flt.Sgt. Desmond Wallace Gore 75 Squadron My late father was interned at Stalagluft 7 Luckenwaalde. He was Flight Sergant Desmond Wallace Gore, of 75 New Zealand Squadron, Flying Lancasters out of Mepal Airfield, Cambs. He was shot down over Holland, the only survivor of his crew. He was also one of the 1500 prisoners to walk from Poland back into Germany to Stalag 111 Barry Gore Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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