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RAF New Romney 2nd July 1943 Another abortive sortie 3rd July 1943  Relocated 8th July 1943 Exercise Smush 10th July 1943 Abortive sortie and new postings 12th July 1943 Party at The Ship 14th July 1943 Inspection 15th July 1943 Pilot taken PoW 18th July 1943 Airfield attacked 19th July 1943 Complaint of slack discipline 24th July 1943 Rhubarb Operations 25th July 1943 Dutch airfield attacked 26th July 1943 Attack on Poix Aerodrome 27th July 1943 Attack on Dutch aerodrome 28th July 1943 Attack on Merville Aerodrome 30th July 1943 Killed over France 31st July 1943 Crashed into trees 2nd August 1943 Squadron commander killed 5th August 1943 Army cooperation exercises 6th August 1943 Attacks on railway targets 9th August 1943 Operations aborted 10th August 1943 48 hour release 11th August 1943 Night intruder ops 12th August 1943 Ops and exercises 13th August 1943 Leave to be stopped 15th August 1943 Nine cows killed 16th August 1943 Poor coordination from Group 17th August 1943 Pilot missing over France 19th August 1943 Three pilots missing over Amiens 20th August 1943 New C/O. 22nd August 1943 New role as fighter squadron planned 24th August 1943 Airfield defence force formed 25th August 1943 Mobile cinema show 30th August 1943 Fighter Training 31st August 1943 Operation abandoned September 1943 Rockets fitted to Typhoons 2nd September 1943 Mine sweeping patrols 3rd September 1943 National Day of Prayer 5th September 1943 Patrol 6th September 1943 Bombers land at fighter airfield 7th September 1943 Dive bombing once again 8th September 1943 Readiness 9th September 1943 Big Show - damp squib 11th September 1943 Squadron claims first enemy aircraft in combat 15th September 1943 Anniversary parade and party 17th September 1943 Airfield defence tested 18th September 1943 To Wigtown for exercise 19th September 1943 ATC visit 21st September 1943 Rocket firing demonstration 22nd September 1943 Return from exercise 23rd September 1943 New pilots on first op 24th September 1943 Typhoon destroyed in crash landing 27th September 1943 Exercises and training 29th September 1943 Training and posting 1st October 1943 Long range patrol 3rd October 1943 Target missed 4th October 1943 New C.O. 6th October 1943 Poor weather 8th October 1943  Equipped for rocket firing 11th October 1943 Bad weather If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Those known to have served at RAF New Romney during the Second World War 1939-1945. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. 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. 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